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.

Also of interest is that Hazlehurst has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Being a small city, Hazlehurst does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Hazlehurst who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.85% of adults in Hazlehurst have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hazlehurst in 2022 was $26,161, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,644 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 32.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Hazlehurst is a very 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. Hazlehurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hazlehurst include Irish, English, African, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Hazlehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.