Tippah County

administration
Tippah County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Ripley
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 99 Ripley, MS 38663-0099
Foundation :	February 9, 1836
Made up from:	Chickasaw Land
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	22,232 (2010)
Population density :	18.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1191 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

The Tippah County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 22,232 residents and a population density of 18.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ripley .

geography

The county is in northern Mississippi and borders Tennessee . It has an area of 1191 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water.

About three miles north of Ripley is Tippah County Lake , a small reservoir that is used for recreational fishing and recreation.

The following neighboring counties border Tippah County:

	Hardeman County, Tennessee	Alcorn County
Benton County
	Union County	Prentiss County

history

Tippah County was formed from Chickasaw land on February 9, 1836 . The name of the county comes from the Chickasaw language and means about demarcation .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	9444	-
1850	20,741	119.6%
1860	22,550	8.7%
1870	20,727	-8.1%
1880	12,867	-37.9%
1890	12,951	0.7%
1900	12,983	0.2%
1910	14,631	12.7%
1920	15,419	5.4%
1930	18,658	21%
1940	19,680	5.5%
1950	17,522	-11%
1960	15.093	-13.9%
1970	15,852	5%
1980	18,739	18.2%
1990	19,523	4.2%
2000	20,826	6.7%
2010	22,232	6.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Tippah County had 22,232 people in 8,591 households. The population density was 18.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in each of the 8591 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.8 percent white, 16.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.7 percent of the population.

25 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,109 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,365. 24.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.