Carroll County, Mississippi

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The Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton, listed on the NRHP
The Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton, listed on the NRHP
administration
US state : Mississippi
Administrative headquarters : Carrollton
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
1 Pinson Square
Carrollton, MS 38917
Foundation : December 23, 1833
Made up from: Choctaw land
Area code : 001 662
Demographics
Residents : 10,597  (2010)
Population density : 6.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1643 km²
Water surface : 18 km²
map
Map of Carroll County within Mississippi

The Carroll County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seats are Carrollton and Vaiden . This makes Carroll County one of the ten counties in Mississippi that have two county administrations.

geography

The county is located in north-central Mississippi and has an area of ​​1,643 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Grenada County
Leflore County Compass card (de) .svg Montgomery County
Holmes County Attala County

history

Charles Carroll

Carroll County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of Choctaw Land . It was named, like the district capital, after Charles Carroll , a signatory to the United States' Declaration of Independence .

Ten structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 1, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 10,481 -
1850 18,491 76.4%
1860 22,035 19.2%
1870 21,047 -4.5%
1880 17,795 -15.5%
1890 18,773 5.5%
1900 22,116 17.8%
1910 23,139 4.6%
1920 20,324 -12.2%
1930 19,765 -2.8%
1940 20,651 4.5%
1950 15,499 -24.9%
1960 11,177 -27.9%
1970 9397 -15.9%
1980 9776 4%
1990 9237 -5.5%
2000 10,769 16.6%
2010 10,597 -1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Malmaison Site , listed on the NRHP
Carroll County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Carroll County had 10,769 people in 4,071 households and 3,069 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 62.67 percent white, 36.61 percent African American, 0.07 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.36 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.73 percent of the population.

Of the 4,071 households, 32.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 15.2 percent were single mothers, and 24.6 percent were non-families. 22.4 percent of all households were single households and 10.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.01.

24.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.6 percent between 18 and 24, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44, 25.7 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 97.0 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 28,878 USD , for a family is 35,711 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,459 versus $ 19,695 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,744. About 13.7 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695732. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Carroll County, Mississippi Datasheet with the 2000 census results at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Carroll County, Mississippi  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 27 '  N , 89 ° 55'  W