Demographics of Meridian city, Mississippi

Meridian city, Mississippi had 33,370 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,503 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Meridian city, in four figures

33,370
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 34,137 ±45.; −4.3%
Change since July 2020: −1,503 people.; 39.4 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $36,562 ±$4,124
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Meridian city, Mississippi's population shrank 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Meridian city, Mississippi's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Meridian city, Mississippi's population shrank 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Meridian city, Mississippi's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	34,873	100.0	100.0
2021	34,551	99.1	100.2
2022	34,092	97.8	100.7
2023	33,795	96.9	101.6
2024	33,571	96.3	102.5
2025	33,370	95.7	103.1

Population of Meridian city, Mississippi on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	34,873	—
2021	34,551	−322
2022	34,092	−459
2023	33,795	−297
2024	33,571	−224
2025	33,370	−201

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.4 ±1.0: for men 38.5 ±2.4 and for women 39.7 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Meridian city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under 5	2,148 ±342	6.3% ±1.0	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,961 ±628	17.5% ±1.8	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,142 ±448	9.2% ±1.3	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,383 ±630	24.6% ±1.8	25.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,298 ±629	24.3% ±1.8	24.6% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,205 ±507	18.2% ±1.5	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $36,562 ±$4,124, and income per person $25,094 ±$1,537, in 2024 dollars. The median is $56,447 ±$539 in Mississippi and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Meridian city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under $25,000	5,450 ±675	37.4% ±4.5	23.1% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,172 ±527	21.8% ±3.6	22.0% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,285 ±394	15.7% ±2.7	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,153 ±264	7.9% ±1.8	12.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,408 ±290	9.7% ±2.0	14.4% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	718 ±177	4.9% ±1.2	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	373 ±105	2.6% ±0.7	5.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Meridian city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Mississippi	United States
All ages	11,326 ±1,227	34.3% ±3.7	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	4,486 ±720	55.8% ±6.4	26.0% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	5,116 ±704	30.4% ±3.7	17.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,724 ±322	21.1% ±3.6	15.2% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Meridian city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Meridian city	Mississippi	United States
Housing units	17,677 ±429	1,341,114 ±478	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.4% ±1.8	85.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.6% ±1.9	14.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	48.7% ±3.5	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	51.3% ±3.3	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$107,900 ±$8,846	$169,800 ±$1,198	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$910 ±$46	$954 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1969 ±2	1986 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Meridian city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Hispanic or Latino	777 ±273	2.3% ±0.8	3.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,343 ±826	30.3% ±2.4	55.2% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	20,371 ±1,097	59.7% ±3.2	36.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	417 ±158	1.2% ±0.5	1.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 62	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 932	0% to 2.7%	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,755 ±636	5.1% ±1.9	3.0% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Meridian city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Born in the state	26,783 ±661	78.5% ±1.9	70.8% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,506 ±658	19.1% ±1.9	26.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 74	0% to 0.2%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	814 ±169	2.4% ±0.5	2.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	395 ±105	1.2% ±0.3	1.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	419 ±133	1.2% ±0.4	1.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Meridian city among the places of Mississippi

8th of 68 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Mississippi page.

Places of Mississippi near Meridian city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Southaven city	56,226 ±36
Biloxi city	48,861 ±47
Hattiesburg city	48,619 ±32
Olive Branch city	47,019 ±37
Tupelo city	37,791 ±32
Meridian city	34,137 ±45
Greenville city	28,166 ±34
Madison city	27,946 ±35
Pearl city	27,737 ±39
Clinton city	27,195 ±40
Horn Lake city	26,647 ±43

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Meridian city, Mississippi

Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Places in Mississippi by poverty rate
No. 6 Places in Mississippi by median age
No. 16 Places by poverty rate
No. 16 Places in Mississippi by foreign-born share
No. 26 Places in Mississippi by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 29 Places in Mississippi by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026