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Picayune, MS

11,900 Population
18 square miles 659.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 41.6 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,878 ±$3,095 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $29,524 ±$1,582
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,213 ±$7,736 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $58,135 ±$5,163
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±4.6% (2,396  ±539) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 16.5% † 9,273 (±2% / ±1,149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±3.7 (139,710  ±22,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 35.4 758,410 (±2.3 / ±64,536)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,544 ±328 Number of households
  • the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 21,880 ±460
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (11,669  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 2.6 56,277 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±5.7% (217  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 6.8% † 864 (±2.1% / ±263)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,574 ±342 Number of housing units
  • the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 25,442 ±39
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,100 ±$14,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $182,300 ±$11,291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.3% ±3.9% (1,332  ±454.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 8.4% † 4,758 (±1.5% / ±844.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.5% ±7.9% (7,144  ±718.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 88.4% 34,785 (±3.7% / ±1,485)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±3.5% (1,322  ±293.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 17% 6,672 (±1.6% / ±611.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±1% (253  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 1.9% 1,107
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2% (648  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 8.2% † 3,651 (±1% / ±460)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
648 Total veterans ±184 578 Male ±167 70 Female ±84

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