Starkville, Mississippi demographics

Starkville, MS demographics: median age 26.0; 50.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Starkville city, Mississippi · Incorporated city · GEOID 2870240. The survey estimates a population of 25,721 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Starkville is 26.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 12,004 households (±447). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	26.0 ±1.1	38.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,721
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Under 18	4,622 ±594	18.0% ±2.3 pp	23.3%	22.0%
18–34	11,339 ±1,159	44.1% ±4.5 pp	22.3%	22.8%
35–64	6,843 ±595	26.6% ±2.3 pp	37.2%	38.0%
65 and older	2,917 ±341	11.3% ±1.3 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,721
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Male	12,718 ±538	49.4% ±2.1 pp	48.5%	49.5%
Female	13,003 ±533	50.6% ±2.1 pp	51.5%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,721
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
White alone	13,814 ±673	53.7% ±2.6 pp	55.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	9,308 ±744	36.2% ±2.9 pp	36.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	60 ±84 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,188 ±240	4.6% ±0.9 pp	1.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	18 ±43 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	295 ±126	1.1% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,038 ±322	4.0% ±1.3 pp	4.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,721
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,742 ±120	96.2% ±0.5 pp	96.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	979 ±118	3.8% ±0.5 pp	3.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,004
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,393 ±397	28.3% ±3.1 pp	43.5%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	270 ±140 · low precision	2.2% ±1.2 pp · low precision	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,478 ±390	12.3% ±3.2 pp	17.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,089 ±609	34.1% ±4.9 pp	30.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,774 ±588	23.1% ±4.8 pp	4.5%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,004
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Households with people under 18	2,452 ±380	20.4% ±3.1 pp	31.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	9,552 ±525	79.6% ±3.2 pp	68.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,004
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,089 ±609	34.1% ±4.9 pp	30.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,866 ±684	40.5% ±5.5 pp	33.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,609 ±391	13.4% ±3.2 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,113 ±289	9.3% ±2.4 pp	11.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	229 ±97	1.9% ±0.8 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	67 ±77 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	31 ±49 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,721
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Native	23,933 ±505	93.0% ±2.0 pp	97.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,788 ±506	7.0% ±2.0 pp	2.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 24,566
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
English only	22,992 ±438	93.6% ±1.4 pp	95.7%	77.7%
Spanish	420 ±233 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	2.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	36 ±50 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±26 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	67 ±57 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	449 ±229 · low precision	1.8% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.3%	2.0%
Korean	9 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	198 ±143 · low precision	0.8% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	196 ±128 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	14 ±22 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	28 ±39 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	1.1%
Arabic	40 ±64 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	117 ±172 · low precision	0.5% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 13,727
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,017 ±245	7.4% ±1.8 pp	12.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,853 ±470	20.8% ±3.3 pp	29.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,736 ±360	12.6% ±2.6 pp	21.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,191 ±289	8.7% ±2.1 pp	10.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,244 ±439	23.6% ±3.1 pp	15.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,686 ±465	26.9% ±3.2 pp	9.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 25,657
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Mississippi	U.S.
Same house	16,867 ±1,066	65.7% ±4.2 pp	89.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	4,888 ±799	19.1% ±3.1 pp	5.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,362 ±716	9.2% ±2.8 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,165 ±391	4.5% ±1.5 pp	2.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	375 ±277 · low precision	1.5% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.6% of Starkville residents (±1.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.0% in Mississippi and 8.4% nationally. 84.8% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Starkville	Mississippi	U.S.	Compared with Mississippi
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.6% ±1.8 pp	11.0%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	84.8% ±2.9 pp	84.1%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.2% ±2.3 pp	6.8%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Starkville . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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