Mississippi state Population Profile

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Mississippi state Population

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,373,554	48.29%	49.06%
Female	1,471,104	51.71%	50.94%
Under 5 years	204,364	7.18%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	216,920	7.63%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	218,742	7.69%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	233,188	8.2%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	212,947	7.49%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	381,798	13.42%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	425,372	14.95%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	361,981	12.72%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	132,202	4.65%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	113,621	3.99%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	185,710	6.53%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	114,922	4.04%	4.39%
85 years and over	42,891	1.51%	1.51%
Median age (years)	33.8		35.3
18 years and over	2,069,471	72.75%	74.31%
- Male	977,930	34.38%	35.89%
- Female	1,091,541	38.37%	38.42%
21 years and over	1,923,445	67.62%	69.97%
62 years and over	409,722	14.4%	14.66%
65 years and over	343,523	12.08%	12.43%
- Male	135,890	4.78%	5.12%
- Female	207,633	7.3%	7.31%
RACE
One race	2,824,637	99.3%	97.57%
- White	1,746,099	61.38%	75.14%
- Black or African American	1,033,809	36.34%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	11,652	0.41%	0.88%
- Asian	18,626	0.65%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	3,827	0.13%	0.6%
- - Chinese	3,099	0.11%	0.86%
- - Filipino	2,608	0.09%	0.66%
- - Japanese	766	0.03%	0.28%
- - Korean	1,334	0.05%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	5,387	0.19%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	1,605	0.06%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	667	0.02%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	197	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	213	0.01%	0.02%
- - Samoan	157	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	100		0.04%
- Some other race	26,103	0.92%	5.46%
Two or more races	20,021	0.7%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	1,761,658	61.93%	77.08%
Black or African American	1,041,708	36.62%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	19,555	0.69%	1.46%
Asian	23,281	0.82%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,901	0.07%	0.31%
Some other race	18,635	0.66%	6.58%

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	2,844,658		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	39,569	1.39%	12.55%
- Mexican	21,616	0.76%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	2,881	0.1%	1.21%
- Cuban	1,508	0.05%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	13,564	0.48%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,805,089	98.61%	87.45%
- White alone	1,727,908	60.74%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	2,844,658		281,421,906
In households	2,749,244	96.65%	97.24%
- Householder	1,046,434	36.79%	37.48%
- Spouse	520,844	18.31%	19.36%
- Child	883,590	31.06%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	657,312	23.11%	22.92%
- Other relatives	192,598	6.77%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	101,556	3.57%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	105,778	3.72%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	46,738	1.64%	1.95%
In group quarters	95,414	3.35%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	50,826	1.79%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	44,588	1.57%	1.32%

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