Yazoo County

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Yazoo City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1106 Yazoo City, MS 39194-1106
Foundation :	January 21, 1823
Made up from:	Hinds County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	28,065 (2010)
Population density :	11.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2419 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
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The Yazoo County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Yazoo City .

geography

The county is located in western Mississippi and has an area of 2,419 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Sharkey County	Humphreys County	Holmes County
Issaquena County		Attala County
Warren County	Hinds County	Madison County

history

Yazoo County was formed on January 21, 1823 from parts of Hinds County. It was named, like the district capital, after the Yazoo River that runs here .

One site has National Historic Landmark status , the Holly Bluff Site archaeological site . 14 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 3, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	6550	-
1840	10,480	60%
1850	14,418	37.6%
1860	22,373	55.2%
1870	17,279	-22.8%
1880	33,845	95.9%
1890	36,394	7.5%
1900	43,948	20.8%
1910	46,672	6.2%
1920	37,149	-20.4%
1930	37,262	0.3%
1940	40.091	7.6%
1950	35,712	-10.9%
1960	31,653	-11.4%
1970	27,304	-13.7%
1980	27,349	0.2%
1990	25.506	-6.7%
2000	28,149	10.4%
2010	28,065	-0.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Ricks Memorial Library , listed on the NRHP since 1975

Yazoo County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Yazoo County had 28,149 people in 9,178 households and 6,644 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 44.74 percent white, 53.96 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian and 0.22 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.38 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 9,178 households, 35.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 43.2 percent were married couples living together, 23.7 percent were single mothers, and 27.6 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent of all households were single households and 11.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.35 people.

28.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.8 percent between 18 and 24, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 34 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 103.6 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 103.6 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 24,795 USD , for a family is 29,395 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,553 versus $ 19,797 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,062. About 25.4 percent of families and 31.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .