Amite County

administration
The Amite County Courthouse in Liberty, listed on NRHP No. 74001055
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Liberty
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 680 Liberty, MS 39645-0680
Foundation :	February 24, 1809
Made up from:	Wilkinson County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	13,131 (2010)
Population density :	6.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1895 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.amitecounty.ms

The Amite County is a county in the state of Mississippi in the United States . The county seat is Liberty .

geography

The county is located in southwest Mississippi, borders Louisiana to the south and has an area of 1,895 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is adjacent to the following counties and parishes in a clockwise direction:

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
Wilkinson County		Pike County
East Feliciana Parish (Louisiana)	St. Helena Parish, Louisiana	Tangipahoa Parish (Louisiana)

history

Amite County was formed on February 24, 1809 from parts of Wilkinson County. It was named after the Amite River that runs here .

On October 20, 1977, the band Lynyrd Skynyrd and their crew crashed in Amite County in a convair about eight miles from the city of McComb. Of the 26 inmates, five were killed and many were seriously injured.

18 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 31, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	4750	-
1820	6853	44.3%
1830	7934	15.8%
1840	9511	19.9%
1850	9694	1.9%
1860	12,336	27.3%
1870	10,973	-11%
1880	14.004	27.6%
1890	18.198	29.9%
1900	20,708	13.8%
1910	22,954	10.8%
1920	18,960	-17.4%
1930	19,712	4%
1940	21,892	11.1%
1950	19,261	-12%
1960	15,573	-19.1%
1970	13,763	-11.6%
1980	13,369	-2.9%
1990	13,328	-0.3%
2000	13,599	2%
2010	13.131	-3.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Amite County's Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Amite County had 13,599 people in 5,271 households and 3,879 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 56.42 percent white, 42.65 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.49 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.83 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 5,271 households, 31.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.1 percent were married couples living together, 16.3 percent were single mothers, and 26.4 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent of all households were single households and 12.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06.

26.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.6 percent between 25 and 44, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 statistically males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 89.8 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 26,033 US dollars , for a family is 31,256 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 28,306 compared to $ 16,173 for women. The per capita income was $ 14,048. About 19.3 percent of families and 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .