Kemper County

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	De Kalb
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 188 De Kalb, MS 39328-0188
Foundation :	December 23, 1833
Made up from:	Choctaw land
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	10,456 (2010)
Population density :	5.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1987 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

The Kemper County is located in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is De Kalb , named after Johann de Kalb , a German-American general during the American Revolutionary War .

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of Mississippi, borders Alabama to the east and has an area of 1987 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Winston County	Noxubee County
Neshoba County		Sumter County, Alabama
	Lauderdale County

history

Kemper County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of Choctaw land . It was named after Reuben Kemper , an American adventurer and freedom fighter who served under Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans .

Five 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	7663	-
1850	12,517	63.3%
1860	11,682	-6.7%
1870	12,920	10.6%
1880	15,719	21.7%
1890	17,961	14.3%
1900	20,492	14.1%
1910	20,348	-0.7%
1920	19,619	-3.6%
1930	21,881	11.5%
1940	21,867	-0.1%
1950	15,893	-27.3%
1960	12,277	-22.8%
1970	10,233	-16.6%
1980	10.148	-0.8%
1990	10,356	2%
2000	10,453	0.9%
2010	10,456	0%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Age pyramid of Kemper County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Kemper County had 10,453 people in 3,909 households and 2,787 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 39.03 percent white, 58.13 percent African American, 2.06 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.11 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.57 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.73 percent of the population.

Of the 3,909 households, 32.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 46.7 percent were married couples living together, 20.2 percent were single mothers, and 28.7 percent were non-families. 26.4 percent of all households were single households and 12.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11.

25.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.2 percent between 25 and 44, 21.8 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 92.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 88.3 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 23,998 USD , for a family is 30,248 USD. Males had a median income of $ 24,431 versus $ 18,199 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,985. About 21.2 percent of families and 26.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

cities and communes

^{1 - predominantly in Neshoba County}

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 695758. 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

↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012 @1@ 2

Jump up ↑ Kemper County, Mississippi Datasheet showing the 2000 census results at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Kemper County, Mississippi - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

32.76 -88.65Coordinates: 32 ° 46 ′ N , 88 ° 39 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 695758. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011