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Lowndes County School District, MS

26,091 Population
439.5 square miles 59.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lowndes County: 37 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,961 ±$2,842 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lowndes County: $30,771 ±$1,659
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$71,129 ±$6,045 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lowndes County: $54,460 ±$2,573
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

10.7% ±2.2% (2,779  ±575) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lowndes County: 16.9% † 9,585 (±1.9% / ±1,081)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23.7 minutes ±1.3 (260,240  ±23,479) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lowndes County: 20.6 476,660 (±0.8 / ±26,354)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

9,578 ±510 Number of households
  • Lowndes County: 22,829 ±505
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.7 ±0.2 (26,039  ±994) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lowndes County: 2.5 56,636 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6.2% ±2.4% (369  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lowndes County: 6.2% † 838 (±1.9% / ±259)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

11,170 ±553 Number of housing units
  • Lowndes County: 27,044 ±42
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$174,700 ±$15,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lowndes County: $157,400 ±$8,892
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

10% ±2.1% (2,573  ±554.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lowndes County: 13.8% † 7,930 (±2.1% / ±1,191.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

89.1% ±2.9% (15,417  ±889.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lowndes County: 88.1% 34,083 (±3.5% / ±1,337.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
25.5% ±2.5% (4,416  ±481.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lowndes County: 26.6% 10,277 (±1.9% / ±724.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

2% ±0.9% (511  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lowndes County: 2.3% 1,314
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.2% ±1.2% (1,557  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lowndes County: 8.5% † 3,654 (±1% / ±408)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,557 Total veterans ±228 1,440 Male ±218 117 Female ±55

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