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Hinds County School District, MS

45,285 Population
631.7 square miles 71.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hinds County: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,610 ±$1,807 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hinds County: $29,530 ±$828
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,844 ±$4,134 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hinds County: $49,402 ±$1,618
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±2.5% (5,767  ±1,106) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hinds County: 22.7% 47,593 (±1.5% / ±3,075)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.5 minutes ±1.1 (496,280  ±36,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hinds County: 22.3 1,893,985 (±0.5 / ±58,588)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,176 ±667 Number of households
  • Hinds County: 89,578 ±918
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (43,496  ±1,407) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hinds County: 2.3 209,673 (±0 / ±99)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±1.7% (473  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hinds County: 6.4% † 3,523 (±1.1% / ±586)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,405 ±709 Number of housing units
  • Hinds County: 106,340 ±76
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,100 ±$7,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hinds County: $159,900 ±$4,581
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±1.4% (3,100  ±620.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hinds County: 13.8% 29,736 (±1.1% / ±2,467.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±4% (29,587  ±1,570.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hinds County: 88.7% 127,999 (±2.1% / ±3,060.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30% ±2.5% (9,656  ±865) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hinds County: 31.2% 44,961 (±1.2% / ±1,769.3)
  • about 20 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

1% ±0.4% (431  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hinds County: 2% 4,334
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±1.2% (3,354  ±436) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hinds County: 5.8% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±799)
  • 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)
3,354 Total veterans ±436 2,850 Male ±444 504 Female ±198

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