Choctaw County, Mississippi

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administration
US state : Mississippi
Administrative headquarters : Ackerman
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 250
Ackerman, MS 39735-0250
Foundation : December 23, 1833
Made up from: Choctaw land
Area code : 001 662
Demographics
Residents : 8547  (2010)
Population density : 7.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1087 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of Choctaw County within Mississippi
Website : www.choctawcountyms.com

The Choctaw County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Ackerman .

geography

The county is located in north-central Mississippi and has an area of ​​1087 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Webster County
Montgomery County Compass card (de) .svg Oktibbeha County
Attala County Winston County

history

Choctaw County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of Choctaw land. It was named after the Choctaw , a North American Indian people.

Five places in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 1, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 6010 -
1850 11,402 89.7%
1860 15,722 37.9%
1870 16,988 8.1%
1880 9036 -46.8%
1890 10,847 20%
1900 13,036 20.2%
1910 14,357 10.1%
1920 12,491 -13%
1930 12,339 -1.2%
1940 13,548 9.8%
1950 11.009 -18.7%
1960 8423 -23.5%
1970 8440 0.2%
1980 8996 6.6%
1990 9071 0.8%
2000 9758 7.6%
2010 8547 -12.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

The Noxubee River
Choctaw County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Choctaw County had 9,758 people in 3,686 households and 2,668 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 68.03 percent white, 30.68 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.42 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.42 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.81 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 3,686 households, 32.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.3 percent were married couples living together, 14.6 percent were single mothers, and 27.6 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households were single households and 12.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.06.

27.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24, 24.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 37 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 91.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 88.4 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 27,020 USD , for a family is 31,095 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,966 versus $ 17,798 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,474. About 17.7 percent of families and 24.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

cities and communes

1 - partially in Webster County

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695734. 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. ↑ Choctaw County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Choctaw County  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 33 ° 21 ′  N , 89 ° 15 ′  W