Quitman is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,497 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Quitman is the 127th largest community in Mississippi.

When you are in Quitman, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.9% of Quitman's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Quitman is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Quitman who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.21%), sales jobs (10.27%), and teaching (7.76%).

Quitman 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.

Quitman Information and Demographics

The education level of Quitman citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 17.89% of adults in Quitman have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Quitman in 2000 was $14,789, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,156 for a family of four.

Quitman is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Quitman is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include Irish, English, Scotch-Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Quitman is English.