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Prentiss County School District, MS

15,274 Population
372.9 square miles 41 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Prentiss County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,309 ±$3,320 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Prentiss County: $28,808 ±$2,237
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,871 ±$10,779 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Prentiss County: $49,724 ±$4,350
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±3.2% (2,082  ±494) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Prentiss County: 16.8% † 4,047 (±2.8% / ±676)
  • 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)

25.6 minutes ±1.9 (170,440  ±19,572) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Prentiss County: 24.5 248,850 (±1.6 / ±21,650)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,894 ±313 Number of households
  • Prentiss County: 9,595 ±272
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (15,173  ±837) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Prentiss County: 2.5 24,090 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • 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

11.4% ±4.9% (382  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Prentiss County: 6.8% † 389 (±2.9% / ±169)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,675 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Prentiss County: 11,050 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,600 ±$14,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Prentiss County: $122,500 ±$11,115
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±2.1% (840  ±315.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Prentiss County: 6% † 1,496 (±1.5% / ±386.1)
  • about half 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

83.4% ±5.2% (8,903  ±716.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Prentiss County: 83.9% 14,053 (±5.1% / ±865.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±3.8% (2,147  ±422.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Prentiss County: 19.7% † 3,300 (±2.9% / ±489.1)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.4% (90  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Prentiss County: 0.8% 196
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±1.7% (666  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Prentiss County: 5.6% † 1,101 (±1.2% / ±235)
  • 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)
666 Total veterans ±204 634 Male ±197 32 Female ±27

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