Madison County, Mississippi

administration
Madison County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Canton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 404 Canton, MS 39046-0404
Foundation :	January 29, 1828
Made up from:	Yazoo County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	95,203 (2010)
Population density :	51.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1922 km²
Water surface :	64 km²
map

Website : www.madison-co.com

The Madison County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Canton .

geography

The county is located just west of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of 1922 square kilometers, of which 64 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Attala County
Yazoo County		Leake County
Hinds County	Rankin County	Scott County

history

J. Madison

Madison County was formed on January 29, 1828 from parts of Yazoo County. It was named after James Madison (1751-1836), the fourth President of the United States.

As a result of a tornado on the night of November 23rd to 24th 2001, there was severe devastation in Madison County, which reached level F4 on the Fujita scale . At least 18 people were injured.

31 structures and sites 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%
1830	4973	-
1840	15,530	212.3%
1850	18.173	17%
1860	23,382	28.7%
1870	20,948	-10.4%
1880	25,866	23.5%
1890	27,321	5.6%
1900	32,493	18.9%
1910	33.505	3.1%
1920	29,292	-12.6%
1930	35,796	22.2%
1940	37.504	4.8%
1950	33,860	-9.7%
1960	32,904	-2.8%
1970	29,737	-9.6%
1980	41,613	39.9%
1990	53,794	29.3%
2000	74,674	38.8%
2010	95.203	27.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Madison County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Annandal Plantation

The Ross Barnett Reservoir at sunset

According to the 2000 census , Madison County had 74,674 people in 27,219 households and 19,325 families. The population density was 40 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 60.29 percent white, 37.48 percent African American, 0.11 percent Native American, 1.30 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island region and 0.27 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.53 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.99 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 27,219 households, 37.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.9 percent were married couples living together, 15.6 percent were single mothers, and 29.0 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households were single households and 6.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size 3.23.

28.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 32.4 percent between 25 and 44, 20.3 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 90.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 86.2 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 46,970 USD , for a family is 58,172 USD. Males had a median income of $ 41,460 versus $ 29,170 for females. The per capita income was $ 23,469. About 10.6 percent of families and 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .