Adams County vs Tate County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Tate County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Tate County are counties in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adams County has the higher population (29,098 vs 28,135 in Tate County). Tate County has the higher median household income ($63,995 vs $40,250 in Adams County). Tate County has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $106,300 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Tate County
Population	29,098	28,135
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,250	$63,995
Median home value	$106,300	$173,000
Median gross rent	$720	$897
Housing units	14,920	11,532
Homeownership rate	66.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Tate County
Population	31,266 → 29,098 (-6.9%)	28,404 → 28,135 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$29,936 → $40,250 (+34.5%)	$51,030 → $63,995 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $106,300 (+15.4%)	$119,200 → $173,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $720 (+20.0%)	$751 → $897 (+19.4%)

Adams County

Population

31,26629,098

Median household income

$29,936$40,250

Median home value

$92,100$106,300

Median gross rent

$600$720

Tate County

Population

28,40428,135

Median household income

$51,030$63,995

Median home value

$119,200$173,000

Median gross rent

$751$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Tate County
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	12.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Tate County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	64.1%
Black or African American	55.5%	29.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Tate County
No high school diploma	16.4%	15.5%
High school graduate	34.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Tate County
Drove alone	89.3%	90.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Tate County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Tate County
Poverty rate	28.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1971	1991