Editing Pontotoc, Mississippi (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 384
|1880= 447
|1890= 535
|1900= 1010
|1910= 1277
|1920= 1274
|1930= 2018
|1940= 1832
|1950= 1596
|1960= 2108
|1970= 3453
|1980= 4723
|1990= 4570
|2000= 5253
|2010= 5625
|2020= 5640
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
[[Image:Pontotoc Post Office Town Square Museum.jpg|thumb|right|The Town Square Museum/Post Office located in downtown Pontotoc. The Post Office was built by the government in 1937, during the Depression.]]
[[Image:USA Mississippi Tupelo area NPS map.jpg|thumb|right|Pontotoc (lower left) is west of [[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]] (via Highway 278) and south of [[New Albany, MS|New Albany]].]]<!--If enlarged beyond original 285px: no "thumb" attribute allowed for Wiki over-enlargement in 2007. -->

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Pontotoc Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2859160&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|3,551
|62.96%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|1,177
|20.87%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|17
|0.3%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|18
|0.32%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|192
|3.4%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|685
|12.15%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,640 people, 1,906 households, and 1,342 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, 5,625 people, 2,325 households, and 2,129 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|555.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 2,250 housing units averaged 238.1/sq&nbsp;mi (91.9/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 70.08% White, 20.42% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 7.39% from other races, and 1.45% from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 2.76% of the population.

Of the 2,325 households, 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were not families. About 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% 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 2.97.

In the city, the population was distributed as 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,491, and for a family was $39,306. Males had a median income of $31,403 versus $23,491 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,324. About 12.0% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 23.0% of those age 65 or over.