Grenada County
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US state : | Mississippi |
Administrative headquarters : | Grenada |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse P.O. Box 1208 Grenada, MS 38902-1208 |
Foundation : | May 9, 1870 |
Made up from: |
Carroll County Choctaw County Tallahatchie County Yalobusha County |
Area code : | 001 662 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 21,906 (2010) |
Population density : | 20 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1164 km² |
Water surface : | 71 km² |
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Website : www.grenadamississippi.com |
The Grenada County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Grenada .
geography
The county is located in north-central Mississippi and has an area of 1164 square kilometers, of which 71 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:
Tallahatchie County | Yalobusha County | |
Leflore County | Calhoun County | |
Carroll County , Montgomery County |
Webster County |
history
Grenada County was formed on May 9, 1870 from parts of Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie- and Yalobusha Counties. It was named, like the district capital, after the island of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles .
15 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 | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1870 | 10,751 | - | |
1880 | 12,071 | 12.3% | |
1890 | 14,974 | 24% | |
1900 | 14,112 | -5.8% | |
1910 | 15,727 | 11.4% | |
1920 | 13,607 | -13.5% | |
1930 | 16.802 | 23.5% | |
1940 | 19.052 | 13.4% | |
1950 | 18,830 | -1.2% | |
1960 | 18,409 | -2.2% | |
1970 | 19,854 | 7.8% | |
1980 | 21,043 | 6% | |
1990 | 21,555 | 2.4% | |
2000 | 23,263 | 7.9% | |
2010 | 21,906 | -5.8% | |
Before 1900 1900–1990
2000 + 2010 |
According to the 2000 census , Grenada County had 23,263 people in 8,820 households and 6,297 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 57.92 percent white, 40.93 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.62 percent of the population.
Of the 8,820 households, 33.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.9 percent were married couples living together, 18.6 percent were single mothers, and 28.6 percent were non-families. 25.3 percent of all households were single households and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.09.
27.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 36 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 87.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 83.9 males.
The average income of a household amounted to 27,385 USD , for a family is 33,115 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,969 versus $ 21,567 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,786. About 17.6 percent of families and 20.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .
cities and communes
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 695746. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012
- ↑ Grenada County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov
Web links
Coordinates: 33 ° 46 ′ N , 89 ° 48 ′ W