Copiah County

administration

US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Hazlehurst
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 551 Hazlehurst, MS 39083-0551
Foundation :	January 21, 1823
Made up from:	Hinds County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	29,449 (2010)
Population density :	14.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2019 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : copiahcounty.org

Copiah County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Hazlehurst , named after George Hazlehurst , a railroad engineer.

geography

The county is located in central southwest Mississippi, about 50 km to the west from Louisiana and the Mississippi River , and has an area of 2019 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Hinds County
Claiborne County		Simpson County
Jefferson County	Lincoln County	Lawrence County

history

Copiah County was formed on January 21, 1823 from parts of Hinds County. It was named after an Indian word that translated means screaming panther .

32 buildings 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%
1830	7001	-
1840	8954	27.9%
1850	11,794	31.7%
1860	15,398	30.6%
1870	20,608	33.8%
1880	27,552	33.7%
1890	30,233	9.7%
1900	34,395	13.8%
1910	35,914	4.4%
1920	28,672	-20.2%
1930	31,614	10.3%
1940	33,974	7.5%
1950	30,493	-10.2%
1960	27.051	-11.3%
1970	24,749	-8.5%
1980	26,503	7.1%
1990	27,592	4.1%
2000	28,757	4.2%
2010	29,449	2.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

RL Covington House in Hazlehurst, listed on the NRHP

Copiah County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Copiah County had 28,757 people in 10,142 households and 7,494 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 47.80 percent white, 50.95 percent African American, 0.07 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.46 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.15 percent of the population.

Of the 10,142 households, 34.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.7 percent were married couples living together, 20.1 percent were single mothers, and 26.1 percent were non-families. 23.6 percent of all households were single households and 10.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.20.

26.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.5 percent between 18 and 24, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44, 21.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 92.9 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 89.1 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 26,358 USD , for a family is 31,079 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,763 versus $ 20,104 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,408. About 22.0 percent of families and 25.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .