Leake County, Mississippi

The Leake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Carthage, which was named after the North African city of Carthage. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located just north of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of 1516 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Leake County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of the Choctaw country. It was named after Walter Leake (1762-1825), Senator (1817-1820) and Governor of Mississippi ( 1822-1825 ).

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Leake County 20,940 people in 7,611 households and 5,563 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 56.14 percent White, 37.42 percent Black or African American, 4.56 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.14 percent from other races groups; 0.57 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.10 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 7,611 households out of which 34.3 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.2 percent were married couples living together, 16.5 percent were single mothers and 26.9 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.7 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size is 3.13 people.

26.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.1 percent between 18 to 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.

The average income of a household was $ 27,055, the family $ 32,147 a. Males had a median income of $ 27,367, women $ 18,307. The per capita income was $ 13,365. Approximately 18.1 percent of families and 23.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

City

• Carthage

Towns

• Lena
• Sebastopol1
• Walnut Grove

Village

• Thomastown

Census-designated places (CDP )

• Redwater
• Standing Pine
• Carson

Unincorporated communities

• Edinburg
• Good Hope

• Madden
• Ofahoma

1 - partly in Scott County