DeSoto County School District, Mississippi Demographics

DeSoto County School District is 253rd out of 1,936 other school districts in Race - Two or More

DeSoto County School District is 257th out of 2,891 other school districts in Current population (2012)

DeSoto County School District is 259th out of 2,891 other school districts in Households

DeSoto County School District is 267th out of 2,758 other school districts in Housing units

DeSoto County School District is 368th out of 2,891 other school districts in Residents younger than 18

DeSoto County School District is 1st in Mississippi out of 102 other school districts in Race - Two or More

DeSoto County School District is 2nd in Mississippi out of 137 other school districts in Housing units

DeSoto County School District is 2nd in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Current population (2012)

DeSoto County School District is 2nd in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Households

DeSoto County School District is 5th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Income per household

DeSoto County School District is 9th in Mississippi out of 41 other school districts in People per household

DeSoto County School District is 10th in Mississippi out of 144 other school districts in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

DeSoto County School District is 10th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Home median value

DeSoto County School District is 10th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Income per capita

DeSoto County School District is 14th in Mississippi out of 116 other school districts in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	161,842	2nd	2,984,926	313,914,040

Age Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	64th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.1%	24th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.2%	132nd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.7%	10th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.0%	27th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	73.1%	36th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.2%	120th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - Asian	1.3%	14th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Two or More	4.5%	1st	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	14th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.3%	15th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.4%	82nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.4%	23rd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	61,762	2nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.3%	14th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	57,233	2nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.4%	51st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$151,300	10th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	9th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	DeSoto County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$23,863	10th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$56,595	5th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.3%	136th	21.6%	14.3%