Lamar County, Mississippi

administration
Lamar County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Purvis
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1240 Purvis, MS 39475-1240
Foundation :	February 19, 1904
Made up from:	Marion County Pearl River County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	55,658 (2010)
Population density :	43.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1296 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.lamarcounty.com

The Lamar County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Purvis .

geography

The county is located in the south of Mississippi, about 10 km to the southwest from Louisiana , about 90 km to the south from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1,296 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Jefferson Davis County	Covington County
Marion County		Forrest County
	Pearl River County

history

LQC Lamar

Lamar County was formed on February 19, 1904 from parts of Marion County and Pearl River County. It was named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893), a member of the United States Congress , Secretary of the Interior, and Justice at the United States Supreme Court .

Two structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 2, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	11,741	-
1920	12,869	9.6%
1930	12,848	-0.2%
1940	12.096	-5.9%
1950	13,225	9.3%
1960	13,675	3.4%
1970	15.209	11.2%
1980	23,821	56.6%
1990	30,424	27.7%
2000	39,070	28.4%
2010	55,658	42.5%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Lamar County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Lamar County had 39,070 people in 14,396 households and 10,725 families. The population density was 30 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 85.34 percent white, 12.90 percent African American, 0.17 percent Native American, 0.65 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island region and 0.30 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.64 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.09 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 14,396 households, 38.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.6 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers, and 25.5 percent were non-families. 20.4 percent of all households were single households and 7.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.11.

28.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.9 percent between 18 and 24, 30.4 percent between 25 and 44, 21.0 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 90.1 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 37,628 USD , for a family is 44,611 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,791 versus $ 22,260 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,849. About 9.7 percent of families and 13.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line .