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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Tupelo is 4th in Mississippi out of 63 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Tupelo is 4th in Mississippi out of 65 other cities in Retail sales

Tupelo is 5th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Size in square miles

Tupelo is 6th in Mississippi out of 58 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Tupelo is 7th in Mississippi out of 62 other cities in Current population (2012)

Tupelo is 7th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Households

Tupelo is 7th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Housing units

Tupelo is 10th in Mississippi out of 60 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Tupelo is 15th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Income per capita

Tupelo is 15th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	35,490	7th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	51.1	5th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	675.5	39th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	36th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.2%	25th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	26th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.3%	22nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.0%	15th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	58.7%	37th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	36.8%	32nd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	62nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	26th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	38th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	26th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	30th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.7%	33rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.1%	32nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.7%	36th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	15,371	7th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.3%	19th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	13,583	7th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.1%	42nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$117,500	28th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	52nd	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$24,806	15th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$39,415	29th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.0%	44th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Tupelo	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,224	4th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,212,044	4th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$33,838	10th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$131,895	6th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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