City · Hinds County, Mississippi

Clinton, Mississippi

Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, part of the Jackson, MS metro area. It has 27,195 residents. Clinton, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 21 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,375 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #51 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), dentists (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on homicide rate (high), firearm deaths (high) and mental health care shortage (high).

21Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,375 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #51 of 194 in MS
Population: 27,195 (2020-2024)
Land area: 42 mi²
Density: 649.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2814420

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety2#15,294/15,637
Economy54#7,165/15,631
Housing52#7,181/14,977
Health40#9,382/15,609
Healthcare37#9,932/15,650
Environment11#13,758/15,453
Education46#8,456/15,649
Infrastructure49#7,952/15,650
Community18#12,855/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,119/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clinton, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hinds County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high26.5 /1k
96/100Mississippi 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauHinds County value
Dentists · high110 /100k
93/100Mississippi 52 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHinds County value
Social associations · high14.5 /10k
89/100Mississippi 12.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHinds County value
Depression · low18.5%
89/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
87/100Mississippi 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHinds County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHinds County value

Weaknesses

Homicide rate · high32.6 /100k
0/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHinds County value
Firearm deaths · high44.7 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHinds County value
Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 15.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHinds County value
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHinds County value
Premature death · high15,394 /100k
3/100Mississippi 12,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHinds County value
Food environment index · low6.1
4/100Mississippi 4.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHinds County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
25,131 (2015-2019) → 27,195 (2020-2024)
+8.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
2.5 /1k (2021) → 1.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−44%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.4% (2015-2019) → 93.0% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
43.2% (2015-2019) → 47.8% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
13.4% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$62,685 (2015-2019) → $74,745 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clinton, Mississippi improved on 1 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 11 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+19%$62,685 → $74,745

Declined2

Inequality+0.0490.400 → 0.449
Price / income+0.3×2.7× → 3.0×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Clinton, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	24.2 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Broadband subscriptions	87.4%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Child poverty rate	13.4%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.73%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	45%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4002015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.049	Declined	17%
Median household income	$62,6852015-2019	$74,7452020-2024	+19%	Improved	31%
Poverty rate	12.6%2015-2019	9.6%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	46.6%2015-2019	48.8%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	3.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.9%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clinton, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clinton, Mississippi in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clinton, Mississippi itself moved −4.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

27,195 residents (±40)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

10,018 households (±458)

Clinton, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k13%1,348
$25k–50k20%2,040
$50k–75k16%1,640

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

10,018 households (±458)

Clinton, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own68%6,857
Rent32%3,161

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

12,615 workers (±528)

Clinton, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone78%9,793
Carpool12%1,567
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Jackson, MS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hinds County, the county holding most of Clinton's residents.

Hinds County has 4,878 employer establishments, 227 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.11× Mississippi's), with 84,440 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,807. The Census Bureau also counts 22,535 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,878; 22,535 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 227; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 84,440
Average annual pay: $53,807; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hinds County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	410	19.1	0.92×About typical	6,911	$69,876	1,220
Restaurants and other eating places	359	16.7	0.91×About typical	7,218	$18,080	161
Limited-service restaurants	220	10.3	1.28×More than typical	4,385	$16,698	65
Legal services	212	9.9	1.84×More than typical	1,778	$83,441	273
Lessors of real estate	204	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	847	$44,105	1,375
Specialty trade contractors	195	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	2,099	$56,674	1,262
Religious organizations	191	8.9	1.60×More than typical	2,039	$26,582	—
Offices of physicians	161	7.5	1.16×About typical	2,561	$119,470	174
Gasoline stations	140	6.5	2.01×More than typical	568	$27,731	24
Insurance agencies and brokerages	137	6.4	1.45×More than typical	952	$86,770	356
Child day care services	113	5.3	2.16×More than typical	1,108	$22,719	785
Banks and credit unions	106	4.9	1.53×More than typical	1,823	$94,065	3

Rank places for an industry Open Hinds County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 214,616 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clinton, Mississippi: $107 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.9M; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $107; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

MS FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO LLC$1.4M49%
ROBERTSON PRODUCE OF MISSISSIPPI LLC$1M35%
CONTROL CONCEPTS LLC$699.9K24%
SOUTH DADE AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION INC$24.9K0.9%
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.$17.2K0.6%

Spending by fiscal year

194.5KFY2017
254.1KFY2018
158KFY2019
496.9KFY2020
132.7KFY2021
266.8KFY2022
2.7MFY2023
2.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing · 3118$1.5M51%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$947.5K33%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$699.9K24%
Facilities support services · 5612$24.9K0.9%
Couriers and express delivery services · 4921$17.2K0.6%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Clinton, Mississippi

ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC) ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEMS ESS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND RECURRING SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE.$395.3K
CONTROL CONCEPTS LLC· Hinds County, MS· Facilities & utilities· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· W912HZ26FA014
DR4874-MS LEVEL II ARMED GUARD SERVICES WAS AUTHORIZED THROUGH DHS ACQUISITION ALERT 25-07 REV 1 SECTION 2(D) EXEMPTION AS A NON-COVERED CONTRACT (FOR PUBLIC SAFETY) UNDER PRESIDENTIAL EO 14222 AND DECLARED DR4874-MS AS A RESULT OF SEVERE STORMS, TOR$394.5K
TOPPS PRIVATE INVESTIGATION & SECURITY FIRM, PLLC· Hinds County, MS· Professional services· Jun 13, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· 70FBR425C00000033
PROVIDE SEMIANNUAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE TO EXISTING IDS COMPONENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONTROLLERS, POWER SUPPLIES, WORKSTATIONS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND NEW INSTALLATIONS ON SECURE FACILITIES ACROSS THE ERDC CAMPUSES.$305.3K
CONTROL CONCEPTS LLC·

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clinton, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Clinton, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Hinds County, MS ($108M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clinton is mostly in Hinds County.

See federal money in Hinds County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clinton, Mississippi is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Hinds County18100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jackson, MS29

Other cities and towns in Hinds County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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