Hinds County, Mississippi

The Hinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Management seats ( County Seats ) are Jackson, who is also the capital of Mississippi and was named after Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, and Raymond. It is therefore one of the ten counties in Mississippi that have two county administrations.

Geography

The County is located just southwest of the geographic center of Mississippi, is located in the west about 35 miles from Louisiana and has an area of ​​2272 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Hinds County was formed on February 12, 1821 from parts of the Choctaw country. It was named after Thomas Hinds, a member of the Congress of the United States.

Historical buildings

To the west of Bovina on the border of Warren County leads the Big Black River Railroad Bridge over the Big Black River. The bridge has been registered since 1988 in the NRHP.

In Raymond is the historical Peyton House (also known as Waverly ). The house is located just north of Raymond at the Clinton Road. Built in 1831 the building was registered on 3 October 1973 at the NRHP.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Hinds County 250,800 people in 91,030 households and 62,355 families. The population density was 111 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 37.31 percent White, 61.12 percent Black or African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.60 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.20 percent from other races groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.79 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 91 030 households out of which 34.4 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 41.1 percent were married couples living together, 22.7 percent were single mothers and 31.5 percent were non-families. 26.7 percent of all households were single-person households and 8.7 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 3.22 people.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.1 percent between 18 to 24, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 88.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

The average income of a household was $ 33,991, for a family is $ 40,525. Males had a median income of $ 30,930, women $ 24,593. The per capita income was $ 17,785. Approximately 16.1 percent of families and 19.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Citys

• Clinton
• Jackson1

• Raymond
• Byram

Towns

• Bolton
• Edwards
• Learned

• Terry
• Utica

Unincorporated communitys

• Brownsville
• Pocahontas

1 - partly in Madison and Rankin County