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East Central Region--Clarke, Lauderdale & Newton Counties--Meridian City PUMA, MS

108,729 Population
1,973 square miles 55.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$29,451 ±$3,140 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $29,045 ±$408
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$46,757 ±$4,453 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $52,719 ±$895
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

23.3% ±4.2% (24,356  ±4,472) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 544,104 (±0.6% / ±17,010)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.2 minutes ±2.5 (1,070,145  ±127,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.5 30,147,130 (±0.4 / ±603,046)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

45,387 ±1,746 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,148,340 ±8,056
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (104,845  ±2,956) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,846,324
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

8.2% ±3.5% (1,861  ±808) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.8% 40,116 (±0.6% / ±3,909)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

51,703 ±1,359 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,342,764 ±204
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$112,700 ±$14,381 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $162,500 ±$2,357
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

7% ±1.8% (7,490  ±1,906.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.1% 322,436 (±0.6% / ±16,363.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

84% ±4.6% (62,907  ±4,005.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.6% 1,719,796 (±1.1% / ±21,253.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
21.6% ±2.8% (16,146  ±2,130.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.8% 486,186 (±0.6% / ±11,778.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

3.3% ±0.5% (3,361  ±,545.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 4% 111,045 (±0.1% / ±3,270.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

1.9% ±0.9% (2,065  ±932) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.2% 65,448
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.9% ±1.3% (5,810  ±1,070) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.5% 146,793 (±0.3% / ±6,250)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
5,810 Total veterans ±1,070 5,370 Male ±1,024 440 Female ±287

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