Hazlehurst is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 3,445 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hazlehurst is the 85th largest community in Mississippi.Hazlehurst is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hazlehurst is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hazlehurst who work in office and administrative support (16.80%), healthcare suport services (11.30%), and healthcare (7.66%). Hazlehurst is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Hazlehurst citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.27% of adults in Hazlehurst have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hazlehurst in 2022 was $24,514, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,056 for a family of four. However, Hazlehurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hazlehurst also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.87% of its population below the federal poverty line.Hazlehurst is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hazlehurst home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hazlehurst residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hazlehurst include Irish, African, Other Subsaharan African, English, and German. The most common language spoken in Hazlehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
