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Rankin County School District, MS

132,063 Population
749.9 square miles 176.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rankin County: 39.8 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3

Economics

$36,449 ±$2,456 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rankin County: $35,550 ±$2,102
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
$72,046 ±$4,787 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rankin County: $69,208 ±$3,890
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260

8.6% ±2.3% (10,847  ±2,871) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rankin County: 9.3% † 14,437 (±2% / ±3,050)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)

26.8 minutes ±0.9 (1,543,515  ±66,466) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Rankin County: 26.4 1,880,640 (±1.2 / ±93,505)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

47,747 ±1,293 Number of households
  • Rankin County: 60,434 ±1,210
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
2.7 ±0.1 (126,529  ±481) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rankin County: 2.6 154,768 (±0.1 / ±136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770

3.8% ±2.4% (1,196  ±752) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Rankin County: 3.6% † 1,386 (±2% / ±749)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)

Housing

51,112 ±1,141 Number of housing units
  • Rankin County: 64,833 ±72
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165

$252,400 ±$12,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rankin County: $240,400 ±$10,533
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842

12.8% ±2.8% (16,605  ±3,658) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Rankin County: 12% † 19,021 (±2.5% / ±4,014.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)

Social

90.9% ±5.1% (83,872  ±4,943.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rankin County: 91.2% 103,153 (±4.8% / ±5,454)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
33% ±3.1% (30,404  ±2,859.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rankin County: 31.5% 35,619 (±2.7% / ±3,085.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)

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

1.7% ±0.5% (2,174  ±589) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Rankin County: 1.8% 2,829
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165

7% ±1.4% (7,032  ±1,383) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rankin County: 7.6% † 9,428 (±1.3% / ±1,627)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
7,032 Total veterans ±1,383 6,129 Male ±1,312 903 Female ±489

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