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Lamar County School District, MS

64,996 Population
556.1 square miles 116.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lamar County: 38.6 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,156 ±$2,844 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lamar County: $39,107 ±$2,772
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,848 ±$9,831 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lamar County: $80,686 ±$6,796
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.4% ±3.6% (7,359  ±2,296) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Lamar County: 11.8% † 7,804 (±3.6% / ±2,351)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.8 minutes ±1.4 (755,300  ±47,695) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Lamar County: 26 756,285 (±1.3 / ±46,504)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,580 ±919 Number of households
  • Lamar County: 25,720 ±736
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (64,738  ±1,202) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lamar County: 2.6 66,476 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.1% ±1.9% (468  ±289) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 3.2% † 522 (±1.9% / ±308)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

26,877 ±709 Number of housing units
  • Lamar County: 27,913 ±34
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$263,500 ±$17,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lamar County: $268,900 ±$18,804
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.4% ±2.9% (4,795  ±1,868.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 8.2% † 5,424 (±2.9% / ±1,934.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±7% (41,716  ±3,301.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 93.5% 42,292 (±7.2% / ±3,316.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36% ±4.5% (16,131  ±2,071.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lamar County: 37.1% † 16,791 (±4.7% / ±2,131.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±1.8% (2,448  ±1,163) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Lamar County: 3.7% 2,448
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.6% (2,852  ±790) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lamar County: 5.3% † 2,717 (±1.6% / ±790)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,852 Total veterans ±790 2,852 Male ±790 N/A Female ±226

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