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Laurel School District, MS

16,086 Population
14.6 square miles 1,100.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jones County: 37.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,025 ±$5,112 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jones County: $29,510 ±$1,626
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,547 ±$7,398 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jones County: $52,216 ±$4,367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.4% ±6.1% (3,834  ±974) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jones County: 18.7% † 12,175 (±2.4% / ±1,576)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±0.9 (104,425  ±13,718) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jones County: 24.2 633,055 (±2 / ±56,898)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,123 ±460 Number of households
  • Jones County: 24,957 ±595
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (15,766  ±580) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jones County: 2.6 64,852 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±2.3% (113  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jones County: 6.9% † 1,038 (±2.4% / ±356)
  • about half 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

7,186 ±431 Number of housing units
  • Jones County: 28,826 ±43
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,800 ±$26,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jones County: $143,100 † ±$16,546
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±3.6% (1,373  ±579.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Jones County: 8.3% † 5,426 (±1.6% / ±1,058)
  • about 80 percent 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

87% ±8% (8,850  ±924.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jones County: 87.3% 38,052 (±3.9% / ±1,678.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±3.9% (2,159  ±408.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jones County: 20.7% 9,002 (±1.7% / ±744.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.4% ±1.6% (385  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jones County: 2.9% 1,899
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.8% (591  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jones County: 6.1% † 3,043 (±0.9% / ±424)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
591 Total veterans ±221 586 Male ±221 5 Female ±11

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