2022 population: 23,903 ( 502 from 2010 , 42 from 2020)
Land area: 532.8 square miles
Population density: 44.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	21,196	88.68%	1.4%
Black:	1,751	7.33%	26.3%
Indian:	65	0.27%	47.7%
Asian:	125	0.52%	127.3%
2+ races:	285	1.19%	147.8%
Hispanic:	481	2.01%	60.3%

Total non-White:	2,707	11.32%	41.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	568	11.9
Deaths:	824	17.3
Net Migration:	272	5.7
Net Immigration:	2	0.0

Change in White population:	-294	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	796	3.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
23,401
21,490	91.83%
1,386	5.92%
44	0.19%
55	0.24%
115	0.49%
300	1.28%
1,911	8.17%

2000
22,770
20,942	91.97%
1,449	6.36%
29	0.13%
41	0.18%
82	0.36%
226	0.99%
1,828	8.03%

1990
20,017
18,559	92.72%
1,347	6.73%
27	0.13%
25	0.12%
n/a
59	0.29%
1,458	7.28%

1980
20,518
18,980	92.50%
1,319	6.43%
16	0.08%
100	0.49%
n/a
89	0.43%
1,538	7.50%

1970
16,847
15,866	94.18%
951	5.64%
8	0.05%
5	0.03%
n/a
17	0.10%
981	5.82%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,628	11.5
2,565	11.3
274	1.2
37	0.2

548	2.4
83	0.4

Number	Rate
1990's
2,650	13.2
2,353	11.8
1,052	5.3
29	0.1

2,383	11.9
370	1.8

Number	Rate
1980's
2,564	12.5
1,984	9.7
-962	-4.7
n/a

-421	-2.1
-80	-0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,700	16.0
n/a

3,114	18.5
557	3.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Itawamba County, MS

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.9
5,053	21.1%
18,850	78.9%
4,172	17.5%

8,976
2.53

6,203	69.1%
4,652	75.0%
448	7.2%
2,773	30.9%

2010
Number	Percent
38.5
5,400	23.1%
18,001	76.9%
3,701	15.8%

8,881
2.53

6,394	72.0%
4,892	76.5%
528	8.3%
2,487	28.0%

2000
Number	Percent
36.2
5,539	24.3%
17,231	75.7%
3,220	14.1%

8,799
2.50

6,552	74.5%
5,393	82.3%
497	7.6%
2,247	25.5%

1990
Number	Percent
35.2
4,844	24.2%
15,173	75.8%
3,104	15.5%

7,492
2.59

5,834	77.9%
5,038	86.4%
267	4.6%
1,658	22.1%

1980
Number	Percent
31.7
5,929	28.9%
14,589	71.1%
2,784	13.6%

7,039
2.86

5,875	83.5%
5,174	88.1%
257	4.4%
1,164	16.5%

2022 Housing Data for Itawamba County, MS

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	328	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	550	6.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	269	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	595	6.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	326	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	682	7.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	339	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	584	6.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	407	4.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	577	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	800	8.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,487	16.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	957	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	624	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	267	3.0%
$200,000 or more	184	2.0%

Median Household Income	57,252
Per Capita Income	33,243

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	96
Compared to U.S.	70

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	505	5.6%
Public Assistance	76	0.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	657	7.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	9,903	66.6%
Unemployed	297	2.0%
In Armed Forces	55	0.4%

Total Labor Force	10,255	68.9%
Not in Labor Force	4,625	31.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	4,371	3,699	54.2%
Non-Profit	92	473	16.3%
Self-Employed	636	243	72.4%

Local Government	210	391	34.9%
State Government	418	230	64.5%
Federal Government	51	26	66.2%

Total Private + Self	5,007	3,942	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	771	1,120	40.8%
Total	5,778	5,062	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	12.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	973	9.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,223	20.5%
Professional, Technical	1,998	18.4%
Service Occupations	1,711	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	173	1.6%
All others	3,954	36.4%

White Collar		47.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	2,729	25.1%
Health care and social assistance	1,694	15.6%
Retail trade	1,109	10.2%
Construction	923	8.5%
Educational services	688	6.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	586	5.4%
Accommodation and food services	514	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	493	4.5%
Wholesale trade	460	4.2%
Other services	319	2.9%
Finance and insurance	307	2.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	259	2.4%
Public administration	219	2.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	159	1.5%
Information	148	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	97	0.9%
Utilities	93	0.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	41	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	21	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	424	1.77%
Puerto Rican	2	0.01%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4	0.02%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	49	0.21%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	22,315	98.5%
Spanish	275	1.2%
Other	37	0.2%
German, other Germanic	15	0.1%
Arabic	4	0.0%
Other Indo-European	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	2,918	12.2%
English	2,291	9.6%
Irish	1,888	7.9%
German	764	3.2%
Scottish	413	1.7%
French	244	1.0%
Italian	235	1.0%
European	181	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	156	0.7%
Russian	116	0.5%
Welsh	112	0.5%
Polish	99	0.4%
African	97	0.4%
Dutch	62	0.3%
British	28	0.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	23,834	99.8%
Not a citizen	54	0.2%

Native	23,772	99.5%
Foreign-born	116	0.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
754	4.7%	1,606	10.0%	5,561	34.8%	5,635	35.2%	1,438	9.0%	1,003	6.3%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	754	4.7%
9-12 Years	1,606	10.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,561	34.8%
Some College	5,635	35.2%
Bach. Degree	1,438	9.0%
Grad Degree	1,003	6.3%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	10,637	9,902	735	6.9%	7.6%
1991	10,608	9,617	991	9.3%	8.4%
1992	10,609	9,959	650	6.1%	8.0%
1993	10,767	10,254	513	4.8%	6.7%
1994	11,143	10,694	449	4.0%	6.3%
1995	11,281	10,720	561	5.0%	6.2%
1996	11,477	10,731	746	6.5%	6.0%
1997	11,267	10,593	674	6.0%	5.7%
1998	11,156	10,561	595	5.3%	5.3%
1999	11,307	10,819	488	4.3%	5.1%

2000	11,096	10,520	576	5.2%	5.3%
2001	10,728	10,163	565	5.3%	5.5%
2002	10,549	9,919	630	6.0%	6.4%
2003	10,424	9,785	639	6.1%	6.1%
2004	10,494	9,882	612	5.8%	6.1%
2005	10,534	9,847	687	6.5%	7.6%
2006	10,148	9,527	621	6.1%	6.4%
2007	9,960	9,246	714	7.2%	6.2%
2008	9,967	9,156	811	8.1%	6.7%
2009	9,588	8,497	1,091	11.4%	9.4%

2010	10,373	9,236	1,137	11.0%	10.1%
2011	10,597	9,563	1,034	9.8%	9.8%
2012	10,526	9,660	866	8.2%	8.8%
2013	10,033	9,232	801	8.0%	8.5%
2014	9,867	9,153	714	7.2%	7.6%
2015	10,177	9,587	590	5.8%	6.5%
2016	10,354	9,818	536	5.2%	5.9%
2017	10,501	10,049	452	4.3%	5.2%
2018	10,384	9,951	433	4.2%	5.0%
2019	10,533	10,025	508	4.8%	5.5%

2020	10,343	9,621	722	7.0%	8.1%
2021	10,372	9,931	441	4.3%	5.5%
2022	10,261	9,910	351	3.4%	3.9%
2023	9,816	9,527	289	2.9%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	10,462
Median Value	$114,300

Occupied	8,976	85.8%
Vacant	1,486	14.2%

Owned	7,160	79.8%
Rented	1,816	20.2%
Median Rent	$789

Single-Family Units	7,948	76.0%
Detached	7,850	75.0%
Attached	98	0.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	268	2.6%
Mobile Homes	2,082	19.9%

Itawamba County, MS

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Itawamba County, MS

2022 Housing Data for Itawamba County, MS

2022 Income & Employment Data for Itawamba County, MS

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Itawamba County, MS

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Itawamba County, MS

Historical Labor Force Data for Itawamba County, MS