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Nicholson, Mississippi.

A community in Pearl River County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Pearl River County’s.

Living in Nicholson, Pearl River County, Mississippi

Nicholson, in Pearl River County, had 2,833 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Pearl River County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pearl River County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,833 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Nicholson for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.1% Pearl River County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Nicholson for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,270households
  • 7%of adults have a degree
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What people in Pearl River County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades9%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pearl River County had 11,726 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 38°; warmest in July, 92° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 62° 38° F M A M J J 92° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 38°; warmest in July, 92° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 62° 38° F M A M J J 92° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°. About 67 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Picayune weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pearl River County

  1. Picayune School DistrictSchool district659FTE
  2. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters480
  3. Pearl River CO School DistSchool district440FTE
  4. Pearl River Community CollegeTwo-year college413
  5. Poplarville Separate School DistSchool district289FTE
  6. Huey P. StockstillRoad construction265
  7. Highland Community HospitalGeneral hospital225FTE
  8. Bedford Care Center of PicayuneNursing homes205

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,760 people in all across the county; Nicholson has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. Strong windRelatively high
  5. Heat wavesRelatively high
  6. Inland floodingRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nicholson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Pearl River County.