Marion County, Mississippi

administration
The Marion County Courthouse in Columbia, listed on the NRHP since 1998
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Columbia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 215 Broad Street Columbia, MS 39429-2904
Foundation :	December 9, 1811
Made up from:	Amite County Franklin County Wayne County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	27,088 (2010)
Population density :	19.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1421 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
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The Marion County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Columbia .

geography

The county is located in the south of Mississippi, borders with its southern tip on Louisiana , is about 90 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1421 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

Lawrence County	Jefferson Davis County
Walthall County		Lamar County
	Washington Parish (Louisiana)	Pearl River County

history

Marion County was formed on December 9, 1811 from parts of Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties. It was named after Francis Marion , a general in the American Revolutionary War .

10 buildings 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%
1820	3116	-
1830	3691	18.5%
1840	3830	3.8%
1850	4410	15.1%
1860	4686	6.3%
1870	4211	-10.1%
1880	6901	63.9%
1890	9532	38.1%
1900	13,501	41.6%
1910	15,599	15.5%
1920	17,144	9.9%
1930	19,923	16.2%
1940	24,085	20.9%
1950	23,967	-0.5%
1960	23,293	-2.8%
1970	22,871	-1.8%
1980	25,708	12.4%
1990	25,544	-0.6%
2000	25,595	0.2%
2010	27,088	5.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

John Ford Home near Sandy Hook, listed on the NRHP

Marion County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Marion County had 25,595 people in 9,336 households and 6,880 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 66.96 percent white, 31.87 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.11 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.62 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.62 percent of the population.

Of the 9,336 households, 34.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 15.6 percent were single mothers, and 26.3 percent were non-families. 24.2 percent of all households were single households and 12.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13.

27.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.7 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 88.8 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 24,555 USD , for a family is 29,894 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,909 versus $ 17,192 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,301. About 20.7 percent of families and 24.8 percent of the population were below the poverty line .