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Lafayette County School District, MS

18,354 Population
545.6 square miles 33.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 30.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,544 ±$3,203 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $34,960 ±$2,531
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$66,860 ±$9,490 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $64,334 ±$3,674
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

13.3% ±4.2% (2,448  ±787) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette County: 18.7% † 9,533 (±2.4% / ±1,233)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

25.1 minutes ±2.6 (197,525  ±26,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 22.3 523,725 (±1.8 / ±47,022)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

6,033 ±418 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 18,510 ±628
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
3 ±0.3 (18,354  ±972) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.8 51,194 (±0.1 / ±115)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.7% ±2.8% (162  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 4.1% † 711 (±1.7% / ±298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

8,542 ±490 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 28,418 ±51
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$218,600 ±$20,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $260,500 ±$19,619
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.7% ±2.4% (1,397  ±446) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 19.6% 11,038 (±1.9% / ±1,086)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

92% ±5.2% (11,216  ±973.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette County: 91.9% 30,384 (±4.4% / ±1,452.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
29.3% ±3.6% (3,569  ±502) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette County: 44.3% 14,636 (±2.9% / ±948.4)
  • about 20 percent 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

2.7% ±1.5% (497  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lafayette County: 3.8% 2,133
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.4% ±1.8% (907  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lafayette County: 4.7% † 2,187 (±0.7% / ±332)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
907 Total veterans ±264 842 Male ±249 65 Female ±60

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