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Lauderdale County School District, MS

37,518 Population
649.9 square miles 57.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lauderdale County: 39.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,158 ±$2,507 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lauderdale County: $28,464 ±$1,503
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$65,479 ±$2,812 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lauderdale County: $50,033 ±$4,080
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

18.6% ±4% (6,605  ±1,422) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lauderdale County: 25.1% † 17,243 (±2.5% / ±1,718)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

26.9 minutes ±3.4 (408,925  ±54,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lauderdale County: 23.1 658,525 (±2.1 / ±63,463)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

13,575 ±608 Number of households
  • Lauderdale County: 28,553 ±533
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.1 (35,648  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lauderdale County: 2.4 68,905 (±0.1 / ±84)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7.3% ±2.7% (565  ±210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lauderdale County: 6.7% † 1,098 (±1.7% / ±278)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

15,685 ±500 Number of housing units
  • Lauderdale County: 33,558 ±39
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$164,300 ±$23,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lauderdale County: $124,500 ±$9,720
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

11.5% ±2.4% (4,277  ±880.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Lauderdale County: 12.2% † 8,649 (±1.8% / ±1,281.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

88% ±4.5% (22,757  ±1,271.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lauderdale County: 85.2% 41,882 (±3.4% / ±1,680.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
22.6% ±2.8% (5,837  ±729.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lauderdale County: 21.7% 10,664 (±1.8% / ±888.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

1.1% ±0.4% (401  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lauderdale County: 1.6% 1,130
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.1% ±1.2% (1,978  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lauderdale County: 8.2% † 4,445 (±0.9% / ±497)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,978 Total veterans ±337 1,821 Male ±309 157 Female ±94

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