U.S. Beacon April 23, 2024

Prentiss, MS

Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Latitude: 31.596990     Longitude: -89.869776
Population 1,061 (2005)
Elevation of Prentiss, Mississippi: 336 feet



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2859920, place: Prentiss town, Mississippi)

Total Population: 1,158
Male: 543 (46.89%)
Female: 615 (53.11%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 70 (6.04%)
5 to 9 years: 58 (5.01%)
10 to 14 years: 63 (5.44%)
15 to 19 years: 67 (5.79%)
20 to 24 years: 54 (4.66%)
25 to 34 years: 132 (11.4%)
35 to 44 years: 145 (12.52%)
45 to 54 years: 155 (13.39%)
55 to 59 years: 69 (5.96%)
60 to 64 years: 74 (6.39%)
65 to 74 years: 129 (11.14%)
75 to 84 years: 97 (8.38%)
85 years and over: 45 (3.89%)

Median age: 44.4 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 927 (80.05%)
21 years and over: 889 (76.77%)
62 years and over: 306 (26.42%)
65 years and over: 271 (23.4%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 927 (80.05%)
--Male: 424 (36.61%)
--Female: 503 (43.44%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 271 (23.4%)
--Male: 99 (8.55%)
--Female: 172 (14.85%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,151 (99.4%)
--White: 912 (78.76%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 17 (1.47%)
--Black or African American: 222 (19.17%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 7 (0.6%)
--Asian: 1 (0.09%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.09%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 0 (0%)
Two or more Races: 7 (0.6%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 17 (1.47%)
--Mexican: 8 (0.69%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 9 (0.78%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 1,141 (98.53%)
--White Alone: 912 (78.76%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,083 (93.52%)
--Householder: 479 (41.36%)
--Spouse: 244 (21.07%)
--Child: 274 (23.66%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 194 (16.75%)
--Other relatives: 65 (5.61%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 35 (3.02%)
--Nonrelatives: 21 (1.81%)
----Unmarried partner: 15 (1.3%)
Living in group quarters: 75 (6.48%)
--Institutionalized Population: 75 (6.48%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 479
Family households (families): 324 (67.64%)
----With own children under 18 years: 117 (24.43%)
--Married-couple families: 244 (50.94%)
----With own children under 18 years: 77 (16.08%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 64 (13.36%)
----With own children under 18 years: 35 (7.31%)
Nonfamily households: 155 (32.36%)
--Householder living alone: 148 (30.9%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 87 (18.16%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 137 (28.6%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 186 (38.83%)
Average household size: 2.26 people
Average family size: 2.8 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 537
Occupied housing units: 479 (89.2%)
Vacant housing units: 58 (10.8%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 7 (1.3%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 12.1%
Occupied housing units: 479 (89.2%)
Owner occupied housing units: 355 (66.11%)
Renter occupied housing units: 124 (23.09%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.21 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.4 people

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