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Lee County School District, MS

37,947 Population
308.1 square miles 123.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lee County: 37.5 ±0.4
  • 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

$31,385 ±$1,697 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $34,728 ±$1,267
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,544 ±$4,261 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lee County: $67,863 ±$3,091
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±2.3% (5,286  ±874) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Lee County: 14.6% † 11,896 (±1.5% / ±1,224)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±1 (369,715  ±26,216) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 20.8 747,395 (±0.7 / ±33,530)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,279 ±601 Number of households
  • Lee County: 32,591 ±548
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (37,922  ±1,004) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 2.5 81,944 (±0 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±1.3% (288  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 3.8% † 755 (±1% / ±207)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,482 ±513 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 37,654 ±40
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,700 ±$12,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lee County: $199,500 ±$6,753
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±1.4% (2,303  ±513.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 7.5% † 6,176 (±1.1% / ±887)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±3.9% (21,393  ±1,169.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 87.6% 48,574 (±3.1% / ±1,697.2)
  • 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)
22.6% ±2.3% (5,598  ±586.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 28.6% 15,861 (±1.7% / ±940.1)
  • about 90 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

1.8% ±0.8% (667  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lee County: 2.4% 1,994
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1% (1,535  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 5.4% † 3,362 (±0.6% / ±364)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,535 Total veterans ±280 1,379 Male ±278 156 Female ±85

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