Picayune, Mississippi Picayune, Mississippi Downtown Picayune Downtown Picayune Location of Picayune, Mississippi Location of Picayune, Mississippi Picayune, Mississippi is positioned in the US Picayune, Mississippi - Picayune, Mississippi State Mississippi Picayune is the biggest city in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
Picayune was added to the New Orleans urbane region in 2014, however it remains its own town in the order given. Picayune is positioned approximately 45 miles (72 km) from New Orleans, Hattiesburg and Gulfport-Biloxi.
Picayune was established in 1904, titled by Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, the owner and publisher of the New Orleans Daily Picayune, a journal titled for the Spanish coin.
While Picayune received extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina, it was not as harsh as in other close-by cities.
This has caused it to turn into the permanent home for many who relocated from the New Orleans region and from the Mississippi Gulf Coast who were seeking a safer home site with easy commuting to those areas.
The bulk of the Katrina damage in Picayune was caused by high winds.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.8 square miles (31 km2), of which 11.8 square miles (31 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (7.34%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,535 citizens , 4,100 homeholds, and 2,865 families residing in the city.
There were 4,100 homeholds out of which 31.8% had a kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 20.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $26,958, and the median income for a family was $33,260.
About 18.9% of families and 20.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 28.2% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.
The City of Picayune is served by the Picayune School District.
Picayune Junior High School serves as the middle school for grades 7 and 8. Picayune Memorial High School is the small-town high school.
The Center of Alternate Education is also positioned in Picayune.
Picayune's small-town journal is the Picayune Item.
Amtrak's Crescent train joins Picayune with the metros/cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, and New Orleans.
11 is the chief highway through Picayune.
Interstate 59 (via Interstate 10) joins Picayune with New Orleans, LA, to the south and Hattiesburg, MS, Meridian, MS, and Birmingham, AL, to the north.
Mississippi Highway 43 is the chief connection to and from the east, connecting to Interstate 10 near Kiln, MS.
Picayune Municipal Airport (KMJD) has a 5,000 ft (1,500 m) runway and is a prominent destination for private fixed-wing and rotary airplane visiting the New Orleans area.
Circle sign 43.svg Mississippi Highway 43 The Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial Library serves Picayune and is the command posts of the Pearl River County Library System.
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Municipalities and communities of Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States State of Mississippi
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