Chickasaw County, Mississippi

administration
Chickasaw County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Houston , Okolona
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 North Jefferson Street Houston, MS 38851-2219
Foundation :	February 9, 1836
Made up from:	Choctaw land
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	17,392 (2010)
Population density :	13.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1306 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : chickasawcoms.com

The Chickasaw County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 17,392 residents and a population density of 13.4 people per square kilometer. The county seats are Houston and Okolona . The Chickasaw County is one of the ten counties in Mississippi that have two county administrations.

geography

The county is located in northeastern Mississippi and has an area of 1,306 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. The Yalobusha River is one of the two headwaters of the Yazoo River , a left tributary of the Mississippi, in the area of the county . The following neighboring counties border Chickasaw County:

	Pontotoc County	Lee County
Calhoun County		Monroe County
Webster County		Clay County

history

Chickasaw County was formed on February 9, 1836 from parts of Choctaw Land . It was named after the Chickasaw , a North American Indian people .

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

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2955	-
1850	16,369	453.9%
1860	16,426	0.3%
1870	19,899	21.1%
1880	17,905	-10%
1890	19,891	11.1%
1900	19,892	0%
1910	22,846	14.9%
1920	22,212	-2.8%
1930	20,835	-6.2%
1940	21,427	2.8%
1950	18,951	-11.6%
1960	16,891	-10.9%
1970	16.805	-0.5%
1980	17,853	6.2%
1990	18,085	1.3%
2000	19,440	7.5%
2010	17,392	-10.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , there were 17,392 people in 6,673 households in Chickasaw County. The population density was 13.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 6673 households.

The racial the population was composed of 55.5 percent white, 42.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 30,395 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,978. 24.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.