Tate County

administration
Tate County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1994
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Senatobia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 201 S. Ward Street Senatobia, MS 38668-2659
Foundation :	April 15, 1873
Made up from:	DeSoto County Marshall County Tunica County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	28,886 (2010)
Population density :	27.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1064 km²
Water surface :	17 km²
map

The Tate County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 28,886 residents and a population density of 27.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Senatobia , which was named after an Indian term. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Tate County is part of the metropolitan area of Memphis .

geography

The county is located almost in the far northwest of Mississippi and has an area of 1064 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Tate County:

	DeSoto County
Tunica County		Marshall County
	Panola County	Lafayette County

history

Tate County was formed on April 15, 1873 from parts of DeSoto, Marshall and Tunica Counties. It was named after Thomas Simpson Tate , one of the first white settlers in the region.

Ten structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 3, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	18,721	-
1890	19,253	2.8%
1900	20,618	7.1%
1910	19,714	-4.4%
1920	19,636	-0.4%
1930	17,671	-10%
1940	19.309	9.3%
1950	18,011	-6.7%
1960	18,138	0.7%
1970	18,544	2.2%
1980	20,119	8.5%
1990	21,432	6.5%
2000	25,370	18.4%
2010	28,886	13.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Tate County had 28,886 people in 9,950 households. The population density was 27.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.67 people in each of the 9,950 households.

The racial the population was composed of 67.7 percent white, 30.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,102 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,318. 17.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.