Mississippi State is home to 4,655 people in Mississippi. The median age is 19.1, younger than the US median of 38.9. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 0% of adults. People stay put here: 54% were in the same home a year ago. 3% of locals were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 16 minutes on average.
Mississippi State's population equals 9.0% of Oktibbeha County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 5.9% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 12% 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
Over time
Mississippi State, decade by decade
Mississippi State 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
2010
4,005
$48,300
$443,080
87.4%
59.6
2020
4,968
–
–
75.5%
56.7
2024
4,655
–
–
0.0%
61.0
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.
