 About 22.90% of families and 25.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.80% of those under age 18 and 19.20% of those age 65 or over.Alcorn State University, a historically black college that was designated as a land-grant institution, has its School of Business and School of Nursing at Natchez.The School of Business offers Masters of Business Administration degree and some undergraduate classes at the School of Business, Natchez campus.