Marion County (Mississippi)
The Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Columbia.
Geography
The County is located in southern Mississippi, bordered with his southern tip of Louisiana, is around 90 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1421 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water surface. It borders the following counties and parishes:
History
The Marion County was formed on December 9, 1811 from parts of Amite, Franklin and Wayne County. It was named for Francis Marion, a general in the American Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 living in Marion County 25 595 people in 9,336 households and 6,880 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 66.96 percent White, 31.87 percent Black or African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.11 percent from other races groups; 0.62 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.62 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.
Of the 9,336 households out of which 34.8 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 15.6 percent were single mothers and 26.3 percent were non-families. 24.2 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size is 3.13 people.
27.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 to 24, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 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 93.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.
The average income of a household was $ 24,555, for a family is $ 29,894. Males had a median income of $ 26,909, women $ 17,192. The per capita income was $ 12,301. Approximately 20.7 percent of families and 24.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Bunker Hill
- Cheraw
- Columbia
- East Columbia
- Foxworth
- Goss
- Stroke
- Improve
- Kokomo
- Morgantown
- Sandy Hook
- Jamestown