Amite County, Mississippi

The Amite County is a county located in the state of Mississippi in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Liberty.

Geography

The County is located in southwest Mississippi, on the south by Louisiana and has an area of ​​1895 square kilometers, of which five square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties and parishes:

History

Amite County was formed on February 24, 1809 from parts of Wilkinson County. It was named after the running here Amite River.

On October 20, 1977 in Amite County rushed the band Lynyrd Skynyrd along with their crew in a Convair approximately eight miles from the city of McComb away from. Of the 26 occupants, five people were killed and many were seriously injured.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Amite County 13,599 people in 5,271 households and 3,879 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 56.42 percent White, 42.65 percent Black or African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.21 percent from other races groups; 0.49 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.83 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 5,271 households out of which 31.2 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.1 percent were married couples living together, 16.3 percent were single mothers and 26.4 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size is 3.06 people.

26.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 to 24, 25.6 percent between 25 and 44, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The average income of a household was 26,033 U.S. dollars, a family is 31,256 U.S. dollars. Males have a median income of 28,306 U.S. dollars compared to 16,173 U.S. dollars in women. The per capita income stood at 14,048 U.S. dollars. Approximately 19.3 percent of families and 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Centreville1
• Coles
• Crosby3
• Gillsburg

• Gloster
• Liberty
• Smithdale

1 - predominantly in Wilkinson County 2 - partially in Wilkinson County