Tunica County

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Tunica
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 639 Tunica, MS 38676-0639
Foundation :	February 9, 1836
Made up from:	Chickasaw Land
Area code :	001
Demographics
Residents :	10,778 (2010)
Population density :	9.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1245 km²
Water surface :	67 km²
map

Website : www.tunicacounty.com

The Tunica County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Mississippi . In 2010 , the county had 10,778 residents and a population density of 9.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Tunica .

Tunica County is part of the Memphis metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northwest of Mississippi and borders Arkansas , from which it is separated by the Mississippi . Tunica County covers an area of 1,245 square kilometers, of which 67 square kilometers is water. The following neighboring counties border Tunica County:

	Crittenden County, Arkansas	DeSoto County
Lee County, Arkansas		Tate County
Phillips County, Arkansas	Coahoma County , Quitman County	Panola County

history

Tunica County was formed from Chickasaw land on February 9, 1836 .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	821	-
1850	1314	60%
1860	4366	232.3%
1870	5358	22.7%
1880	8461	57.9%
1890	12,158	43.7%
1900	16,479	35.5%
1910	18,646	13.2%
1920	20,386	9.3%
1930	21,233	4.2%
1940	22,610	6.5%
1950	21,664	-4.2%
1960	16,826	-22.3%
1970	11,854	-29.5%
1980	9652	-18.6%
1990	8164	-15.4%
2000	9227	13%
2010	10,778	16.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Tunica Museum

Tunica Riverpark

According to the 2010 census , Tunica County's 10,778 people were living in 4,039 households. The population density was 9.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 4039 households.

The racial the population was composed of 25.3 percent white, 72.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

30.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 29,994 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,711. 25.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.