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Columbus Municipal School District, MS

31,721 Population
65.9 square miles 481.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lowndes County: 37.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,953 ±$2,046 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lowndes County: $30,143 ±$1,473
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,087 ±$5,522 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lowndes County: $53,812 ±$2,871
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.6% ±3.4% (6,867  ±1,042) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lowndes County: 17.3% † 9,712 (±1.9% / ±1,094)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±1.6 (227,845  ±24,840) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lowndes County: 21.3 485,540 (±1.1 / ±30,931)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,330 ±587 Number of households
  • Lowndes County: 23,006 ±500
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (30,291  ±917) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lowndes County: 2.5 56,355 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±2.7% (440  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lowndes County: 6.1% † 817 (±2% / ±275)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,805 ±571 Number of housing units
  • Lowndes County: 27,168 ±65
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,600 ±$13,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lowndes County: $164,100 ±$8,539
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±2.9% (4,530  ±902.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lowndes County: 12.7% † 7,216 (±1.8% / ±1,020.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±4.5% (19,087  ±1,203.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lowndes County: 89.3% 34,473 (±3.8% / ±1,448.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.8% ±2.8% (5,980  ±636.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lowndes County: 28.1% 10,844 (±2.1% / ±796)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 80 percent of 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

2.7% ±0.7% (858  ±224) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lowndes County: 2.4% 1,381
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±1.6% (2,232  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lowndes County: 8.9% † 3,836 (±1.1% / ±479)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,232 Total veterans ±402 1,981 Male ±365 251 Female ±120

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