Moving to Greenwood, Mississippi

About Greenwood, Mississippi
Greenwood

Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta region, approximately 96 miles north of the state capital, Jackson, and 130 miles south of the riverport of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a center of cotton planter culture in the 19th century.

The population was 15,205 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area. Greenwood developed at the confluence of the Tallahatchie and the Yalobusha rivers, which form the Yazoo River.

Gender
Gender Greenwood Mississippi Country
Female 56.3% 51.6% 50.8%
Male 43.7% 48.4% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Greenwood Mississippi Country
Less than $10,000 21% 9.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 8% 6.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 15.2% 12.3% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.8% 11% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 12.4% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 11% 17% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 9.7% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 4% 11.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 6.7% 4.1% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.2% 3.4% 8.3%
Education


Education Greenwood Mississippi Country
< 9th Grade 8% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 8% 10% 7.0%
High School or GED 36% 30% 27.0%
Other College 18% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 14% 14% 20.0%
Master's Degree 7% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Greenwood Mississippi Country
White 25% 56.4% 60.1%
African American 72.2% 37.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.7% 1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0% 1.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.1% 3.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity