2022 population: 158,979 ( 17,362 from 2010 , 1,953 from 2020)
Land area: 775.5 square miles
Population density: 205.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	114,275	71.88%	5.7%
Black:	35,831	22.54%	35.1%
Indian:	246	0.15%	8.4%
Asian:	2,341	1.47%	40.6%
2+ races:	1,900	1.20%	54.0%
Hispanic:	4,386	2.76%	15.6%

Total non-White:	44,704	28.12%	33.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,746	11.9
Deaths:	3,560	11.3
Net Migration:	1,674	5.3
Net Immigration:	34	0.1

Change in White population:	6,189	4.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	11,173	7.9

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
141,617
108,086	76.32%
26,519	18.73%
227	0.16%
1,665	1.18%
1,234	0.87%
3,795	2.68%
33,531	23.68%

2000
115,327
92,552	80.25%
19,669	17.05%
184	0.16%
776	0.67%
579	0.50%
1,520	1.32%
22,775	19.75%

1990
87,161
71,373	81.89%
14,516	16.65%
97	0.11%
423	0.49%
n/a
752	0.86%
15,788	18.11%

1980
69,427
55,927	80.56%
12,916	18.60%
90	0.13%
110	0.16%
n/a
379	0.55%
13,500	19.44%

1970
43,933
31,425	71.53%
12,313	28.03%
16	0.04%
28	0.06%
n/a
146	0.33%
12,508	28.47%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
17,846	15.5
7,889	6.8
17,545	15.2
903	0.8

15,534	13.5
10,756	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
14,348	16.5
7,179	8.2
20,379	23.4
394	0.5

21,179	24.3
6,987	8.0

Number	Rate
1980's
11,983	17.3
5,532	8.0
11,780	17.0
n/a

15,446	22.2
2,288	3.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
18,811	42.8
n/a

24,502	55.8
992	2.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Rankin 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
38.9
35,499	22.3%
123,480	77.7%
25,230	15.9%

58,982
2.57

41,132	69.7%
31,695	77.1%
3,888	9.5%
17,850	30.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.2
35,534	25.1%
106,083	74.9%
16,236	11.5%

52,836
2.57

37,734	71.4%
28,190	74.7%
3,894	10.3%
15,102	28.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
29,766	25.8%
85,561	74.2%
10,466	9.1%

42,155
2.62

31,321	74.3%
24,773	79.1%
2,884	9.2%
10,834	25.7%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
23,917	27.4%
63,244	72.6%
8,152	9.4%

29,965
2.81

24,130	80.5%
20,387	84.5%
1,747	7.2%
5,835	19.5%

1980
Number	Percent
28.5
22,682	32.7%
46,745	67.3%
5,353	7.7%

21,755
3.07

18,354	84.4%
16,089	87.7%
1,179	6.4%
3,401	15.6%

2022 Housing Data for Rankin County, MS

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,888	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,936	3.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,753	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,822	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,207	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,968	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,066	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,086	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,960	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,423	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,761	11.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,627	14.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,674	11.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,001	8.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,888	10.0%
$200,000 or more	3,922	6.6%

Median Household Income	76,460
Per Capita Income	36,605

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	121
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,559	4.3%
Public Assistance	1,221	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	3,388	5.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	70,621	71.7%
Unemployed	3,493	3.5%
In Armed Forces	429	0.4%

Total Labor Force	74,543	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	23,889	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	27,226	22,755	54.5%
Non-Profit	1,292	3,115	29.3%
Self-Employed	4,537	2,527	64.2%

Local Government	1,854	2,948	38.6%
State Government	3,081	5,953	34.1%
Federal Government	1,026	933	52.4%

Total Private + Self	31,763	25,282	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,253	12,949	35.9%
Total	39,016	38,231	50.5%

Pct. Govt.	20.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,173	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	18,238	23.6%
Professional, Technical	20,680	26.8%
Service Occupations	10,029	13.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	201	0.3%
All others	16,150	20.9%

White Collar		66.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	13,213	17.1%
Retail trade	8,795	11.4%
Educational services	7,340	9.5%
Manufacturing	6,124	7.9%
Construction	5,664	7.3%
Public administration	5,029	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	4,820	6.2%
Finance and insurance	4,776	6.2%
Other services	3,998	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,768	4.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,736	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,503	3.2%
Wholesale trade	2,320	3.0%
Information	1,293	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,186	1.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,169	1.5%
Utilities	847	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	385	0.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	299	0.4%
Management	5	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,160	1.37%
Puerto Rican	200	0.13%
Cuban	360	0.23%
Dominican	46	0.03%

Total Central American	972	0.62%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	209	0.13%
Honduran	599	0.38%
Nicaraguan	67	0.04%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	97	0.06%

Total South American	351	0.22%
Argentinean	9	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	95	0.06%
Ecuadorian	38	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	166	0.11%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	43	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	203	0.13%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	779	0.50%
Filipino	261	0.17%
Vietnamese	243	0.15%
Chinese	198	0.13%
Korean	99	0.06%
Japanese	78	0.05%
Indonesian	71	0.05%
Bangladeshi	12	0.01%
Malaysian	2	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	141,653	95.4%
Spanish	4,014	2.7%
Other Indo-European	659	0.4%
Other Asian	461	0.3%
German, other Germanic	376	0.3%
Arabic	365	0.2%
Vietnamese	196	0.1%
Chinese	188	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	169	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	19,020	12.1%
American	17,420	11.1%
Irish	15,141	9.6%
German	10,083	6.4%
European	7,394	4.7%
Scottish	3,389	2.2%
Scotch-Irish	3,199	2.0%
Italian	2,436	1.5%
French	1,860	1.2%
Dutch	1,088	0.7%
British	913	0.6%
Swedish	762	0.5%
Polish	744	0.5%
Welsh	736	0.5%
Norwegian	650	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	155,107	98.7%
Not a citizen	2,078	1.3%

Native	153,130	97.4%
Foreign-born	4,055	2.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,647	3.3%	7,219	6.6%	25,723	23.6%	36,655	33.7%	22,947	21.1%	12,702	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,647	3.3%
9-12 Years	7,219	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	25,723	23.6%
Some College	36,655	33.7%
Bach. Degree	22,947	21.1%
Grad Degree	12,702	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	46,703	44,698	2,005	4.3%	7.6%
1991	47,194	45,138	2,056	4.4%	8.4%
1992	48,216	46,199	2,017	4.2%	8.0%
1993	49,362	47,655	1,707	3.5%	6.7%
1994	51,409	49,734	1,675	3.3%	6.3%
1995	53,500	51,906	1,594	3.0%	6.2%
1996	55,714	54,238	1,476	2.6%	6.0%
1997	58,403	57,012	1,391	2.4%	5.7%
1998	60,139	58,822	1,317	2.2%	5.3%
1999	60,700	59,395	1,305	2.1%	5.1%

2000	63,192	60,964	2,228	3.5%	5.3%
2001	65,215	63,030	2,185	3.4%	5.5%
2002	65,600	62,920	2,680	4.1%	6.4%
2003	68,298	65,575	2,723	4.0%	6.1%
2004	71,330	68,496	2,834	4.0%	6.1%
2005	71,663	68,374	3,289	4.6%	7.6%
2006	71,452	68,656	2,796	3.9%	6.4%
2007	72,413	69,528	2,885	4.0%	6.2%
2008	73,086	70,010	3,076	4.2%	6.7%
2009	72,610	68,303	4,307	5.9%	9.4%

2010	71,072	66,343	4,729	6.7%	10.1%
2011	73,738	69,149	4,589	6.2%	9.8%
2012	73,608	69,466	4,142	5.6%	8.8%
2013	71,275	67,569	3,706	5.2%	8.5%
2014	70,738	67,418	3,320	4.7%	7.6%
2015	72,763	69,701	3,062	4.2%	6.5%
2016	74,573	71,558	3,015	4.0%	5.9%
2017	75,933	73,147	2,786	3.7%	5.2%
2018	76,134	73,422	2,712	3.6%	5.0%
2019	77,397	74,263	3,134	4.0%	5.5%

2020	74,377	70,428	3,949	5.3%	8.1%
2021	75,632	72,910	2,722	3.6%	5.5%
2022	76,550	74,306	2,244	2.9%	3.9%
2023	76,142	74,373	1,769	2.3%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	63,629
Median Value	$203,300

Occupied	58,982	92.7%
Vacant	4,647	7.3%

Owned	45,381	76.9%
Rented	13,601	23.1%
Median Rent	$1,177

Single-Family Units	47,052	73.9%
Detached	46,038	72.4%
Attached	1,014	1.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	5,636	8.9%
Mobile Homes	8,992	14.1%

Rankin County, MS

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rankin County, MS

2022 Housing Data for Rankin County, MS

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rankin County, MS

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rankin County, MS

Historical Labor Force Data for Rankin County, MS