Prentiss County, Mississippi (MS)

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• • 19,60978.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,60610.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,6746.7%Two or more races
  • 5382.1%Asian alone
  • 3741.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2951.2%Some other race alone
  • 430.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $201,982

Here:	$201,982
State:	$226,494

Townhouses or other attached units: $310,201

Here:	$310,201
State:	$254,198

Mobile homes: $67,466

Here:	$67,466
State:	$73,695

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $138,777

Here:	$138,777
State:	$99,840

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 20
• Burglaries: 37
• Thefts: 63
• Auto thefts: 16

Crime in 2010 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 17
• Assaults: 33
• Burglaries: 20
• Thefts: 13
• Auto thefts: 28

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $979 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $668 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Prentiss County is $344 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $546 a month.

Cities in this county include: Booneville, Jumpertown, Marietta.

Neighboring counties: La Paz County, Arizona , Bailey County, Texas , Briscoe County, Texas , Collingsworth County, Texas , Hall County, Texas , Randall County, Texas .

Current college students: 1,586
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 409 (36.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3002010 or later
• 962000 to 2009
• 121990 to 1999
• 341980 to 1989
• 21970 to 1979
• 24Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,477
• One, attached: 74
• Two: 188
• 3 or 4: 328
• 5 to 9: 84
• 10 to 19: 25
• 20 to 49: 44
• 50 or more: 148
• Mobile homes: 1,811
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 42

Housing units in Prentiss County with a mortgage: 3,314 (142 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 90 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115

Religion statistics for Prentiss County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Prentiss County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Mississippi Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4528, Natural disaster type: Other
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: January 10, 2020 - January 11, 2020, FEMA Id: 4478, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: October 26, 2019, FEMA Id: 4470, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 22, 2019 - March 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4429, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 23, 2015 to December 28, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4248: January 04, 2016, FEMA Id: 4248, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1972: April 29, 2011, FEMA Id: 1972, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 01, 2010 to May 02, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1916: May 14, 2010, FEMA Id: 1916, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Mississippi Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: November 24, 2001 to December 17, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1398: December 07, 2001, FEMA Id: 1398, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Mississippi Tornadoes and Severe Storms, Incident Period: February 16, 2001 to March 15, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1360: February 23, 2001, FEMA Id: 1360, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Mississippi Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain, Incident Period: December 23, 1998 to December 26, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1265: January 25, 1999, FEMA Id: 1265, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Freeze
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.87% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($35,220 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.89% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($29,322 average AGI)
0.99% relocated from other states ($5,898 average AGI)

Prentiss County:	0.99%
Mississippi average:	2.80%

from Lee County, MS	1.69% ($35,914 average AGI)
from Alcorn County, MS	1.08% ($36,045)
from Tishomingo County, MS	0.39% ($37,188)
from Tippah County, MS	0.28% ($32,609)

5.70% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($33,522 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.63% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($27,976 average AGI)
1.07% relocated to other states ($5,546 average AGI)

Prentiss County:	1.07%
Mississippi average:	2.99%

to Lee County, MS	1.55% ($34,858 average AGI)
to Alcorn County, MS	0.94% ($36,455)
to Tishomingo County, MS	0.53% ($25,442)
to Tippah County, MS	0.29% ($28,083)
to Itawamba County, MS	0.24% ($58,350)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Prentiss County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,438 (950 living alone), Female householders: 5,079 (1,800 living alone)

• 4,735 spouses (4,729 opposite-sex spouses), 296 unmarried partners, (278 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,135 children (6,484 natural, 215 adopted, 431 stepchildren), 681 grandchildren, 153 brothers or sisters, 326 parents, 0 foster children, 197 other relatives, 578 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,211

Size of family households: 3,024 2-persons, 1,478 3-persons, 1,236 4-persons, 560 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,744 1-person, 214 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 3 4-persons.

3,134 married couples with children.
1,662 single-parent households (607 men, 1,055 women).

96.8% of residents of Prentiss speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 24% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $151,498,000 ($5,885 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,721,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $69,620,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,487,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,967,000
Federal grants: $40,443,000
Federal procurement contracts: $548,000 ($2,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,433,000 ($571,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $755,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,474,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,385,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-13 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.73 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Prentiss County, Mississippi
• 352020 or later
• 4822010 to 2019
• 1,4602000 to 2009
• 1,6161990 to 1999
• 1,9171980 to 1989
• 1,9821970 to 1979
• 1,7541960 to 1969
• 8471950 to 1959
• 3311940 to 1949
• 4101939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Prentiss County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Prentiss County, Mississippi
• 01 room
• 192 rooms
• 903 rooms
• 7204 rooms
• 1,4805 rooms
• 1,9396 rooms
• 1,2417 rooms
• 6198 rooms
• 1,3779+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Prentiss County, Mississippi
• 1261 room
• 172 rooms
• 2063 rooms
• 3914 rooms
• 5275 rooms
• 5056 rooms
• 957 rooms
• 1788 rooms
• 329+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Prentiss County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Prentiss County, Mississippi
• 0no bedroom
• 1231 bedroom
• 1,3002 bedrooms
• 4,5593 bedrooms
• 1,2274 bedrooms
• 2095+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Prentiss County, Mississippi
• 132no bedroom
• 3271 bedroom
• 6262 bedrooms
• 9233 bedrooms
• 724 bedrooms
• 75+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Prentiss County, Mississippi in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Prentiss County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 334no vehicle
• 1,6291 vehicle
• 2,9692 vehicles
• 1,5573 vehicles
• 7634 vehicles
• 2125+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Prentiss County in renter-occupied apartments
• 234no vehicle
• 9471 vehicle
• 5502 vehicles
• 2253 vehicles
• 894 vehicles
• 355+ vehicles

94.0% of Prentiss County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Mississippi.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 18,439
• Other state: 5,493
• Northeast: 344
• Midwest: 1,435
• South: 3,150
• West: 564

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 936
• Number of aged recipients: 151
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 785
• Number of recipients under 18: 98
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 566
• Number of recipients older than 64: 272
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 523
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 368

Prentiss County on our top lists:

• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"