Panola County (Mississippi)

The Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Management seats ( County Seat) are Batesville and Sardis. Thus, the Panola County is one of ten counties in Mississippi that have two county administrations.

Geography

The County is located in northwestern Mississippi, is in the north about 45 miles from Tennessee, the west about 40 miles from Arkansas and the Mississippi River and has an area of ​​1826 square kilometers, of which 54 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

Panola County was formed on February 9, 1836 from the Chickasaw country. It was named after the Native American term for wool.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Panola County 34 274 people in 12,232 households and 9,014 families. The population density was 19 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 50.48 percent White, 48.36 percent Black or African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.41 percent from other races groups; 0.39 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.12 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 12,232 households out of which 36.1 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.9 percent were married couples living together, 19.9 percent were single mothers and 26.3 percent were non-families. 23.2 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.25 persons.

29.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 to 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 20.8 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 12.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males.

The average income of a household was $ 26,785, for a family is $ 32,675. Males had a median income of $ 27,359, women $ 19,088. The per capita income was $ 13,075. Approximately 21.2 percent of families and 25.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Citys

• Batesville

Towns

• Como
• Courtland
• Crenshaw1
• Crowder1
• Sardis

Villages

• Priest

Unincorporated communitys

• Askew
• Curtis station
• Glenville
• Longtown
• Pleasant Grove

1 - partially in Quitman County