Marshall County, Mississippi

administration
The Marshall County Courthouse in Holly Springs, listed on the NRHP as part of No. 80004550
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Holly Springs
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 219 Holly Springs, MS 38635-0219
Foundation :	February 9, 1836
Made up from:	Chickasaw Land
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	37,144 (2010)
Population density :	20.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1838 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

The Marshall County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 37,144 residents and a population density of 20.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Holly Springs .

Marshall County is part of the Memphis metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northern Mississippi, bordering Tennessee and has an area of 1,838 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Shelby County, Tennessee	Fayette County, Tennessee
DeSoto County		Benton County
Tate County	Lafayette County	Union County

history

J. Marshall

Marshall County was formed from Chickasaw land on February 9, 1836 . It was named after John Marshall , a US politician, secretary of state , founder of Constitutional Law and presiding judge at the Supreme Court of the United States.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	17,526	-
1850	29,689	69.4%
1860	28,823	-2.9%
1870	29,416	2.1%
1880	29,330	-0.3%
1890	26,043	-11.2%
1900	27,674	6.3%
1910	26,796	-3.2%
1920	26,105	-2.6%
1930	24,869	-4.7%
1940	25,522	2.6%
1950	25.106	-1.6%
1960	24,503	-2.4%
1970	24,027	-1.9%
1980	29,296	21.9%
1990	30,361	3.6%
2000	34,993	15.3%
2010	37,144	6.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Marshall County had 37,144 people in 12,738 households. The population density was 20.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.77 people each in the 12,738 households.

The racial the population was composed of 51.4 percent white, 47.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,183 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,825. 21.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.