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Picayune, MS Urban Area

16,839 Population
15.6 square miles 1,078.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,789 ±$2,743 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$51,330 ±$5,892 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.6% ±4.1% (3,409  ±705) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

32.5 minutes ±3.6 (218,620  ±36,081) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,457 ±497 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.3 (16,630  ±952) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.2% ±3.8% (197  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,457 ±490 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$168,100 ±$14,609 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.1% ±3.6% (2,023  ±604.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.6% ±4.8% (10,134  ±845.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.8% ±2.7% (1,920  ±336.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.1% ±1% (352  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.9% ±2% (875  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
875 Total veterans ±257 828 Male ±239 47 Female ±74

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