Coahoma County

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Clarksdale
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 115 1st Street Clarksdale, MS 39614-0579
Foundation :	February 9, 1836
Made up from:	Choctaw land
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	26,151 (2010)
Population density :	18.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1510 km²
Water surface :	75 km²
map

Website : www.coahomacounty.net

The Coahoma County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Clarksdale , named after John Clark , an early settler in the area.

geography

The county is located in northwest Mississippi, bordering Arkansas to the west , the natural boundary being formed by the Mississippi River . Coahoma County covers an area of 1,510 square kilometers, of which 75 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Tunica County
Phillips County, Arkansas		Quitman County
Bolivar County	Sunflower County	Tallahatchie County

history

Coahoma County was formed on February 9, 1836 from parts of Choctaw land . It was named after the Indian word for puma .

21 structures and sites 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	1290	-
1850	2780	115.5%
1860	6606	137.6%
1870	7144	8.1%
1880	13,568	89.9%
1890	18,342	35.2%
1900	26,293	43.3%
1910	34,217	30.1%
1920	41,511	21.3%
1930	46,327	11.6%
1940	48,333	4.3%
1950	49,361	2.1%
1960	46.212	-6.4%
1970	40,447	-12.5%
1980	36,918	-8.7%
1990	31,665	-14.2%
2000	30,622	-3.3%
2010	26,151	-14.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Minie Ball House , listed on the NRHP

Coahoma County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Coahoma County had 30,622 people in 10,553 households and 7,482 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 29.28 percent white, 69.21 percent African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.34 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 10,553 households, 36.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 37.2 percent were married couples living together, 28.7 percent were single mothers, and 29.1 percent were non-families. 26.2 percent of all households were single households and 11.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.42.

33.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.3 percent between 18 and 24, 25.3 percent between 25 and 44, 19.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older . The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 84.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 77.5 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 22,338 USD , for a family is 26,640 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,841 versus $ 19,611 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,558. About 29.8 percent of families and 35.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .