Holmes County, Mississippi

administration
Old photograph (early 20th century) of the Holmes County Courthouse in Lexington, listed on the NRHP since 1994
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Lexington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 239 Lexington, MS 39095-0239
Foundation :	February 19, 1833
Made up from:	Yazoo County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	19,198 (2010)
Population density :	9.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1979 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.holmescountymississippi.com

The Holmes County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Lexington , which was named after a battleground in the American Revolutionary War .

geography

The county is located slightly northwest of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of 1979 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Leflore County	Carroll County
Humphreys County		Attala County
	Yazoo County

history

D. Holmes

Holmes County was formed on February 19, 1833 from parts of Yazoo County. It is named after David Holmes (1769-1832), the last governor (1809-1817) of the Mississippi Territory , first governor of the state of Mississippi (1817-1820) and US Senator (1820-1825).

16 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%
1840	9452	-
1850	13,928	47.4%
1860	17,791	27.7%
1870	19,370	8.9%
1880	27.164	40.2%
1890	30,970	14%
1900	36,828	18.9%
1910	39,088	6.1%
1920	34,513	-11.7%
1930	38,534	11.7%
1940	39,710	3.1%
1950	33,301	-16.1%
1960	27.096	-18.6%
1970	23,120	-14.7%
1980	22,970	-0.6%
1990	21,604	-5.9%
2000	21,609	0%
2010	19.198	-11.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Eureka Masonic College , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Holmes County had 21,609 people in 7,314 households and 5,229 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 20.47 percent white, 78.66 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian and 0.07 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 7,314 households, 36.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 34.9 percent were married couples living together, 31.2 percent were single mothers, and 28.5 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent of all households were single households and 12.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.48 people.

32.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.4 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 18.3 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older . The average age was 30 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 87.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 79.3 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 17,235 USD , for a family is 21,757 USD. Males had a median income of $ 23,720 versus $ 17,883 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,683. About 35.9 percent of families and 41.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .