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Forest Municipal School District, MS

7,939 Population
89.7 square miles 88.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Scott County: 35.9 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,410 ±$2,505 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Scott County: $23,846 ±$1,300
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,158 ±$8,924 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Scott County: $48,786 ±$4,709
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.6% ±6% (2,083  ±512) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 22.2% † 6,065 (±3.6% / ±978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±2.8 (55,975  ±11,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Scott County: 25.3 255,600 (±2 / ±25,256)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,604 ±329 Number of households
  • Scott County: 9,686 ±392
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.5 (7,839  ±742) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Scott County: 2.8 27,475 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±6.7% (212  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Scott County: 7.5% † 452 (±3.3% / ±198)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,122 ±337 Number of housing units
  • Scott County: 11,483 ±26
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,800 ±$44,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Scott County: $106,700 † ±$19,649
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±5.9% (911  ±465.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Scott County: 7.7% † 2,109 (±2.4% / ±660.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

71.2% ±3.8% (3,483  ±463.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Scott County: 78.9% 13,971 (±5.3% / ±945.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.5% ±4.4% (955  ±243.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Scott County: 13.5% † 2,396 (±2.2% / ±391.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

13.2% ±2.7% (1,046  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Scott County: 5.8% 1,602
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±1.6% (228  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Scott County: 5.9% † 1,166 (±1.4% / ±287)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
228 Total veterans ±93 181 Male ±91 47 Female ±45

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