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Picayune School District, MS

22,393 Population
189.2 square miles 118.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pearl River County: 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

$28,015 ±$1,967 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pearl River County: $29,524 ±$1,582
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,294 ±$7,910 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pearl River County: $58,135 ±$5,163
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19% ±3.1% (4,189  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 16.5% † 9,273 (±2% / ±1,149)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.9 minutes ±3.3 (278,200  ±39,245) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pearl River County: 35.4 758,410 (±2.3 / ±64,536)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,980 ±576 Number of households
  • Pearl River County: 21,880 ±460
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (22,068  ±1,124) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pearl River County: 2.6 56,277 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±3.8% (323  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 6.8% † 864 (±2.1% / ±263)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,644 ±530 Number of housing units
  • Pearl River County: 25,442 ±39
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,300 ±$12,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pearl River County: $182,300 ±$11,291
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2.6% (2,234  ±585) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 8.4% † 4,758 (±1.5% / ±844.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86% ±4.6% (13,609  ±957.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pearl River County: 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±2.3% (2,568  ±383.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pearl River County: 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

3.2% ±1% (725  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pearl River County: 1.9% 1,107
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±1.9% (1,512  ±331) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 8.2% † 3,651 (±1% / ±460)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,512 Total veterans ±331 1,388 Male ±297 124 Female ±97

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