Lee County, Mississippi

The Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo, listed on the NRHP since 1992
administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Tupelo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1785 Tupelo, MS 38802-1785
Foundation :	October 26, 1866
Made up from:	Itawamba County Pontotoc County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	82,910  (2010)
Population density :	71.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1174 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
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The Lee County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Tupelo .

geography

The county is located in northeast Mississippi, about 40 km to the east from Alabama , to the north about 60 km from Tennessee and has an area of ​​1,174 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Union County	Prentiss County
Pontotoc County		Itawamba County
Chickasaw County		Monroe County

history

Robert E. Lee

Lee County was formed on October 26, 1866 from parts of Itawamba County and Pontotoc County. It was named after Robert Edward Lee , a colonel in the US Army and the most successful general in the Confederate Armed Forces . His most important command during the Civil War was the supreme command of the Northern Virginia Army .

Lee County has two National Battlefields , the Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site and the Tupelo National Battlefield . 23 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 31, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1870	15,955		-
1880	20,470		28.3%
1890	20,040		-2.1%
1900	21,956		9.6%
1910	28,894		31.6%
1920	29,618		2.5%
1930	35,313		19.2%
1940	38,838		10%
1950	38,237		-1.5%
1960	40,589		6.2%
1970	46,148		13.7%
1980	57,061		23.6%
1990	65,581		14.9%
2000	75,755		15.5%
2010	82,910		9.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Lee County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Elvis Presley's birthplace

Sign board

According to the 2000 census , Lee County had 75,755 people in 29,200 households and 20,819 families. The population density was 65 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.66 percent white, 24.51 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.52 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.43 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.16 percent of the population.

Of the 29,200 households, 36.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.6 percent were married couples living together, 14.6 percent were single mothers, and 28.7 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households were single households and 8.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.05.

27.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 30.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.8 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 11.5 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 92.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 87.5 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 36,165 USD , for a family is 43,149 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,039 versus $ 22,235 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,956. About 10.5 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Citys

• Baldwyn ¹
• Tupelo
• Verona

Towns

Guntown Nettleton 2 Plantersville

Saltillo Shannon Sherman 3

^{1 - partly in Prentiss County
2 - partly in Monroe County
3 - partly in Pontotoc and Union County}

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 92000161.Retrieved July 4, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695764. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2018.
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
6. ↑ 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 
7. ↑ Lee County, Mississippi Datasheet showing the 2000 census results at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

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

• www.city-data.com

Coordinates: 34 ° 17 ′  N , 88 ° 41 ′  W