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Population (year 2000): 1,158. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,061 (-8.4% change)
Males: 543 (46.9%), Females: 615 (53.1%)
Jefferson Davis County
Zip code:
39474
Median resident age: 44.4 years
Median household income: $29,200 (year 2000)
Median house value: $52,600 (year 2000)
Races in Prentiss:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.8%)
- Black (19.2%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (17.5%), Irish (9.7%),
English (4.0%), German (2.2%), Scotch-Irish (2.2%), French
(1.9%).
Elevation: 336 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Prentiss
- High school or higher: 72.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 12.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Prentiss town
- Never married: 16.4%
- Now married: 61.8%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 13.6%
- Divorced: 6.2%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -303 (-20.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Prentiss:
- PRENTISS CO REGIONAL HOSP (1102 ROSE ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Prentiss:
- LAWRENCE COUNTY HOSPITAL CAH (about 18 miles;
MONTICELLO, MS)
- COVINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; COLLINS,
MS)
- MAGEE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; MAGEE, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Prentiss:
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 39 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 51 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- STENNIS INTL (about 90 miles; BAY ST LOUIS, MS; ID:
HSA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Prentiss:
- PRENTISS-JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (about 3 miles;
PRENTISS, MS; ID: M43)
- MAGEE MUNI (about 19 miles; MAGEE, MS; ID: 17M)
- COLUMBIA-MARION COUNTY (about 23 miles; COLUMBIA,
MS; ID: 0R0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Prentiss:
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 4,072)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 50 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 62 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82
miles; PERKINSTON, MS; FT enrollment: 6,329)
Public primary/middle schools in Prentiss:
- PRENTISS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 651;
Location: 2429 MISSISSIPPI AVE; Grades: 06 - 12)
- J E JOHNSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 637;
Location: OLD HWY 42; Grades: KG - 05)
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