Compare Mississippi (MS) vs Tennessee (TN) vs Alabama (AL) vs Louisiana (LA) vs United States
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| Metric |
Mississippi (MS) State |
Tennessee (TN) State |
Alabama (AL) State |
Louisiana (LA) State |
United States Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||||
| Total population | 2,946,779 | 7,066,383 | 5,086,768 | 4,611,961 | 334,922,499 |
| Rent | $954 | $1,189 | $1,007 | $1,064 | $1,413 |
| Year built | 1986 | 1987 | 1986 | 1983 | 1980 |
| Household income | $56,447 | $69,595 | $63,999 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Per capita income | $31,549 | $39,437 | $36,087 | $35,038 | $44,673 |
| Poverty rate | 18.9% | 13.8% | 15.6% | 18.9% | 12.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 4.0% |
| Household size | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Rent over 30% of income | 43.6% | 44.3% | 42.5% | 47.7% | 47.6% |
| Demographics | |||||
| Total population | 2,946,779 | 7,066,383 | 5,086,768 | 4,611,961 | 334,922,499 |
| Adults over 25 | 1,972,266 | 4,870,330 | 3,473,706 | 3,107,436 | 230,807,303 |
| Total households | 1,145,431 | 2,824,277 | 1,997,247 | 1,804,780 | 129,227,496 |
| Household size | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Income & Poverty | |||||
| Household income | $56,447 | $69,595 | $63,999 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Per capita income | $31,549 | $39,437 | $36,087 | $35,038 | $44,673 |
| Poverty rate | 18.9% | 13.8% | 15.6% | 18.9% | 12.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 4.0% |
| Rent over 30% of income | 43.6% | 44.3% | 42.5% | 47.7% | 47.6% |
| Housing | |||||
| Rent | $954 | $1,189 | $1,007 | $1,064 | $1,413 |
| Year built | 1986 | 1987 | 1986 | 1983 | 1980 |
| Households that rent | 30% | 33.1% | 29.8% | 32.6% | 34.8% |
| Households that own | 70% | 66.9% | 70.2% | 67.4% | 65.2% |
| Rooms per home (all homes) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 55.8% | 72.4% | 64.6% | 56.9% | 61% |
| Black | 36.4% | 15.6% | 25.8% | 30.7% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 1% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% | 7% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 12.6% |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.7% | 7.4% | 5.6% | 7.2% | 19.3% |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 96.3% | 92.6% | 94.4% | 92.8% | 80.7% |
| Commute | |||||
| Commute rate | 94.1% | 87.1% | 91.2% | 91.9% | 84.9% |
| Commute time to work | 26.0 min | 26.0 min | 25.0 min | 26.0 min | 26.0 min |
| Work from home | 5.9% | 12.9% | 8.8% | 8.1% | 15.1% |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 31.2% | 27.6% | 29.7% | 30.4% | 27.5% |
| High school graduate or GED | 29.9% | 31.2% | 30.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college or associate degree | 13.8% | 10.2% | 11.6% | 10% | 10.7% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 25.1% | 31.1% | 28.4% | 27% | 35.7% |