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District 1, Prentiss County, MS

5,555 Population
74.3 square miles 74.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±6.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Prentiss County: 37.9 ±1
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,398 ±$9,947 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Prentiss County: $28,978 ±$2,621
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$55,993 ±$10,546 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Prentiss County: $51,466 † ±$5,245
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

16.4% ±8.1% (827  ±425) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Prentiss County: 13.5% † 3,211 (±2.8% / ±656)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23.4 minutes ±3.1 (55,785  ±14,074) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Prentiss County: 25 256,995 (±1.2 / ±18,352)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

2,041 ±329 Number of households
  • Prentiss County: 9,363 ±310
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.5 (5,084  ±720) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Prentiss County: 2.6 23,836 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6.8% ±6.2% (79  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Prentiss County: 5.9% † 332 (±2.6% / ±148)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

2,261 ±348 Number of housing units
  • Prentiss County: 11,029 ±27
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$131,500 ±$11,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Prentiss County: $116,500 ±$6,836
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.4% ±2.7% (408  ±155.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Prentiss County: 5.8% † 1,442 (±1.4% / ±336.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

81.3% ±4.8% (2,891  ±467.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Prentiss County: 83.9% 13,941 (±5.1% / ±858.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
25.3% ±7.6% (900  ±303.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Prentiss County: 18.6% † 3,085 (±2.8% / ±469.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.4% ±0.5% (21  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Prentiss County: 1.9% 476
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.3% ±2.7% (288  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Prentiss County: 5.2% † 1,004 (±1.2% / ±233)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
288 Total veterans ±131 234 Male ±111 54 Female ±75

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