Mississippi

Tallahatchie County

Snapshot

Population by ethnic group, from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

African: 59.1%
European: 34.6%
Hispanic: 5%
Other: 1.3%

Compared with Mississippi and the United States

Tallahatchie Countynext to the state and national figures used elsewhere on this site. A dash means the figure isn’t published at that level of geography.

Metric	Tallahatchie County	Mississippi	United States
Black or African American	59.1%	36.2%	—
Non-Hispanic White	34.6%	54.7%	58%
Hispanic	5%	4.6%	—
Indian	0.3%	0.3%	—
East Asian	0.2%	0.3%	—
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%	—

Cost of living

Incomes and housing costs in Tallahatchie County next to Mississippi and the nation. Price levels are published for states, not counties.

Metric	Tallahatchie County	Mississippi	United States
Price level (US = 100)	—	87.0 (−13.0%)	100.0 (+0.0%)
Housing price level (US = 100)	—	56.5 (−43.5%)	100.0 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$37,466	$56,447	$80,734
Median home value	$82,300	$169,800	$332,700
Home price to income	2.2×	3.0×	4.1×
Median gross rent	$732/mo	$954/mo	$1,413/mo
Rent to income	23.4%	20.3%	21.0%