Washington County, Mississippi

administration
Washington County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Greenville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 309 Greenville, MS 38702-0309
Foundation :	January 29, 1827
Made up from:	Warren County Yazoo County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	51,137 (2010)
Population density :	27.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1972 km²
Water surface :	97 km²
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Washington County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Greenville .

geography

The county is located to the west of Mississippi, bordering Arkansas , separated by the Mississippi , which forms the natural boundary and has an area of 1972 square kilometers, of which 97 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Desha County, Arkansas	Bolivar County	Sunflower County
Chicot County, Arkansas		Humphreys County
	Issaquena County	Sharkey County

history

George Washington

Washington County was formed on January 29, 1827 from parts of Warren County and Yazoo County. It was named after George Washington (1732–1799), commander in chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775 to 1783) and first President of the United States (1789–1797).

One site has National Historic Landmark status , the Winterville Site archaeological site . A total of 24 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 3, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1976	-
1840	7287	268.8%
1850	8389	15.1%
1860	15,679	86.9%
1870	14,569	-7.1%
1880	25,367	74.1%
1890	40,414	59.3%
1900	49,216	21.8%
1910	48,933	-0.6%
1920	51.092	4.4%
1930	54,310	6.3%
1940	67,576	24.4%
1950	70.504	4.3%
1960	78,638	11.5%
1970	70,581	-10.2%
1980	72,344	2.5%
1990	67,935	-6.1%
2000	62,977	-7.3%
2010	51,137	-18.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Greenville Bridge over the Mississippi River

Washington County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Washington County had 62,977 people in 22,158 households and 15,931 families. The population density was 34 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 33.97 percent white, 64.57 percent African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.25 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.57 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.84 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 22,158 households, 36.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 40.6 percent were married couples living together, 26.0 percent were single mothers, and 28.1 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent of all households were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.35 people.

31.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.1 percent between 18 and 24, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 20.5 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 11.5 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 32 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 87.7 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 80.3 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 25,757 USD , for a family is 30,324 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,266 versus $ 20,223 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,430. About 24.9 percent of families and 29.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .