- State:MississippiCounty:Hinds CountyZips:39289,39296,39207,39060,39286,39298,39282,39296,39058,39205,39217,39225,39269,39210,39215,39236,39272,39066,39041,39175,39170,39203,39154,39272,39212,39213,39204,39209,39202,39056,39206,39211,39201,39216Coordinates:32.26670177630004, -90.44282107775277Area total:877.28 sq. mi., 2272.15 sq. km, 561459.84 acresArea land:869.83 sq. mi., 2252.85 sq. km, 556691.20 acresArea water:7.45 sq. mi., 19.30 sq. km, 4768.64 acresEstablished:1821Capital seat:
Jackson and Raymond
Address: PO BOX 686
Chancery Court Building
Jackson, MS 39205-0686
Governing Body: Board of Supervisors with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
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- Population:227,742; Population change: -7.15% (2010 - 2020)Population density:262 persons per square mileHousehold income:$38,638Households:90,738Unemployment rate:9.30% per 104,391 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:5.00%GDP:$11.07 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Hinds County's population of Mississippi of 85,118 residents in 1930 has increased 2,68-fold to 227,742 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 52.66% female residents and 47.34% male residents live in as of 2020, 47.71% in Hinds County, Mississippi are married and the remaining 52.29% are single population.
As of 2020, 47.71% in Hinds County, Mississippi are married and the remaining 52.29% are single population.
- Housing units:106,134 residential units of which 87.41% share occupied residential units.
23.3 minutes is the average time that residents in Hinds County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.99% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 15.18% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.83% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.65% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Hinds County, Mississippi 57.56% are owner-occupied homes, another 30.08% are rented apartments, and the remaining 12.36% are vacant.
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The 54.78% of the population in Hinds County, Mississippi who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 30.260%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 69.240%) of those eligible to vote in Hinds County, Mississippi.
