Warren County, Mississippi

administration
former (until 1940) Warren County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Vicksburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 351 Vicksburg, MS 39181-0351
Foundation :	December 2, 1809
Made up from:	Natchez District
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	48,773 (2010)
Population density :	32.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1603 km²
Water surface :	83 km²
map

Website : www.co.warren.ms.us

The Warren County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Vicksburg , named after Newitt Vick, an early settler of the area.

geography

The county is located to the west of Mississippi, borders Louisiana , is separated from this by the Mississippi , which is the natural border and has an area of 1603 square kilometers, of which 83 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

	Issaquena County	Yazoo County
Madison Parish (Louisiana)		Hinds County
Tensas Parish (Louisiana)	Claiborne County

history

Joseph Warren

Warren County was formed on December 22, 1809 from the Natchez District. It was named after Joseph Warren (1741-1775), a military officer who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill .

In Warren County there is a National Military Park , the Vicksburg National Military Park . Three locations have National Historic Landmark status , Fort St. Pierre Site , Pemberton's Headquarters, and the Old Warren County Courthouse . 72 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 31, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	1114	-
1820	2693	141.7%
1830	7861	191.9%
1840	15,820	101.2%
1850	18,120	14.5%
1860	20,696	14.2%
1870	26,769	29.3%
1880	31,238	16.7%
1890	33.164	6.2%
1900	40,912	23.4%
1910	37,488	-8.4%
1920	33,362	-11%
1930	35,785	7.3%
1940	39,595	10.6%
1950	39,616	0.1%
1960	42.206	6.5%
1970	44,981	6.6%
1980	51,627	14.8%
1990	47,880	-7.3%
2000	49,644	3.7%
2010	48,773	-1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Warren County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Yazoo River at high tide

The Duff Green House , listed on the NRHP

Fairground Street Bridge , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Warren County had 49,644 people in 18,756 households and 13,222 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 54.97 percent white, 43.19 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.62 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.33 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.04 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 18,756 households, 35.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 46.8 percent were married couples living together, 19.1 percent were single mothers, and 29.5 percent were non-families. 25.8 percent of all households were single households and 9.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.14.

28.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 88.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 84.4 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 35,056 USD , for a family is 41,706 USD. Males had a median income of $ 33,566 versus $ 21,975 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,527. About 15.0 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .