Greenville, MS

Census Place

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2024 Population
28,166
US Senator
Roger Wicker
Republican Party
US Senator
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
37.8
1.56% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
28%
11.8% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$40,083
10.4% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$103,800
2.98% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
10,449
3.24% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Greenville, MS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.9% of the residents in Greenville, MS are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Greenville, MS are Upper Kutz Barber & Style College (16 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Greenville, MS was $103,800, and the homeownership rate was 53.9%.

Most people in Greenville, MS drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Greenville, MS was 1 car per household.

Population & Diversity

Greenville, MS is home to a population of 28.2k people, from which 99.9% are citizens. As of 2024, 0.682% of Greenville, MS residents were born outside of the country (192 people).

In 2024, there were 5.54 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (23.2k people) in Greenville, MS than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.19k White (Non-Hispanic) and 333 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

99.9%
2024 Citizenship
99.9%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.9% of Greenville, MS residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Greenville, MS was 99.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Greenville, MS
  1. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    23.2k ± 457
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    4.19k ± 380
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    333 ± 11
0.277%
Hispanic Population
78 people

In 2024, there were 5.54 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (23.2k people) in Greenville, MS than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.19k White (Non-Hispanic) and 333 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

0.277% of the people in Greenville, MS are hispanic (78 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Greenville, MS as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Mississippi.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    17,149 ± 3,206 people
  2. Honduras
    5,066 ± 1,746 people
  3. India
    4,341 ± 1,616 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Mississippi was Mexico, the natal country of 17,149 Mississippi residents, followed by Honduras with 5,066 and India with 4,341.

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Foreign-Born Population

0.682%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
192 people
0.791%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
228 people

As of 2024, 0.682% of Greenville, MS residents (192 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Greenville, MS was 0.791%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    224 ± 105
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    215 ± 137
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    191 ± 104

Greenville, MS has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.04 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Greenville, MS employs 10.4k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Greenville, MS were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,625 people), Retail Trade (1,487 people), and Educational Services (1,154 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($59,013), Utilities ($58,750), and Information ($52,746).

Occupations

10.4k
2024 Value
± 893
3.24%
1 Year growth
± 11.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Greenville, MS grew at a rate of 3.24%, from 10.1k employees to 10.4k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Greenville, MS, are Material Moving Occupations (1,180 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,056 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,004 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Greenville, MS.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Mississippi.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Employment by Industries

10.4k
2024 Value
± 893
3.24%
1 Year growth
± 11.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Greenville, MS grew at a rate of 3.24%, from 10.1k employees to 10.4k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Greenville, MS, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,625 people), Retail Trade (1,487 people), and Educational Services (1,154 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Greenville, MS, though some of these residents may live in Greenville, MS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$43,477
Median earning men ± $3,573
$31,627
Median earning women ± $1,644

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($74,423), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($56,793), and Information ($52,746).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($37,407), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($37,054), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($34,703).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
1.38%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.17M people employed in Mississippi. This represents a 1.38% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 12.5%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Mississippi.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Mississippi went to Donald J. Trump with 60.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.439%).

Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are the senators currently representing the state of Mississippi. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Mississippi is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Mississippi

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Mississippi.
Roger Wicker
Senator from Mississippi1
Assumed office on December 31, 2007
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Trent Lott.
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Senator from Mississippi2
Assumed office on April 9, 2018
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Thad Cochran.

Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are the senators currently representing Mississippi.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Mississippi over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Greenville, MS awarded 16 degrees. The student population of Greenville, MS in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 15 male students and 13 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Greenville, MS are Black or African American (16 and 100%).

The largest universities in Greenville, MS by number of degrees awarded are Upper Kutz Barber & Style College (16 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Greenville, MS are Barbering (15 and 93.8%) and Cosmetology, Barber, & Nail Instructor (1 and 6.25%).

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 28 students enrolled in Greenville, MS, 53.6% men and 46.4% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Black or African American with 25 records, of which 48% were women and 52% men.

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Concentrations

Most Common
  1. 15 degrees awarded
  2. 1 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Greenville, MS was Barbering with 15 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Greenville, MS according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
16 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Upper Kutz Barber & Style College with 16 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 11 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Greenville, MS, which is 2.2 times more than the 5 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Black or African American students. These 16 degrees mean that there were InfinityM times more degrees awarded to Black or African American students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 0 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Greenville, MS was $103,800 in 2024, which is 0.312 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $100,800 to $103,800, a 2.98% increase. The homeownership rate in Greenville, MS is 53.9%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Greenville, MS have an average commute time of 18.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Greenville, MS is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Property

$103,800
Median Property Value 2024
±$11,807
$6,064
Median Property Taxes
±$591

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Greenville, MS the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Greenville, MS compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

53.9%
Homeownership
2024
62%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 53.9% of the housing units in Greenville, MS were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 51%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$40,083
Median Household Income
± $5,287
11.2k
Number of Households
± 854

In 2024, the median household income of the 11.2k households in Greenville, MS grew to $40,083 from the previous year's value of $36,297.

The following chart displays the households in Greenville, MS distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Greenville, MS is from Mississippi.
0.45
2023 Wage GINI in Mississippi
0.452
2022 Wage GINI in Mississippi

In 2023, the income inequality in Mississippi was 0.45 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.442% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Mississippi was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Mississippi in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (84.2%)
  2. Carpooled (8.44%)
  3. Worked At Home (3.5%)

In 2024, 84.2% of workers in Greenville, MS drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (8.44%) and those who worked at home (3.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

18.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Greenville, MS have a shorter commute time (18.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.64% of the workforce in Greenville, MS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Greenville, MS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Greenville, MS have 1 car.

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Poverty & Diversity

28% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Greenville, MS (7.71k out of 27.5k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Greenville, MS is Black, followed by White and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

89.7% of the population of Greenville, MS has health coverage, with 25.6% on employee plans, 33.3% on Medicaid, 11.8% on Medicare, 17.5% on non-group plans, and 1.43% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Mississippi see 1,875 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,875 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1939 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 436 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 45.7% were men and 54.3% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.8% under 18 years, 18.5% between 18 and 34 years, 36.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 17% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 45.7% were men and 54.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

10.3%
Uninsured
25.6%
Employer Coverage
33.3%
Medicaid
11.8%
Medicare
17.5%
Non-Group
1.43%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Greenville, MS declined by 8.77% from 11.3% to 10.3%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Greenville, MS changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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