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Picayune, MS

11,839 Population
18 square miles 656.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,222 ±$3,297 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $28,399 ±$1,628
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$37,270 ±$9,362 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $56,535 ±$4,927
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

25.8% ±5.6% (2,985  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 16.4% † 9,120 (±2.3% / ±1,266)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

33.6 minutes ±4.8 (142,895  ±27,182) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 35.9 762,275 (±2.1 / ±60,061)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

4,332 ±370 Number of households
  • the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 21,489 ±497
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.7 ±0.2 (11,630  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 2.6 55,512 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

5.7% ±5.1% (158  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 6.4% † 798 (±2.3% / ±279)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

5,384 ±373 Number of housing units
  • the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 25,137 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$146,500 ±$10,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $174,500 ±$10,718
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

14.7% ±4.7% (1,724  ±554.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 10% † 5,627 (±1.9% / ±1,093.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

87.9% ±7.5% (6,872  ±680.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 87.8% 34,210 (±3.6% / ±1,431.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
14.2% ±3.1% (1,112  ±250.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 16% 6,217 (±1.6% / ±604.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.9% (182  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 1.6% 880
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.4% ±2.1% (556  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,431 (±1.1% / ±501)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
556 Total veterans ±186 509 Male ±169 47 Female ±74

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