DeSoto County, Mississippi

administration
DeSoto County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Hernando
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 2535 Highway 51 S. Hernando, MS 38632-2132
Foundation :	February 9, 1836
Made up from:	Indian territory
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	161,252 (2010)
Population density :	130.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1287 km²
Water surface :	49 km²
map

Website : www.desotoms.com

The DeSoto County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 161,252 people and a population density of 130.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Hernando .

DeSoto County is part of the Memphis metropolitan area . It includes part of the southern suburb of the immediately adjacent city of Memphis in Tennessee .

geography

The county is located in the far northwest of Mississippi, bordered by Arkansas to the west , with the Mississippi River forming the natural boundary and Tennessee to the north . DeSoto County has an area of 1,287 square kilometers, of which 49 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border DeSoto County:

	Shelby County, Tennessee
Crittenden County, Arkansas		Marshall County
Tunica County	Tate County

history

Hernando de Soto

DeSoto County was formed on February 9, 1836 from Indian Territory. It was named, like the district capital, after the "discoverer" Hernando de Soto , a Spanish navigator and conquistador .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	7002	-
1850	19,042	172%
1860	23,336	22.6%
1870	32,021	37.2%
1880	22,924	-28.4%
1890	24,183	5.5%
1900	24,751	2.3%
1910	23,130	-6.5%
1920	24,359	5.3%
1930	25,438	4.4%
1940	26,663	4.8%
1950	24,599	-7.7%
1960	23,891	-2.9%
1970	35,885	50.2%
1980	53,930	50.3%
1990	67,910	25.9%
2000	107.199	57.9%
2010	161,252	50.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , DeSoto County had 161,252 people in 55,768 households. The population density was 130.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.76 people lived in each of the 55,768 households.

The racial the population was composed of 74.1 percent white, 22.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.0 percent of the population.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 59,418 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,531. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.