Pontotoc County, Mississippi

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Pontotoc County Courthouse
Pontotoc County Courthouse
administration
US state : Mississippi
Administrative headquarters : Pontotoc
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 209
Pontotoc, MS 38863-0209
Foundation : February 9, 1836
Made up from: Chickasaw Land
Area code : 001 662
Demographics
Residents : 29,957  (2010)
Population density : 23.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1298 km²
Water surface : 9 km²
map
Map of Pontotoc County within Mississippi

Pontotoc County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Pontotoc . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in north-central Mississippi and has an area of ​​1,298 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Union County
Lafayette County Compass card (de) .svg Lee County
Calhoun County Chickasaw County

history

Pontotoc County was formed from Chickasaw land on February 9, 1836 . It was named, like the district capital, after an Indian expression.

Three 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%
1840 4491 -
1850 17.112 281%
1860 22,113 29.2%
1870 12,525 -43.4%
1880 13,858 10.6%
1890 14,940 7.8%
1900 18,274 22.3%
1910 19,688 7.7%
1920 19,962 1.4%
1930 22,034 10.4%
1940 22,904 3.9%
1950 19,994 -12.7%
1960 17,232 -13.8%
1970 17,363 0.8%
1980 20,918 20.5%
1990 22,237 6.3%
2000 26,726 20.2%
2010 29,957 12.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Age pyramid of Pontotoc County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Pontotoc County had 26,726 people in 10,097 households and 7,562 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.40 percent white, 13.98 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.71 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.80 percent of the population.

Of the 10,097 households, 37.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers, and 25.1 percent were non-families. 22.7 percent of all households were single households and 10.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.08.

27.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 94.5 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 90.8 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 32,055 USD , for a family is 39,845 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,074 versus $ 21,350 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,658. About 10.2 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

cities and communes

1 - partially in Lee and Union Counties

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS ID: 695803. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2018.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  4. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 19, 2011
  5. Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
  6. Pontotoc County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Pontotoc County, Mississippi  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 14 ′  N , 89 ° 2 ′  W