The population of Prentiss county is estimated at 25,394. In 2017 there were 311 births and 252 deaths in Prentiss county. Prentiss county has 3,732 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,564 that are owned free and clear and 2,516 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Prentiss County filed 9,530 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Mississippi filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Prentiss had a combined total federal tax liability of $54,424,000 on earned income of $391,720,000. Other notable statistics from Prentiss County were 250 unemployment claims which collected a total of $683,000 and 1,320 charitable contributions valued at $9,075,000. 1,150 filings from Prentiss County paid a combined total of $1,869,000 in property taxes and 950 filings paid $4,892,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Prentiss county had 85 religious congregations with an estimated 17,942 members.
12.3% of the Prentiss population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Prentiss County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 162 votes.
At $36,654 the median income is 84.1% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 512 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Prentiss, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Prentiss County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,818	Manufacturing
948	Retail trade
858	Health care and social assistance
435	Accommodation and food services
379	Restaurants and other eating places
319	Plastics product manufacturing
319	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
282	Furniture and related product manufacturing
265	Ambulatory health care services
239	Limited-service restaurants
210	Machinery manufacturing
187	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
177	Finance and insurance
165	Truck transportation
165	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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