Yazoo City is a city of 10,219 people in Mississippi. The poverty rate is 46.7%, above the 12.5% national rate. Owners hold 33% of the housing stock. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 13% of adults. That trails the Mississippi median by roughly 50%. The typical home is worth $103,000, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $28,157, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
13% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Yazoo City
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants59.2% → 33.0%(−26.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Black share64.4% → 88.6%(+24.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Population12,430 → 10,219(−18%)US over the same years: +35%
Yazoo City's population equals 41% of Yazoo County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.6% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 6.1% 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)22.9%(83)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.2%(84)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.9%(119)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.3%(1)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 362 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
Yazoo City, decade by decade
Yazoo City 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
12,430
$30,176
$89,283
13.0%
57.7
2000
14,550
$36,238
$88,350
13.1%
58.5
2010
11,403
$29,567
$101,132
12.6%
37.6
2020
10,316
$29,974
$84,964
11.6%
31.9
2024
10,219
$28,157
$103,000
13.4%
25.8
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.
