Monroe County, Mississippi

Monroe County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Aberdeen
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 578 Aberdeen, MS 39730-0578
Foundation :	February 9, 1821
Made up from:	Chickasaw Land
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	36,989  (2010)
Population density :	18.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2000 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
map
Website : www.monroecountyms.org

The Monroe County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Aberdeen , which was named after the city of the same name in Scotland .

geography

The county is located in northeast Mississippi, borders Alabama to the east and has an area of ​​2000 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Lee County	Itawamba County
Chickasaw County		Lamar County, Alabama
Clay County	Lowndes County

history

James Monroe

Monroe County was formed from Chickasaw land on February 9, 1821 . It was named after James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth President of the United States.

One archaeological site has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Hester Site . A total of 36 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 2, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1820	2721		-
1830	3861		41.9%
1840	9250		139.6%
1850	21,172		128.9%
1860	21,283		0.5%
1870	22,631		6.3%
1880	28,553		26.2%
1890	30,730		7.6%
1900	31,216		1.6%
1910	35,178		12.7%
1920	32,613		-7.3%
1930	36,141		10.8%
1940	37,648		4.2%
1950	36,543		-2.9%
1960	33,953		-7.1%
1970	34,043		0.3%
1980	36,404		6.9%
1990	36,582		0.5%
2000	38.014		3.9%
2010	36,989		-2.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Monroe County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Reuben Davis House , listed on the NRHP

John Holliday House , listed on the NRHP

Aberdeen City Hall , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Monroe County had 38,014 people in 14,603 households and 10,660 families. The population density was 19 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 68.37 percent white, 30.77 percent African American, 0.10 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.11 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.47 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.69 percent of the population.

Of the 14,603 households, 34.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.0 percent were married couples living together, 17.2 percent were single mothers, and 27.0 percent were non-families. 24.7 percent of all households were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07.

27.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 89.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 84.7 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 30,307 USD , for a family is 36,749 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,232 versus $ 20,411 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,072. About 13.6 percent of families and 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Citys Aberdeen Amory

Towns Caledonia 1 Hatley Nettleton 2 Smithville

Village Gattman

^{1 - partly in Lowndes County
2 - partly in Lee County}

Unincorporated Communities

Athens Becker Bigbee Binford Bristow

Central Grove Darracott Flinn Gibson Greenwood Springs

Hamilton Lackey Mormon Springs Muldon Parham

Prairie Quincy Riggins Sipsey Fork Rinse

Strong Tranquil Westville Wise gap Wren

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695771. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Mississippi . National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2018.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2018.
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012 
7. ↑ Monroe County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

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

• www.city-data.com

Coordinates: 33 ° 53 ′  N , 88 ° 29 ′  W