Winston County, Mississippi

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administration
US state : Mississippi
Administrative headquarters : Louisville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Drawer 69
Louisville, MS 39339-0069
Foundation : December 23, 1833
Made up from: Choctaw land
Area code : 001 662
Demographics
Residents : 19,198  (2010)
Population density : 12.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1580 km²
Water surface : 8 km²
map
Map of Winston County within Mississippi

The Winston County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Louisville , which was named after the city of the same name in Kentucky .

geography

The county is located slightly northeast of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of ​​1,580 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water, including Lake Tiak-O 'Khata . It borders on the following counties:

Choctaw County Oktibbeha County
Attala County Compass card (de) .svg Noxubee County
Leake County Neshoba County Kemper County

history

Winston County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of Choctaw land . It was named after the judge Louis Winston .

Eight structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 3, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 4650 -
1850 7956 71.1%
1860 9811 23.3%
1870 8984 -8.4%
1880 10,087 12.3%
1890 12,089 19.8%
1900 14,124 16.8%
1910 17,139 21.3%
1920 18,139 5.8%
1930 21,239 17.1%
1940 22,751 7.1%
1950 22,231 -2.3%
1960 19,246 -13.4%
1970 18.406 -4.4%
1980 19,474 5.8%
1990 19,433 -0.2%
2000 20,160 3.7%
2010 19.198 -4.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Winston County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Winston County had 20,160 people in 7,578 households and 5,471 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 55.26 percent white, 43.25 percent African American, 0.66 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian and 0.28 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.46 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.21 percent of the population.

Of the 7,578 households, 33.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.9 percent were married couples living together, 18.1 percent were single mothers, and 27.8 percent were non-families. 25.2 percent of all households were single households and 12.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09.

26.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 26.1 percent between 25 and 44, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 88.3 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 28,256 USD , for a family is 33,602 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,665 versus $ 18,210 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,548. About 19.4 percent of families and 23.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Web links

Commons : Winston County, Mississippi  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695800. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Winston County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Coordinates: 33 ° 5 ′  N , 89 ° 2 ′  W