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Tupelo Public School District, MS

39,618 Population
72.3 square miles 548.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 37.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$37,566 ±$2,472 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lee County: $33,713 ±$1,254
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$66,693 ±$5,420 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lee County: $67,144 ±$3,110
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

14.3% ±2.2% (5,489  ±849) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 13.8% † 11,284 (±1.5% / ±1,232)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.4 minutes ±1.1 (338,205  ±26,353) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 21.4 775,655 (±0.5 / ±32,530)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

15,939 ±498 Number of households
  • Lee County: 31,823 ±535
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.1 (38,641  ±594) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lee County: 2.6 82,035 (±0 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.3% ±1.9% (419  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 3.8% † 752 (±1.1% / ±222)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

18,341 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 37,507 ±51
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$207,000 ±$7,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lee County: $187,800 ±$6,269
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9.4% ±1.8% (3,706  ±714.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 8% † 6,605 (±1.2% / ±997.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

89.6% ±3.9% (24,004  ±1,190.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 87.8% 48,577 (±3% / ±1,666.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
35.6% ±2.5% (9,528  ±714.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 28.8% 15,904 (±1.8% / ±993.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

3.1% ±0.9% (1,238  ±338) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lee County: 2.4% 1,998
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.3% ±1.2% (1,847  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 5.7% † 3,550 (±0.7% / ±420)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,847 Total veterans ±346 1,658 Male ±299 189 Female ±117

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