Lowndes County (Mississippi)
The Lowndes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Columbus, which was named after Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator in the service of Spain, which commonly is attributed the discovery of America.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Mississippi, on the east by Alabama, and has an area of 1338 square kilometers, of which 37 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Lowndes County was formed on January 30, 1830 from parts of Monroe County. It was named after U.S. Congressman William Lowndes.
Historical buildings
In Columbus 's historic SD Lee House, built in 1847, a house stands. Owner was the former General Stephen Dill Lee. The building was added on 6 May 1971 by the National Register of Historic Places under the number 71,000,456 as a historic monument.
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Lowndes County 61 586 people in 22 849 households and 16 405 families. The population density was 47 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 56.47 percent White, 41.56 percent Black or African American, 0.17 percent Native American, 0.54 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.39 percent from other races groups; 0.85 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.11 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.
Of the 22 849 households out of which 36.5 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.2 percent were married couples living together, 18.7 percent were single mothers and 28.2 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent of all households were single-person households and 8.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size is 3.13 people.
28.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.6 percent between 18 to 24, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44, 20.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 11.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.
The average income of a household was $ 32,123, for a family is $ 38,248. Males had a median income of $ 31,792, women $ 20,640. The per capita income was $ 16,514. Approximately 18.0 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Artesia
- Caledonia1
- Columbus
- Crawford
- Bent Oak
- Billups
- Flint Hill
- Forreston
- Kolola Springs
- Mayhew
- McCrary
- New Hope
- Penns
- Plum Grove
- Steens
- Trinity
- Wells
- Whitebury
- Woodlawn
1 - partly in Monroe County