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Rankin County School District, MS

132,127 Population
749.9 square miles 176.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rankin County: 40.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,826 ±$2,640 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rankin County: $40,160 ±$2,315
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$88,111 ±$5,647 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rankin County: $84,394 ±$7,071
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.8% ±2.3% (8,787  ±2,980) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rankin County: 7.6% † 11,964 (±2% / ±3,198)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,570,900  ±56,283) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Rankin County: 26.6 1,902,315 (±0.9 / ±75,745)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

50,283 ±1,700 Number of households
  • Rankin County: 61,487 ±1,382
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (128,283  ±339) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rankin County: 2.6 156,677 (±0.1 / ±245)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±2.9% (1,986  ±920) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Rankin County: 6.4% † 2,600 (±2.9% / ±1,179)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,633 ±1,298 Number of housing units
  • Rankin County: 65,146 ±105
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$267,200 ±$17,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rankin County: $253,600 ±$16,072
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±2.4% (13,384  ±3,079.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Rankin County: 10.1% † 15,985 (±2% / ±3,232.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±4.9% (84,608  ±4,861.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rankin County: 90.2% 101,359 (±4.7% / ±5,424.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.7% ±3% (32,643  ±2,906.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rankin County: 33.4% 37,558 (±2.8% / ±3,178.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

2.4% ±0.8% (3,103  ±997) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rankin County: 2.7% 4,319
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±0.9% (5,537  ±965) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rankin County: 5.2% † 6,544 (±0.8% / ±963)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,537 Total veterans ±965 5,223 Male ±923 314 Female ±301

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