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Lafayette County School District, MS

18,233 Population
545.6 square miles 33.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 30.7 ±0.4
  • 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

$34,481 ±$4,751 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lafayette County: $36,403 ±$2,691
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,384 ±$10,410 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lafayette County: $67,185 ±$3,451
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±4.6% (2,843  ±859) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 18.5% † 9,672 (±2.5% / ±1,305)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±2.9 (199,080  ±30,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 22.8 536,955 (±2.2 / ±56,773)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,236 ±452 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 19,044 ±579
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (18,233  ±1,149) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.8 52,295 (±0.1 / ±123)
  • 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

2.4% ±1.5% (106  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 3% † 533 (±1.4% / ±247)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,385 ±529 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 28,714 ±53
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$251,200 ±$27,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $315,400 ±$17,559
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±2.3% (1,418  ±424.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 18.7% 10,829 (±1.8% / ±1,045.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±5.1% (11,302  ±975.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette County: 92.5% 31,424 (±4.4% / ±1,492)
  • 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)
30.4% ±3.6% (3,743  ±510.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette County: 46.5% 15,796 (±2.9% / ±987.8)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.7% (197  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lafayette County: 3.3% 1,921
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.4% (953  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 4.6% † 2,172 (±0.9% / ±404)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
953 Total veterans ±356 884 Male ±346 69 Female ±76

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