Forrest County, Mississippi

The Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The seat of the county government ( County Seat) and largest city is located in Hattiesburg, which was named after Hardy Hattie, the wife of the town's founder, Captain WH Hardy.

Geography

The County is located in southern Mississippi, is about 80 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of ​​1218 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Forrest County was formed on April 19, 1906 from parts of Perry County. It was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a lieutenant general of the Confederate States of America and early organizer of the Ku Klux Klan.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Forrest County 72 604 people in 27 183 households and 17 315 ​​families. The population density was 60 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 64.34 percent White, 33.55 percent Black or African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.74 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.40 percent from other races groups; 0.75 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.26 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 27 183 households out of which 31.0 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 42.6 percent were married couples living together, 17.2 percent were single mothers and 36.3 percent were non-families. 28.5 percent of all households were single-person households and 8.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size is 3.07 people.

24.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 18.2 percent between 18 to 24, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44, 18.3 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

The average income of a household was $ 27,420, for a family is $ 35,791. Males had a median income of $ 28,742, women $ 20,500. The per capita income was $ 15,160. Approximately 17.1 percent of families and 22.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Brooklyn
• Carnes
• Fruitland Park
• Hattiesburg1

• McLaurin
• Palmer
• Petal

1 - partially in Lamar County