Moving to Greenwood, Mississippi
About Greenwood, Mississippi

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
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
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
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
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
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Education
Greenwood Mississippi Country
Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
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
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