Drinking water stations with addresses in Prentiss that have no violations reported:
- DOUBLE PONDS WATER ASSOCIATION (Population served: 3120, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  22.5% | | Whole state: |  19.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 11.4% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Prentiss, MS
People in group quarters in Prentiss
- 35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 33 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Prentiss compared to Mississippi state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Prentiss (2009 data):
- Regions Bank: Prentiss Branch at 2102 Columbia Avenue, branch established on 1902-02-15. Info updated 2009-02-09: Bank assets: $142,084.0 mil, Deposits: $95,926.0 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1946 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- Hancock Bank: Prentiss Branch at 965 South Columbia Avenue, branch established on 1973-01-01. Info updated 2007-05-30: Bank assets: $3,851.5 mil, Deposits: $3,115.1 mil, headquarters in Gulfport, MS, positive income, 46 total offices, Holding Company: Hancock Holding Company
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
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Religion statistics for Prentiss
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 64.7% | 9.6% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 10.8% |
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| Congregations | 43.8% | 21.9% | 9.4% | 6.3% | 18.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
5 | $8,858 | $21,259 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $3,238 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $800 |
| Firefighters |
1 | $1,845 | $22,140 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $2,666 | $15,996 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
4 | $4,249 | $12,747 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
12 | $17,618 | $17,618 | 7 | $4,038 |
Prentiss government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $25,000
- Construction - Financial Administration: $262,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $369,000
Water Utilities: $332,000
Financial Administration: $236,000
Fire Protection: $147,000
Solid Waste Management: $127,000
Regular Highways: $117,000
Parks & Recreation: $20,000
General - Other: $7,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $217,000
Water Utilities: $36,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $71,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $151,000
General Support: $6,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $513,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,182,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $630,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,772,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $466,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $47,000
Other, NEC: $40,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $148,000
Interest Earnings: $49,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,471,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $247,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $48,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $483,000
- Tax - Property: $240,000
Public Utilities: $59,000
NEC: $18,000
Total General Sales: $0
Motor Vehicle License: $0
- Total Salaries & Wages: $663,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $18,000
6.41% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($20,634 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.41% | | Mississippi average: | 7.82% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($22,615 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.80% | | Mississippi average: | 8.35% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Prentiss:
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
- WEEZ (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; LAUREL, MS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBKH (950 AM; 5 kW; HATTIESBURG, MS; Owner: SOUTHERN AIR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
- WQST (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST, MS; Owner: ACE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMLC (1270 AM; 1 kW; MONTICELLO, MS; Owner: D AND D BROADCASTING)
- WAPF (980 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WWDF (720 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICHLAND, MS; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHNY (1250 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: C.W.H. BROADCASTING INC.)
- WJDX (620 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Prentiss:
- WCJU-FM (104.9 FM; PRENTISS, MS; Owner: SUNBELT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJDR (98.3 FM; PRENTISS, MS; Owner: SUN BELT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBBN (95.9 FM; TAYLORSVILLE, MS; Owner: BLAKENEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WNSL (100.3 FM; LAUREL, MS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMSI-FM (102.9 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSTZ-FM (106.7 FM; VICKSBURG, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKNZ (107.1 FM; COLLINS, MS; Owner: RADIO BROADCASTERS, L.L.C.)
- WDBT (95.5 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAKH (105.7 FM; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRQO (102.1 FM; MONTICELLO, MS; Owner: THE O'NEAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WMPN-FM (91.3 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WUSJ (96.3 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUSW (103.7 FM; HATTIESBURG, MS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WXRR (104.5 FM; HATTIESBURG, MS; Owner: BLAKENEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPRG (89.5 FM; COLUMBIA, MS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WFFF-FM (96.7 FM; COLUMBIA, MS; Owner: HADDOX ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WFMM (97.3 FM; SUMRALL, MS; Owner: TELESOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Prentiss:
- WLBT (Channel 3; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CIVCO, INC.)
- WDBD (Channel 40; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WDBD LICENSE CORP.)
- WMPN-TV (Channel 29; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WJTV (Channel 12; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W45AA (Channel 45; COLUMBIA, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION)
Prentiss, Mississippi:
- Fatal accident count: 11
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 23
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 12
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 38
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Mississippi average:
- Fatal accident count: 79
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 119
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 14
- Fatalities: 87
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 198
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 7
See more detailed statistics of Prentiss fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total average daily traffic: 12,200
Total average daily truck traffic: 808
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 18,200
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6- Del Slone, Junction Of Us-84 And Sr-35, 11.9 Km East Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m
Registrant: Cellular South Real Estate, Inc., 1018 Highland Colony Pkwy, Ste 330, Ridgeland, MS 39157, Phone: (601) 974-7114, Email:
- Del Slone, "west Prentiss," At Us-84, West Side Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 87.5 m
Registrant: Cellular South Real Estate, Inc., 1018 Highland Colony Pkwy, Ste 330, Ridgeland, MS 39157, Phone: (601) 974-7114, Email:
- RICHARD K ASHLEY, Smepa George B. Taylor Gen Complex. Silver Creek Gt Switchyard. 217 Moses Ln, Type: Tower, Structure height: 55.2 m, Overall height: 56.4 m
Registrant: Mona Lee & Associates, LLC, 3730 Kirby Drive, Suite 1200, Houston, TX 77098, Phone: (832) 230-1809, Email:
- Kimberly A Thomas, 4148 Hwy 84, Type: Tower, Structure height: 62.5 m, Overall height: 64.6 m
Registrant: Crown Castle, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (336) 643-2524, Email:
- Off Highway # 13, 8.0 Km South Of City Limits, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.8 m, Overall height: 95.8 m
Registrant: Sunbelt Broadcasting, Columbia, MS 39429, Phone: (601) 731-2298 - Bonnie K Clark, Nort Side Of Us-84; 1.2 Mile, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.7 m, Overall height: 99.1 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (336) 643-2524, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Prentiss, MS)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2- SILVER CREEK, MS, Smepa George B. Taylor Gen Complex. Silver Creek Gt Switchyard. 217 Moses Ln, Type: Tower, Structure height: 55.2 m, Overall height: 56.4 m, Call Sign: WQHR339
Assigned Frequencies : 6735.62 MHz
Grant Date: 10/12/2007, Expiration Date: 10/12/2017, Certifier: Richard K Ashley Pe
Registrant: Mona Lee & Associates, LLC, 3730 Kirby Drive, Suite 1200, Pmb 165, Houston, TX 77098, Phone: (832) 230-1809, Fax: (713) 831-6899, Email:
- Just Off Hwy 13,S Of Prentiss, Overall height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WLE893
Assigned Frequencies : 950.500 MHz
Grant Date: 01/14/1985, Expiration Date: 06/01/2012
Registrant: Sun Belt Broadcasting Corporation, P.O. Box 351, Columbia, MS 39429
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1- Prentiss Jefferson Davis County Airport, Type: Tower, Call Sign: WRLB3259
Assigned Frequencies : 0.25251 MHz
Grant Date: 11/20/2000, Expiration Date: 11/20/2005, Cancelation Date: 01/21/2006
Registrant: Prentiss Jefferson Davis County Airport Commission, Prentiss, MS 39474
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Prentiss)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: BEECH 58 (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 165 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 2263L , Serial Number: TH-793, Year manufactured: 1976, Airworthiness Date: 12/16/1976
Registrant (Corporation): Overland Air LLC, Po Box 729, Prentiss, MS 39474 - Aircraft: WILLIAMS FRED EVANS VP-1 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 85 mph), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 8FW , Serial Number: 4132
Registrant (Individual): Rodrick L Blackledge, Po Box 434, Prentiss, MS 39474
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 121
- Hazardous Condition: 6
- Good Intent Call: 2
Incident types - Prentiss
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Prentiss, MS
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