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Picayune School District, MS

21,884 Population
189.2 square miles 115.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pearl River County: 41.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,316 ±$2,083 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pearl River County: $28,399 ±$1,628
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$47,645 ±$6,979 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pearl River County: $56,535 ±$4,927
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

20.3% ±4.3% (4,349  ±941) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 16.4% † 9,120 (±2.3% / ±1,266)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

33.7 minutes ±2.9 (265,875  ±34,597) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pearl River County: 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

8,487 ±591 Number of households
  • Pearl River County: 21,489 ±497
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.2 (21,510  ±1,121) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pearl River County: 2.6 55,512 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6.1% ±3.6% (271  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pearl River County: 6.4% † 798 (±2.3% / ±279)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

10,078 ±579 Number of housing units
  • Pearl River County: 25,137 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$148,100 ±$13,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pearl River County: $174,500 ±$10,718
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

14.4% ±3.5% (3,127  ±768.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pearl River County: 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

85% ±4% (12,779  ±908.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pearl River County: 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)
14.8% ±2.3% (2,229  ±370.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pearl River County: 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

2.7% ±1% (588  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pearl River County: 1.6% 880
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.9% ±1.8% (1,333  ±313) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pearl River County: 7.8% † 3,431 (±1.1% / ±501)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,333 Total veterans ±313 1,286 Male ±303 47 Female ±74

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