Town · Greene County, Mississippi

State Line, Mississippi

State Line is a town in Greene County, Mississippi. It has 1,016 residents. State Line, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,467 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #172 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), property crime rate (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), broadband subscriptions (low) and primary care physicians (low).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,467 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #172 of 194 in MS
Population: 1,016 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 238.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 2870320

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety56#6,869/15,637
Economy6#14,757/15,631
Housing—
Health15#13,240/15,609
Healthcare3#15,248/15,650
Environment9#14,076/15,453
Education22#12,267/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,514/15,650
Community1#15,503/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,965/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where State Line, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greene 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

Violent crime rate · low21 /100k
100/100Mississippi 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGreene County value
Property crime rate · low188 /100k
99/100Mississippi 1,264 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGreene County value
Grocery stores · high2.9 /10k
93/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value
Child care cost burden · low22.6%
86/100Mississippi 25.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGreene County value
Injury deaths · low66 /100k
82/100Mississippi 112 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high33.5%
0/100Mississippi 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Broadband subscriptions · low67.9%
1/100Mississippi 84.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Primary care physicians · low7 /100k
1/100Mississippi 56 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Mississippi 3.1 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.2 /10k
1/100Mississippi 7.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low14.2%
1/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
601 (2015-2019) → 1,016 (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
51.5% (2015-2019) → 3.7% (2020-2024)
−48 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
9.9% (2015-2019) → 39.4% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
67.6% (2015-2019) → 96.5% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
8.4% (2015-2019) → 33.5% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
91.9% (2015-2019) → 80.8% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, State Line, Mississippi improved on 0 of 6 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Inequality+0.2130.444 → 0.658
Rent / income+6.7 points44.3% → 51.0%

All 6 measures

Change of every measure of State Line, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	59.4%2015-2019	67.9%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Within the margin of error	52%
High school diploma or higher	91.9%2015-2019	80.8%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.6582020-2024	+0.213	Declined	0%
Poverty rate	38.1%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	44.3%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Declined	16%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 State Line, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of State Line, 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.

No place that looked like State Line, Mississippi five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, State Line, Mississippi itself moved −21.5 points in standing on average over the same 4 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

1,016 residents (±474)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,016 residents (±474)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

White33%†339
Black65%†664
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

676 residents (±279)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

No high school diploma19%†130
High school or GED55%†373
Some college19%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

374 households (±173)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k52%†195
$25k–50k14%†53
$50k–75k17%†63
$75k–100k0.8%†3
$100k–150k5.1%†19
$150k–200k11%†41
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (−19.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

374 households (±173)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own50%†188
Rent50%†186

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−34.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

142 households (±143)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $75074%†105
$750–1,00016%†23
$1,000–1,5009.9%†

Home values

188 homes (±96)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $150k77%†145
$150k–250k11%†20
$250k–400k3.7%†

Age of homes

412 homes (±170)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

2010 or later5.1%†21
2000–20096.8%†28
1980–199958%†238

Size of homes

412 homes (±170)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms32%†133

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

290 workers (±177)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone45%†131
Carpool55%†159
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+49.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

290 workers (±177)

State Line, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under 15 min22%†63
15–29 min26%†75
30–44 min16%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Greene County, the county holding most of State Line's residents.

Greene County has 128 employer establishments, 93.8 for every 10,000 residents (0.38× the US rate of 248; 0.46× Mississippi's), with 1,024 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,282. The Census Bureau also counts 865 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 128; 865 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 93.8; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 1,024
Average annual pay: $58,282; US $68,342

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

Gasoline stations	10	7.3	2.26×More than typical	71	$18,183	—
Truck transportation	9	6.6	1.30×Too few to compare	33	$37,152	28
Religious organizations	8	5.9	1.06×Too few to compare	21	$11,905	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	4.4	0.21×Too few to compare	86	$26,430	35
General merchandise stores	5	3.7	2.07×Too few to compare	33	$20,909	6
Grocery and convenience stores	5	3.7	1.23×Too few to compare	56	$21,268	—
Specialty trade contractors	5	3.7	0.24×Too few to compare	161	$85,255	103
Banks and credit unions	4	2.9	0.91×Too few to compare	19	$51,263	—
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	4	2.9	4.31×Too few to compare	149	$122,745	—
Construction of buildings	4	2.9	0.39×Too few to compare	17	$48,765	40
Offices of other health practitioners	4	2.9	0.48×Too few to compare	18	$39,778	6
Restaurants and other eating places	4	2.9	0.16×Too few to compare	35	$33,257	9

Rank places for an industry Open Greene County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,645 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Greene 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.

State Line, Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike EzellR-MS-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Other cities and towns in Greene 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
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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