Bolivar County, Mississippi

The Bolivar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cleveland, which was named after the city of Cleveland in Ohio and Rosedale. It is one of ten counties in Mississippi, which have two county administrations.

Geography

The County is located in the north- west of the Mississippi River, bordered to the west by Arkansas, the natural border is formed by the Mississippi River. The Bolivar County has an area of 2346 square kilometers, of which 76 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Bolivar County was formed on February 9, 1836 from parts of the Choctaw country. It was named for Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), a South American independence fighter and national hero of many South American countries.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Bolivar County 40 633 people in 13,776 households and 9,725 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 33.24 percent White, 65.11 percent Black or African American, 0.10 percent Native American, 0.49 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.48 percent from other races groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.17 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 13,776 households out of which 35.2 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 38.2 percent were married couples living together, 27.3 percent were single mothers and 29.4 percent were non-families. 25.3 percent of all households were single-person households and 9.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size is 3.36 people.

29.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 14.0 percent between 18 to 24, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44, 19.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 87.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.7 males.

The average income of a household was $ 23,428, for a family is $ 27,301. Males had a median income of $ 27,643, women $ 20,774. The per capita income was $ 12,088. Approximately 27.9 percent of families and 33.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Citys

Cleveland
Rosedale
Mound Bayou

Shaw1
Shelby

Towns

Benoit
Beulah
Boyle

Duncan
Gunnison
Merigold

Pace
Renova
Winstonville

Villages

Alligator

Unincorporated communities

Choctaw
Deeson
Hushpuckena
Lamont
Litton

Malvina
O'Reilly
Perthshire
Round Lake
Scott

Skene
Stringtown
Symonds

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