Tupelo, Mississippi

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 618
|1880= 1008
|1890= 1477
|1900= 2118
|1910= 3881
|1920= 5055
|1930= 6361
|1940= 8212
|1950= 11527
|1960= 17221
|1970= 20471
|1980= 23905
|1990= 30685
|2000= 34211
|2010= 34546
|2020= 37923
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref><br />2018 Estimate<ref name="2018 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tupelo Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2874840&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-08|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|20,063
|52.9%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|14,079
|37.13%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|59
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|663
|1.75%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|7
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1,183
|3.12%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,869
|4.93%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States Census]], there were 37,923 people, 14,751 households, and 9,648 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 35,456 people, 13,602 households, and 8,965 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 58.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 36.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.0% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. 3.5% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name="2010 Census (City)">{{cite web |title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table |work=American FactFinder |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=22 March 2012 }}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===2007-2011 ACS===
According to the 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, there were 13,395 households, 42.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.5% had a female householder with no husband present. 32.2% were non-family households, with 28.4% had a householder living alone and 3.8% having a householder not living alone.
In addition, 39.7% of householders were living with related children under 18 and 60.3% with no related children under 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_5YR_S2501|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211333/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_5YR_S2501|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=Community Facts: Tupelo city|access-date=March 15, 2014}}</ref> The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.08.<ref name="2010 Census (City)" />

The median income for a household in the city was $39,415. The poverty rate was 20%.<ref name="2010 Census (City)" />