Life Skills and Money Education in Union County, Mississippi

With a population of roughly 28,363, Union County, Mississippi is the 30th-largest of 82 counties in Mississippi. Since 2020 it has added residents, rising 2% from 27,814 to 28,363. The median age is 38.4.

Among adults 25 and older in Union County, 17.1% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That tracks the Mississippi average of 17.7% closely. Flip that figure and it describes 82.9% of the 18,550 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 15,378 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $56,807. That is $12,063 above the Mississippi median. About 14.3% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $159,100, roughly 2.8× median household income.

Union County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	28,363
Change since 2020	+2%
Median household income	$56,807
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	17.1%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	78.6%
Median age	38.4
Poverty rate	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%
Median home value	$159,100
Land area	415.607 sq mi
Population density	68 / sq mi

What Mississippi teaches — and to whom

Mississippi already requires 1 semester of personal finance — taught within College & Career Readiness — for a high school diploma, a rule in force since the graduating class of 2022. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in Union County, is most of the people reading this.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.

Where to start in Union County

Start with the money that moves every month

For most households in Union County, the fastest gain is not an investing strategy — it is seeing the recurring outflows clearly, knowing what a credit score actually responds to, and understanding which line items on a payslip are negotiable.

Questions people ask about Union County

Do high school students in Union County, Mississippi have to take a personal finance class?

Yes. Mississippi requires 1 semester, taught within College & Career Readiness, to graduate, in force since the class of 2022.

How many adults in Union County, Mississippi have a college degree?

17.1% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 82.9% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Union County, Mississippi?

$56,807, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Union County, Mississippi learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.