Greene County, Mississippi

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Leakesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 460 Leakesville, MS 39451-0460
Foundation :	December 9, 1811
Made up from:	Amite County Franklin County Wayne County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	14,400 (2010)
Population density :	7.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1861 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
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The Greene County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Leakesville .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme south of Mississippi, borders Alabama in the east and is about 80 km from the Gulf of Mexico in the south. Greene County covers an area of 1,861 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Wayne County	Washington County, Alabama
Perry County
	George County	Mobile County, Alabama

history

N. Greene

Greene County was formed on December 9, 1811 from parts of Amite County, Franklin County and Wayne County. It was named after Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), a general in the American War of Independence .

Two 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%
1820	1445	-
1830	1854	28.3%
1840	1636	-11.8%
1850	2018	23.3%
1860	2232	10.6%
1870	2038	-8.7%
1880	3194	56.7%
1890	3906	22.3%
1900	6795	74%
1910	6050	-11%
1920	10,430	72.4%
1930	10,644	2.1%
1940	9512	-10.6%
1950	8215	-13.6%
1960	8366	1.8%
1970	8545	2.1%
1980	9827	15%
1990	10,220	4%
2000	13,299	30.1%
2010	14,400	8.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Greene County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Greene County had 13,299 people in 4,148 households and 3,152 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 72.79 percent white, 26.18 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.31 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.38 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.80 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 4,148 households, 37.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers, and 24.0 percent were non-families. 22.0 percent of all households were single households and 9.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.12.

24.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 13.1 percent between 18 and 24, 32.1 percent between 25 and 44, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 10.1 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 32 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 130.0 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 141.0 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 28,336 USD , for a family is 33,037 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,189 versus $ 17,935 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,868. About 16.5 percent of families and 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .