Aberdeen, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Aberdeen is 6th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Income below poverty line

Aberdeen is 9th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Aberdeen is 14th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Aberdeen is 15th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Female residents

Aberdeen, Mississippi Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	5,502	59th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	12.1	51st	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	464.2	59th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	31st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	47th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	14th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	66.6%	68th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.5%	49th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	28.8%	61st	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	69.2%	9th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	68th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	68th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	44th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	62nd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	60th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	54.4%	15th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	37th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	2,468	61st	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.2%	39th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	2,253	61st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.8%	32nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$68,200	68th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	60th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,239	58th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$22,393	66th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	38.5%	6th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Aberdeen	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	218	63rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$55,133	60th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,120	56th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,406	57th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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