2024 population: 169,264 ( 15,513 from 2020)
Land area: 5225.0 square miles
Population density: 32.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	53,941	31.87%	9.4%
Black:	107,720	63.64%	8.7%
Indian:	322	0.19%	1.2%
Asian:	1,158	0.68%	6.4%
2+ races:	1,487	0.88%	12.1%
Hispanic:	4,636	2.74%	5.9%

Total non-White:	115,323	68.13%	7.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,863	12.0
Deaths:	12,333	16.7
Net Migration:	-12,567	-17.0
Net Immigration:	583	0.8

Change in White population:	-5,599	-3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	-9,914	-5.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
184,777
59,540	32.22%
117,969	63.84%
326	0.18%
1,237	0.67%
1,327	0.72%
4,378	2.37%
125,237	67.78%

2010
206,730
69,853	33.79%
130,326	63.04%
283	0.14%
1,032	0.50%
1,130	0.55%
4,026	1.95%
136,877	66.21%

2000
238,978
87,611	36.66%
145,968	61.08%
232	0.10%
1,141	0.48%
1,025	0.43%
2,944	1.23%
151,367	63.34%

1990
241,733
100,217	41.46%
139,439	57.68%
302	0.12%
747	0.31%
n/a
1,028	0.43%
141,516	58.54%

1980
260,447
110,622	42.47%
145,623	55.91%
221	0.08%
948	0.36%
n/a
2,968	1.14%
149,825	57.53%

1970
265,901
113,076	42.53%
150,754	56.70%
115	0.04%
842	0.32%
n/a
898	0.34%
152,825	57.47%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
24,544	11.9
21,960	10.6
-27,415	-13.3
294	0.1

-10,313	-5.0
-11,640	-5.6

Number	Rate
2000's
32,432	13.6
22,949	9.6
-35,275	-14.8
903	0.4

-17,758	-7.4
-14,490	-6.1

Number	Rate
1990's
41,348	17.1
26,842	11.1
-24,899	-10.3
507	0.2

-12,606	-5.2
9,851	4.1

Number	Rate
1980's
49,851	19.1
27,072	10.4
-38,950	-15.0
n/a

-10,405	-4.0
-8,309	-3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-42,395	-15.9
n/a

-2,454	-0.9
-3,000	-1.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

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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
37.7
43,855	25.9%
125,409	74.1%
30,990	18.3%

67,566
2.58

41,927	62.1%
23,144	55.2%
7,178	17.1%
25,639	37.9%

2010
Number	Percent
35.6
52,761	25.5%
153,969	74.5%
26,310	12.7%

74,464
2.60

50,842	68.3%
27,244	53.6%
10,182	20.0%
23,622	31.7%

2000
Number	Percent
32.1
69,902	29.3%
169,076	70.7%
28,915	12.1%

81,891
2.76

58,996	72.0%
34,572	58.6%
11,989	20.3%
22,895	28.0%

1990
Number	Percent
29.3
79,171	32.8%
162,562	67.2%
31,895	13.2%

79,528
2.94

58,703	73.8%
37,954	64.7%
11,025	18.8%
20,825	26.2%

1980
Number	Percent
26.0
93,871	36.0%
166,576	64.0%
32,303	12.4%

80,888
3.13

61,603	76.2%
45,476	73.8%
8,162	13.2%
19,285	23.8%

2022 Housing Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,817	10.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,315	10.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,518	6.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,465	6.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,077	7.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,491	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,000	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,959	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,786	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,464	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,419	8.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,658	9.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,646	5.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,169	3.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,397	3.5%
$200,000 or more	2,385	3.5%

Median Household Income	38,279
Per Capita Income	23,820

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	68

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,779	13.0%
Public Assistance	1,594	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	15,212	22.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	60,322	54.3%
Unemployed	6,480	5.8%
In Armed Forces	115	0.1%

Total Labor Force	66,917	60.2%
Not in Labor Force	44,198	39.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		45.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	21,856	19,896	52.3%
Non-Profit	1,284	2,640	32.7%
Self-Employed	4,444	1,739	71.9%

Local Government	2,499	3,877	39.2%
State Government	2,206	4,809	31.4%
Federal Government	949	609	60.9%

Total Private + Self	26,300	21,635	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,938	11,935	36.8%
Total	33,238	33,570	49.8%

Pct. Govt.	22.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	7,499	11.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	13,176	19.6%
Professional, Technical	14,104	21.0%
Service Occupations	12,489	18.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,022	1.5%
All others	19,799	29.5%

White Collar		51.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	10,428	15.5%
Manufacturing	9,175	13.7%
Retail trade	8,585	12.8%
Educational services	7,941	11.8%
Public administration	4,625	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	4,226	6.3%
Construction	3,788	5.6%
Other services	3,310	4.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,133	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	2,834	4.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,695	2.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,681	2.5%
Wholesale trade	1,507	2.2%
Finance and insurance	1,323	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	932	1.4%
Utilities	761	1.1%
Information	611	0.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	417	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	87	0.1%
Management	8	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,911	1.59%
Puerto Rican	248	0.14%
Cuban	22	0.01%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	151	0.08%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	73	0.04%
Honduran	1	0.00%
Nicaraguan	75	0.04%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	2	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	196	0.11%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	96	0.05%
Ecuadorian	1	0.00%
Paraguayan	26	0.01%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	73	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	225	0.12%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	348	0.19%
Chinese	164	0.09%
Filipino	129	0.07%
Vietnamese	106	0.06%
Japanese	2	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	167,312	97.4%
Spanish	2,999	1.7%
Other Indo-European	461	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	333	0.2%
German, other Germanic	151	0.1%
Other Asian	135	0.1%
Chinese	71	0.0%
Other	69	0.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	69	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	18,630	10.2%
English	9,460	5.2%
Irish	6,288	3.4%
German	3,248	1.8%
Italian	2,692	1.5%
African	1,279	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	1,204	0.7%
Scottish	1,142	0.6%
French	1,122	0.6%
European	907	0.5%
Swedish	376	0.2%
British	338	0.2%
Dutch	288	0.2%
Welsh	270	0.1%
Norwegian	212	0.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	181,935	99.2%
Not a citizen	1,403	0.8%

Native	180,916	98.7%
Foreign-born	2,422	1.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,173	6.7%	15,749	12.9%	38,333	31.4%	35,287	28.9%	14,695	12.0%	10,033	8.2%
Average years of education: 12.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,173	6.7%
9-12 Years	15,749	12.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	38,333	31.4%
Some College	35,287	28.9%
Bach. Degree	14,695	12.0%
Grad Degree	10,033	8.2%
Average years of education: 12.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	99,578	89,420	10,158	10.2%
1991	99,774	89,065	10,709	10.7%
1992	99,740	89,423	10,317	10.3%
1993	100,821	90,618	10,203	10.1%
1994	102,870	92,952	9,918	9.6%
1995	101,102	91,602	9,500	9.4%
1996	99,969	90,443	9,526	9.5%
1997	99,251	89,855	9,396	9.5%
1998	97,230	88,614	8,616	8.9%
1999	96,480	88,445	8,035	8.3%

2000	95,733	88,554	7,179	7.5%
2001	91,893	84,263	7,630	8.3%
2002	92,526	83,925	8,601	9.3%
2003	92,997	85,151	7,846	8.4%
2004	91,218	83,308	7,910	8.7%
2005	90,071	81,351	8,720	9.7%
2006	87,848	80,785	7,063	8.0%
2007	87,326	80,183	7,143	8.2%
2008	86,356	78,707	7,649	8.9%
2009	83,728	73,650	10,078	12.0%

2010	80,816	69,964	10,852	13.4%
2011	81,645	70,948	10,697	13.1%
2012	78,983	69,311	9,672	12.2%
2013	75,142	65,873	9,269	12.3%
2014	73,115	65,146	7,969	10.9%
2015	72,705	66,096	6,609	9.1%
2016	72,053	66,309	5,744	8.0%
2017	70,806	66,015	4,791	6.8%
2018	69,031	64,574	4,457	6.5%
2019	67,468	62,595	4,873	7.2%

2020	66,297	59,952	6,345	9.6%
2021	64,529	59,879	4,650	7.2%
2022	62,257	59,091	3,166	5.1%
2023	60,393	57,790	2,603	4.3%
2024	63,726	61,049	2,677	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	82,675
Median Value	$103,094

Occupied	67,566	81.7%
Vacant	15,109	18.3%

Owned	41,360	61.2%
Rented	26,206	38.8%
Median Rent	$696

Single-Family Units	60,264	72.9%
Detached	59,484	71.9%
Attached	780	0.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,447	7.8%
Mobile Homes	8,873	10.7%

Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Greenwood-Greenville, MS-AR Market Area