Hinds County

administration
The Hinds County Courthouse in Raymond, listed on NRHP No. 86001706
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Jackson , Raymond
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Chancery Court Building P.O. Box 686 Jackson, MS 39205-0686
Foundation :	February 12, 1821
Made up from:	Choctaw land
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	245,285 (2010)
Population density :	109 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2272 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.co.hinds.ms.us

The Hinds County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seats are Jackson , which is also the capital of Mississippi and named after Andrew Jackson , the seventh President of the United States, and Raymond . It is one of the ten counties in Mississippi that have two county governments.

geography

The county is located slightly southwest of the geographic center of Mississippi, is about 35 km to the west from Louisiana and has an area of 2272 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Yazoo County		Madison County
Warren County		Rankin County
Claiborne County	Copiah County

history

Hinds County was formed on February 12, 1821 from parts of Choctaw Land . It was named after Thomas Hinds , a member of the United States Congress .

Historical objects

West of Bovina on the Warren County border , the Big Black River Railroad Bridge spans the Big Black River . The bridge has been registered in the NRHP since 1988 .

In Raymond is the historic Peyton House (also known as Waverly ). The house is north of Raymond on Clinton Road. The building, constructed in 1831, was registered in the NRHP on October 3, 1973.

Six places in the county have National Historic Landmark status . A total of 104 structures and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 1, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	8645	-
1840	19,098	120.9%
1850	25,340	32.7%
1860	31,339	23.7%
1870	30,488	-2.7%
1880	43,958	44.2%
1890	39,279	-10.6%
1900	52,577	33.9%
1910	63,726	21.2%
1920	57.110	-10.4%
1930	85.118	49%
1940	107.273	26%
1950	142.164	32.5%
1960	187.045	31.6%
1970	214.973	14.9%
1980	250.998	16.8%
1990	254,441	1.4%
2000	250,800	-1.4%
2010	245.285	-2.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Big Black River Railroad Bridge

The Payton House

As of the 2000 census , Hinds County had 250,800 people in 91,030 households and 62,355 families. The population density was 111 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 37.31 percent white, 61.12 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.60 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.20 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.79 percent of the population.

Of the 91,030 households, 34.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 41.1 percent were married couples living together, 22.7 percent were single mothers, and 31.5 percent were non-families. 26.7 percent of all households were single households and 8.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.22.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.1 percent between 18 and 24, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 88.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 83.5 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 33,991 USD , for a family is 40,525 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,930 versus $ 24,593 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,785. About 16.1 percent of families and 19.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Citys

Clinton
Jackson ¹

Towns

Terry
Utica

Unincorporated communities

^{1 - partially in Madison and Rankin Counties}

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

↑ GNIS-ID: 695748. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 88002418. Retrieved May 2, 2011

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 73001016. Retrieved March 13, 2011

↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Mississippi . National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.

↑ 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

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