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39440

19,385 Population
17.7 square miles 1,095.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,756 ±$4,238 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$46,947 ±$6,059 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

25.9% ±7.1% (4,926  ±1,366) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.9% † 15,268 (±2.2% / ±1,747)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

18.1 minutes ±1.1 (137,015  ±18,262) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

7,475 ±463 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.5 ±0.2 (19,012  ±972) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

4.8% ±3.8% (242  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,219 (±2.2% / ±403)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

8,755 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$125,400 ±$21,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $132,900 † ±$18,287
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

10.2% ±3.3% (1,946  ±639.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

87.7% ±7.3% (10,568  ±1,041.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 88% 48,072 (±3.3% / ±1,828.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
20.4% ±3.3% (2,454  ±423.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.4% (643  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

5.1% ±1.8% (733  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
733 Total veterans ±262 728 Male ±262 5 Female ±11

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