Smith County, Mississippi

administration
Smith County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Raleigh
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 160 Raleigh, MS 39153-0160
Foundation :	December 23, 1833
Made up from:	Choctaw land
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	16,491 (2010)
Population density :	10 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1651 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.smithcounty.ms.gov

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

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of 1,651 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Rankin County	Scott County
Simpson County		Jasper County
	Covington County	Jones County

history

Smith County was formed on December 3, 1833 from parts of Choctaw Land . It was named after David Smith , a naval officer.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 3, 2018, the Taylorsville Signal Office and Watkins General Store .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1961	-
1850	4071	107.6%
1860	7638	87.6%
1870	7126	-6.7%
1880	8088	13.5%
1890	10,635	31.5%
1900	13,055	22.8%
1910	16.603	27.2%
1920	16,178	-2.6%
1930	18.405	13.8%
1940	19,403	5.4%
1950	16,740	-13.7%
1960	14.303	-14.6%
1970	13,561	-5.2%
1980	15,077	11.2%
1990	14,798	-1.9%
2000	16,182	9.4%
2010	16,491	1.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Smith County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Smith County had 16,182 people in 6,046 households and 4,558 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.11 percent white, 23.11 percent African American, 0.11 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.19 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.35 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.59 percent of the population.

Of the 6,046 households, 35.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.6 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers, and 24.6 percent were non-families. 23.0 percent of all households were single households and 11.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.13.

27.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.6 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 30,840 USD , for a family is 36,780 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,698 versus $ 20,154 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,752. About 12.9 percent of families and 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .