St. Peter's Mission

St. Peter's Mission is a church at Ochsner Specialty Hospital, 1314 19th Ave in Meridian, MS 39301-4116. It is one of 168 churches in Meridian.

Part of Gulf Atlantic Diocese

Ochsner Specialty Hospital, 1314 19th Ave, Meridian, MS, 39301-4116

Phone: +16016168596 · Website: https://emmanuelconnections.org/st-peters-mission-/

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The community around St. Peter's Mission

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 53.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 50.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.9% (23.7–58.2%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.7%
  • Diabetes: 26.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.3%
  • Unemployment: 7.6% (1.7–15.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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