Clinton is home to 27,195 people in Mississippi. This is an unusually credentialed place: 48% of adults have a four-year degree. Households here earn about 32% more than in Mississippi as a whole. This skews young, with a median age of 35.3. The typical home is worth $225,800, having more than doubled since 2000. 6% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $74,745, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
48% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 30%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Clinton
What changed most since 1990
Black share17.1% → 43.1%(+26.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share80.9% → 47.3%(−33.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$178,085 → $225,800(+27%)US over the same years: +67%
Clinton's population equals 12% of Hinds County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 38% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 5.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.1%(261)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.9%(248)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.1%(261)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War17.7%(200)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.5%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,131 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Clinton, decade by decade
Clinton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
21,847
$88,251
$178,085
38.3%
39.5
2000
23,347
$85,785
$173,239
40.5%
49.4
2010
25,216
$81,335
$206,003
42.7%
66.3
2020
28,100
$78,059
$215,137
46.2%
73.6
2024
27,195
$74,745
$225,800
47.8%
73.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
