Official Name: | Nellieburg, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lauderdale |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 18.48 |
Area Land Km2: | 18.38 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.10 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.13 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 7.10 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1316 |
Population Density Km2: | 71.61 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 185.46 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 104 |
Elevation Ft: | 341 |
Coordinates: | 32.4019°N -88.7744°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 28-50720 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0674548 |
Nellieburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,316 at the 2020 census.[2] It is a suburb of Meridian.
Nellieburg is bordered to the east by Okatibbee Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Chickasawhay River and part of the Pascagoula River watershed. It is 6miles northwest of the center of Meridian, the county seat, via Mississippi Highway 19. The highway continues northwest to Philadelphia.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Nellieburg CDP has a total area of 18.5km2, of which 0.1km2, or 0.53%, are water.[3]
White (NH) | 891 | 67.71% | |
Black or African American (NH) | 345 | 26.22% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 3 | 0.23% | |
Asian (NH) | 8 | 0.61% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 3 | 0.23% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 48 | 3.65% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 1.37% | |
Total | 1,316 |
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,354 people, 561 households, and 407 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 103.9sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 580 housing units at an average density of 44.5/mi2. The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.19% White, 13.74% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.96% Asian, 0.74% from other races, and 0.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population.
There were 561 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $38,553, and the median income for a family was $48,816. Males had a median income of $35,479 versus $30,972 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,266. About 11.4% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.4% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.