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About Pontotoc, Mississippi
Pontotoc

Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word that means, “Land of the Hanging Grapes.” A section of the city largely along Main Street and Liberty Street has been designated the Pontotoc Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Treaty of Pontotoc Site is also listed on the National Register. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek, part of U.S. president Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy, ceded millions of acres of Native American lands and relocated the Chicakasaw west of the Mississippi River.

Gender
Gender Pontotoc Mississippi Country
Female 57.2% 51.6% 50.8%
Male 42.8% 48.4% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.057%43%Female57.2%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.08%3%9%15%15%20%16%10%2%1%$50K to $75K20%

 < $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 Pontotoc Mississippi Country
Less than $10,000 8.3% 9.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.3% 6.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 8.5% 12.3% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 15.3% 11% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 14.9% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 20% 17% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 16.3% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 10.2% 11.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 2.1% 4.1% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 1.1% 3.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.018%7%22%25%8%11%9%0%0%Other College25%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Pontotoc Mississippi Country
< 9th Grade 18% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 7% 10% 7.0%
High School or GED 22% 30% 27.0%
Other College 25% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 11% 14% 20.0%
Master's Degree 9% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 0% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Pontotoc Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K8.39.45.83.36.74.18.512.38.515.3118.614.913.512201717.216.311.412.810.211.215.62.14.17.11.13.48.3
Education
 Pontotoc Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade185571072230272522208109111420969022011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.055%25%0%0%20%0%0%0%White54.6%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Pontotoc Mississippi Country
White 54.6% 56.4% 60.1%
African American 25.2% 37.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.1% 1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.1% 1.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 19.8% 3.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Pontotoc Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite54.656.460.125.237.512.200.40.60.115.6000.20.20.20.30.11.32.819.83.218.2