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2018-2022 American Community Survey Tate County Mississippi
Total population 28,094 2,958,846
Male population 13,587 1,437,988
Female population 14,507 1,520,858
Median age 38.3 38.1
Age dependency ratio  64.2 66.2
Citizen voting age population 21,706 2,267,770
Male voting age population 10,375 1,085,881
Female voting age population 11,331 1,181,889
Median Household Income (2022 inflation-adjusted dollars)  $61,286 $52,985
Labor force participation rate (population 16 and older)  57.4% 57.2%
Percentage of households with own children under 18, female householder, no spouse present  7.8% 8.6%
Median earnings in the past 12 months (2022 inflation-adjusted dollars) for the population 25 years and over by educational attainment
Less than high school graduate $30,750 $25,363
High school graduate (includes equivalency) $37,338 $32,974
Some college or associate's degree $38,798 $36,994
Bachelor's degree $61,382 $50,373
Graduate or professional degree $67,663 $63,251
Educational attainment of the population 25 years and older
Less than 9th grade  6.4% 4.6%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma  10.1% 9.1%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)  32.7% 29.8%
Some college, no degree  21.4% 21.9%
Associate's degree  11.4% 10.6%
Bachelor's degree  9.6% 14.5%
Graduate or professional degree  8.4% 9.3%
High school graduate or higher  83.5% 86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher  18.1% 23.9%
Poverty status in the past 12 months
Population for whom poverty status is determined  26,101 2,858,819
Percent of population below poverty level  16.7% 19.2%
By age:
Under 18 33.2% 33.1%
18-64 55.6% 55.3%
65 and over 11.2% 12.8%
By sex:
Male 48.0% 43.2%
Female 52.0% 56.8%
By educational attainment:
Less than high school graduate 23.7% 31.8%
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 17.3% 19.5%
Some college or associate's degree 12.1% 13.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher 7.5% 5.4%

Bureau of Economic Analysis 2022 Annual Data Tate County Mississippi
Per capita income  $36,836 $38,914
Personal income (thousands of dollars) $1,043,236 $115,814,213
Personal current transfer receipts (thousands of dollars) $289,091 $30,682,815
Share of total personal income from transfer receipts  27.7% 26.5%
Personal current transfer receipts: county as a percent of the state 0.9% 100.0%
Manufacturing as a percentage of total employment  5.74% 9.45%

Bureau of Labor Statistics 2022 Annual Data Tate County Mississippi
Labor force 11,990 1,259,347
Employment 11,070 1,157,546
Unemployment 920 101,801
Unemployment rate 7.7% 8.1%

The University Research Center (URC) conducts applied unbiased research on a variety of state and local issues including revenue estimation, economic impact analysis, socio-economic policy analysis, tax analysis, and economic forecasting for the State of Mississippi. Clients include both public and private entities. URC routinely works closely with both the Legislative and Executive branches of state government. State Economist Dr. Darrin Webb is the current Director of the University Research Center. URC is a division of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.

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