Tallahatchie County
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![]() Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston |
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US state : | Mississippi |
Administrative headquarters : | Charleston and Sumner |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse P.O. Box 350 Charleston, MS 38921-0350 |
Foundation : | December 31, 1833 |
Made up from: | Choctaw land |
Area code : | 001 662 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 15,378 (2010) |
Population density : | 9.2 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1689 km² |
Water surface : | 21 km² |
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The Tallahatchie County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seats are Charleston and Sumner , making Tallahatchie County one of the ten counties in Mississippi that have two county administrations.
geography
The county is located in northwest Mississippi and has an area of 1,689 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:
Coahoma County | Quitman County | Panola County |
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Yalobusha County | |
Sunflower County | Leflore County | Grenada County |
history
Tallahatchie County was formed on December 31, 1833 from parts of Choctaw land . It was named after the Tallahatchie River that runs here .
Nine structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 3, 2018).
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1840 | 2985 | - | |
1850 | 4643 | 55.5% | |
1860 | 7890 | 69.9% | |
1870 | 7852 | -0.5% | |
1880 | 10,926 | 39.1% | |
1890 | 14,361 | 31.4% | |
1900 | 19,600 | 36.5% | |
1910 | 29,078 | 48.4% | |
1920 | 35,953 | 23.6% | |
1930 | 35,568 | -1.1% | |
1940 | 34,166 | -3.9% | |
1950 | 30,486 | -10.8% | |
1960 | 24,081 | -21% | |
1970 | 19,338 | -19.7% | |
1980 | 17,157 | -11.3% | |
1990 | 15.210 | -11.3% | |
2000 | 14,903 | -2% | |
2010 | 15,378 | 3.2% | |
Before 1900 1900–1990
2000 + 2010 |
According to the 2000 census , Tallahatchie County had 14,903 people in 5,263 households and 3,826 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 39.62 percent white, 59.43 percent African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.46 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.92 percent of the population.
Of the 5,263 households, 34.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 43.5 percent were married couples living together, 23.5 percent were single mothers, and 27.3 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent of all households were single households and 11.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.36 people.
30.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.0 percent between 18 and 24, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 33 years. Statistically, there were 87.8 males for every 100 females and 84.4 males for every 100 females aged 18 or over.
The average income of a household amounted to 22,229 USD , for a family is 26,509 USD. Males had a median income of $ 24,766 versus $ 18,972 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,749. About 26.8 percent of families and 32.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line .
cities and communes
1 - partially in Quitman County
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 07000149.Retrieved April 17, 2011
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 695788. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2018.
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
- ↑ Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov
Web links
Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′ N , 90 ° 10 ′ W