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Picayune, MS Urban Area

16,983 Population
15.6 square miles 1,087.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,591 ±$2,650 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,319 ±$5,140 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.2% ±3.4% (3,048  ±599) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±3.2 (223,320  ±36,879) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,721 ±532 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (16,752  ±1,172) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±4.2% (283  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,753 ±499 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,700 ±$12,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±2.9% (1,572  ±503.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±4.8% (10,413  ±900.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±2.9% (2,143  ±373.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

3.1% ±1.1% (523  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.7% (886  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
886 Total veterans ±225 816 Male ±207 70 Female ±84

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