Mississippi

2024 population: 2,943,045 ( 18,233 from 2020)
Land area: 46923.7 square miles
Population density: 62.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,629,843	55.38%	1.8%
Black:	1,097,054	37.28%	1.3%
Indian:	15,266	0.52%	2.7%
Asian:	38,263	1.30%	15.1%
2+ races:	41,674	1.42%	14.1%
Hispanic:	120,945	4.11%	15.1%

Total non-White:	1,313,202	44.62%	0.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	147,355	12.4
Deaths:	163,530	13.8
Net Migration:	-22,153	-1.9
Net Immigration:	19,968	1.7

Change in White population:	-30,164	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	11,931	0.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
2,961,278
1,660,007	56.06%
1,111,561	37.54%
14,862	0.50%
33,240	1.12%
36,517	1.23%
105,091	3.55%
1,301,271	43.94%

2010
2,967,297
1,722,287	58.04%
1,093,512	36.85%
13,845	0.47%
26,425	0.89%
27,919	0.94%
81,481	2.75%
1,245,010	41.96%

2000
2,844,658
1,727,908	60.74%
1,028,473	36.15%
11,224	0.39%
18,918	0.67%
17,272	0.61%
39,569	1.39%
1,116,750	39.26%

1990
2,573,216
1,623,356	63.09%
913,730	35.51%
8,706	0.34%
12,679	0.49%
n/a
14,745	0.57%
949,860	36.91%

1980
2,520,638
1,603,982	63.63%
877,406	34.81%
6,362	0.25%
7,749	0.31%
n/a
24,178	0.96%
916,656	36.37%

1970
2,216,912
1,388,139	62.62%
812,758	36.66%
4,098	0.18%
2,662	0.12%
n/a
8,182	0.37%
828,773	37.38%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
352,877	11.9
284,210	9.6
-80,197	-2.7
18,949	0.6

-62,280	-2.1
56,261	1.9

Number	Rate
2000's
403,008	14.2
263,192	9.3
-36,545	-1.3
17,572	0.6

-5,621	-0.2
128,260	4.5

Number	Rate
1990's
422,131	16.4
268,408	10.4
48,792	1.9
8,052	0.3

104,552	4.1
166,890	6.5

Number	Rate
1980's
438,334	17.4
241,792	9.6
-122,098	-4.8
n/a

19,374	0.8
33,204	1.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
38,350	1.7
n/a

215,843	9.7
87,883	4.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Mississippi

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Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

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Married Couples (%Fams):

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Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.1
691,076	23.5%
2,251,969	76.5%
487,750	16.6%

1,121,269
2.55

739,850	66.0%
497,533	67.2%
96,982	13.1%
381,419	34.0%

2010
Number	Percent
36.1
755,555	25.5%
2,211,742	74.5%
380,407	12.8%

1,115,768
2.58

770,266	69.0%
506,633	65.8%
111,668	14.5%
345,502	31.0%

2000
Number	Percent
33.9
774,404	27.2%
2,070,254	72.8%
344,288	12.1%

1,047,555
2.62

752,234	71.8%
529,852	70.4%
105,365	14.0%
295,321	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.3
747,371	29.0%
1,825,845	71.0%
321,245	12.5%

910,574
2.75

679,191	74.6%
508,885	74.9%
83,073	12.2%
231,383	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
27.9
816,816	32.4%
1,703,822	67.6%
289,094	11.5%

828,389
2.97

645,453	77.9%
521,149	80.7%
59,855	9.3%
182,936	22.1%

2022 Housing Data for Mississippi

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	83,427	7.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	72,159	6.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	61,809	5.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	61,075	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	56,409	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	53,832	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	50,828	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	48,051	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	47,487	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	84,071	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	103,243	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	135,094	12.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	90,677	8.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	58,825	5.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	61,267	5.5%
$200,000 or more	53,015	4.7%

Median Household Income	52,985
Per Capita Income	29,209

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	73

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	86,058	7.7%
Public Assistance	23,573	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	162,282	14.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,133,540	62.9%
Unemployed	80,745	4.5%
In Armed Forces	11,511	0.6%

Total Labor Force	1,225,796	68.0%
Not in Labor Force	575,543	32.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	444,903	384,090	53.7%
Non-Profit	24,970	48,622	33.9%
Self-Employed	71,697	38,603	65.0%

Local Government	33,220	50,887	39.5%
State Government	36,776	66,495	35.6%
Federal Government	21,161	20,949	50.3%

Total Private + Self	516,600	422,693	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	116,127	186,953	38.3%
Total	632,727	609,646	50.9%

Pct. Govt.	18.5%
Pct. Private + Self	75.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	153,165	12.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	255,802	20.5%
Professional, Technical	273,197	21.9%
Service Occupations	212,785	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,839	0.6%
All others	350,951	28.2%

White Collar		54.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	191,267	15.4%
Manufacturing	165,763	13.3%
Retail trade	142,051	11.4%
Educational services	123,249	9.9%
Accommodation and food services	86,071	6.9%
Construction	84,382	6.8%
Transportation and warehousing	72,591	5.8%
Public administration	65,197	5.2%
Other services	58,864	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	44,420	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	42,422	3.4%
Finance and insurance	42,345	3.4%
Wholesale trade	27,923	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	26,599	2.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	19,313	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	15,581	1.3%
Utilities	15,098	1.2%
Information	13,326	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	8,830	0.7%
Management	608	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	52,105	1.76%
Puerto Rican	9,783	0.33%
Cuban	3,095	0.10%
Dominican	2,144	0.07%

Total Central American	14,739	0.50%
Costa Rican	408	0.01%
Guatemalan	6,425	0.22%
Honduran	5,021	0.17%
Nicaraguan	753	0.03%
Panamanian	734	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,298	0.04%
Other Central American	100	0.00%

Total South American	4,245	0.14%
Argentinean	209	0.01%
Bolivian	187	0.01%
Chilean	84	0.00%
Colombian	1,580	0.05%
Ecuadorian	216	0.01%
Paraguayan	87	0.00%
Peruvian	1,181	0.04%
Uruguayan	5	0.00%
Venezuelan	639	0.02%
Other South American	57	0.00%

Other Hispanic	11,012	0.37%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	7,717	0.26%
Indian	6,494	0.22%
Chinese	4,554	0.15%
Filipino	4,217	0.14%
Korean	1,222	0.04%
Japanese	963	0.03%
Thai	611	0.02%
Cambodian	268	0.01%
Indonesian	162	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,669,555	96.0%
Spanish	67,489	2.4%
Other Indo-European	8,325	0.3%
Other	7,553	0.3%
Vietnamese	5,734	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	4,057	0.1%
Chinese	3,819	0.1%
Other Asian	3,430	0.1%
German, other Germanic	3,220	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	301,953	10.2%
English	262,123	8.9%
Irish	206,772	7.0%
German	144,213	4.9%
French	59,127	2.0%
Italian	49,136	1.7%
Scottish	41,733	1.4%
European	40,151	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	38,213	1.3%
African	16,376	0.6%
Dutch	12,035	0.4%
Polish	11,619	0.4%
British	11,589	0.4%
Welsh	8,654	0.3%
Swedish	8,105	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,920,299	98.7%
Not a citizen	38,547	1.3%

Native	2,890,589	97.7%
Foreign-born	68,257	2.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
91,246	4.6%	179,853	9.1%	586,782	29.8%	640,370	32.5%	286,132	14.5%	183,939	9.3%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	91,246	4.6%
9-12 Years	179,853	9.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	586,782	29.8%
Some College	640,370	32.5%
Bach. Degree	286,132	14.5%
Grad Degree	183,939	9.3%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,178,457	1,089,132	89,325	7.6%
1991	1,183,900	1,084,605	99,295	8.4%
1992	1,192,627	1,097,404	95,223	8.0%
1993	1,212,757	1,131,367	81,390	6.7%
1994	1,243,758	1,165,205	78,553	6.3%
1995	1,254,604	1,176,967	77,637	6.2%
1996	1,263,397	1,187,630	75,767	6.0%
1997	1,272,841	1,200,407	72,434	5.7%
1998	1,276,035	1,209,003	67,032	5.3%
1999	1,283,788	1,218,261	65,527	5.1%

2000	1,309,884	1,239,845	70,039	5.3%
2001	1,294,742	1,223,542	71,200	5.5%
2002	1,290,798	1,207,800	82,998	6.4%
2003	1,304,585	1,224,556	80,029	6.1%
2004	1,314,989	1,234,122	80,867	6.1%
2005	1,317,414	1,217,367	100,047	7.6%
2006	1,280,625	1,199,291	81,334	6.4%
2007	1,293,341	1,213,554	79,787	6.2%
2008	1,293,380	1,206,862	86,518	6.7%
2009	1,268,510	1,149,833	118,677	9.4%

2010	1,309,139	1,176,944	132,195	10.1%
2011	1,345,999	1,214,640	131,359	9.8%
2012	1,330,461	1,213,249	117,212	8.8%
2013	1,273,061	1,164,832	108,229	8.5%
2014	1,243,941	1,149,280	94,661	7.6%
2015	1,260,020	1,178,023	81,997	6.5%
2016	1,271,842	1,196,246	75,596	5.9%
2017	1,273,992	1,207,469	66,523	5.2%
2018	1,270,152	1,207,242	62,910	5.0%
2019	1,280,475	1,209,450	71,025	5.5%

2020	1,259,356	1,157,548	101,808	8.1%
2021	1,255,719	1,187,101	68,618	5.5%
2022	1,251,029	1,201,882	49,147	3.9%
2023	1,231,106	1,192,013	39,093	3.2%
2024	1,271,437	1,231,219	40,218	3.2%

Migration Data for Mississippi

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Tennessee	111,295
Louisiana	77,886
Texas	68,843
Alabama	57,788
Florida	43,079
Georgia	33,834
California	23,353
Arkansas	20,380
Illinois	18,259
North Carolina	15,000
Virginia	14,870
Missouri	11,434
Colorado	9,243
Ohio	9,060
Michigan	8,707

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
Tennessee	114,066
Texas	96,442
Louisiana	74,439
Alabama	64,378
Florida	50,775
Georgia	41,773
California	22,610
Arkansas	22,118
North Carolina	16,798
Virginia	16,644
Illinois	15,161
Missouri	11,493
Colorado	10,127
Ohio	9,508
South Carolina	9,453

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,324,992
Median Value	$151,000

Occupied	1,121,269	84.6%
Vacant	203,723	15.4%

Owned	775,465	69.2%
Rented	345,804	30.8%
Median Rent	$896

Single-Family Units	934,831	70.6%
Detached	917,138	69.2%
Attached	17,693	1.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	121,167	9.1%
Mobile Homes	192,307	14.5%

Counties in Mississippi

Districts in this state

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Mississippi

2022 Housing Data for Mississippi

2022 Income & Employment Data for Mississippi

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Mississippi

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Mississippi

Historical Labor Force Data for Mississippi

Migration Data for Mississippi

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