Lamar County School District, Mississippi Demographics

Lamar County School District is 4th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Home median value

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

Lamar County School District is 6th in Mississippi out of 144 other school districts in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lamar County School District is 6th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Households

Lamar County School District is 7th in Mississippi out of 137 other school districts in Housing units

Lamar County School District is 7th in Mississippi out of 144 other school districts in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lamar County School District is 8th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Income per household

Lamar County School District is 8th in Mississippi out of 17 other school districts in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lamar County School District is 8th in Mississippi out of 44 other school districts in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lamar County School District is 9th in Mississippi out of 149 other school districts in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	48,506	9th	2,984,926	313,914,040

Age Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	53rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.9%	39th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.0%	125th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	6th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.9%	7th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	81.3%	20th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	15.1%	130th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - Asian	1.4%	10th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	35th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.8%	8th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.1%	61st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	40th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	20,970	7th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.3%	8th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	18,839	6th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.8%	74th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$161,400	4th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	26th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lamar County School District	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$26,567	5th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$52,175	8th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.0%	118th	21.6%	14.3%