Aberdeen is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,833 people and four associated neighborhoods, Aberdeen is the 67th largest community in Mississippi.Aberdeen is a blue-collar town, with 43.23% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Aberdeen is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Aberdeen who work in office and administrative support (10.93%), healthcare (9.74%), and food service (9.56%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Aberdeen has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Aberdeen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Aberdeen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Aberdeen may be for you.In terms of college education, the citizens of Aberdeen rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.64% of adults 25 and older in Aberdeen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Aberdeen in 2022 was $26,862, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,448 for a family of four. However, Aberdeen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Aberdeen is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aberdeen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aberdeen residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Aberdeen include English, Irish, German, African, and French. The most common language spoken in Aberdeen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
