Walthall County

administration
Walthall County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 94001302
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Tylertown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 351 Tylertown, MS 39667-0351
Foundation :	March 16, 1910
Made up from:	Marion County Pike County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	15,443 (2010)
Population density :	14.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1047 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

The Walthall County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Tylertown .

geography

The county is located in the south of Mississippi, borders Louisiana to the south and has an area of 1047 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

Lincoln County	Lawrence County
Pike County		Marion County
	Washington Parish (Louisiana)

history

EC Walthall

Walthall County was formed on March 16, 1910 from parts of Marion County and Pike County. It is named after Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), a general in the army of the Confederation in the American Civil War and US-Senator of Mississippi (1885-1898).

Four buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 3, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	13,455	-
1930	13,871	3.1%
1940	17,534	26.4%
1950	15,563	-11.2%
1960	13,512	-13.2%
1970	12,500	-7.5%
1980	13,761	10.1%
1990	14,352	4.3%
2000	15,156	5.6%
2010	15,443	1.9%
1920–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Walthall County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 United States Census , Walthall County had 15,156 people in 5,571 households and 4,111 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 54.61 percent white, 44.09 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.33 percent of the population.

Of the 5,571 households, 34.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.0 percent were married couples living together, 16.9 percent were single mothers, and 26.2 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent of all households were single households and 11.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.19.

28.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.9 percent between 18 and 24, 25.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 91.5 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 86.2 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 22,945 USD , for a family is 29,169 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,745 versus $ 16,909 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,563. About 22.4 percent of families and 27.8 percent of the population were below the poverty line .