Collins is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,286 people and two associated neighborhoods, Collins is the 110th largest community in Mississippi.Collins is a blue-collar town, with 38.73% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Collins is a city of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Collins who work in teaching (21.59%), law enforcement and fire fighting (8.25%), and personal care services (7.14%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Collins. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. 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!) Collins 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. Collins has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Collins than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Collins may be for you. Despite the fact that it is a small city, Collins has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.The rate of college-level education in Collins is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.01% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Collins in 2022 was $15,850, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,400 for a family of four. Collins also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.Collins is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Collins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Collins residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Collins include Irish, Scots-Irish, English, German, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Collins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
