Jefferson County, Mississippi

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Fayette
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 145 Fayette, MS 39069-0145
Foundation :	April 2, 1799
Made up from:	Natchez District
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	7726 (2010)
Population density :	5.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1365 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
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The Jefferson County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Fayette .

geography

The county is located in the southwest of Mississippi, borders Louisiana to the west , with the Mississippi forming the natural boundary and has an area of 1,365 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

	Claiborne County	Copiah County
Tensas Parish (Louisiana)
Adams County	Franklin County	Lincoln County

history

T. Jefferson

Jefferson County was formed from the Natchez District as Pickering County on April 2, 1799 and later renamed. It was named after Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third President of the United States.

23 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%
1800	2940	-
1810	4001	36.1%
1820	6822	70.5%
1830	9755	43%
1840	11,650	19.4%
1850	13,193	13.2%
1860	15,349	16.3%
1870	13,848	-9.8%
1880	17,314	25%
1890	18,947	9.4%
1900	21,292	12.4%
1910	18,221	-14.4%
1920	15,946	-12.5%
1930	14,291	-10.4%
1940	13,969	-2.3%
1950	11.306	-19.1%
1960	10.142	-10.3%
1970	9295	-8.4%
1980	9181	-1.2%
1990	8653	-5.8%
2000	9740	12.6%
2010	7726	-20.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Alcorn State University , listed on the NRHP

Jefferson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Jefferson County had 9,740 people in 3,308 households and 2,338 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 13.06 percent white, 86.49 percent African American, 0.08 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.02 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.24 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.66 percent of the population.

Of the 3,308 households, 36.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 36.0 percent were married couples living together, 28.5 percent were single mothers, and 29.3 percent were non-families. 27.1 percent of all households were single households and 10.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.36 people.

28.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.1 percent between 18 and 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 19.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 10.9 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.0 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 99.0 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 18,447 USD , for a family is 23,188 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,726 versus $ 18,000 for females. The per capita income was $ 9,709. About 32.5 percent of families and 36.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .