Holmes County (Mississippi)
The Holmes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Lexington, which was named after a place of slaughter in the American War of Independence.
Geography
The County is located just north-west of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of 1979 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Holmes County was formed on February 19, 1833 from parts of Yazoo County. It is named after David Holmes (1769-1832), the last Governor (1809-1817) of the Mississippi Territory, the first Governor of the State of Mississippi (1817-1820) and U.S. senator ( 1820-1825 ).
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Holmes County 21,609 people in 7,314 households and 5,229 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 20.47 percent White, 78.66 percent Black or African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, and 0.07 percent from other races; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.
Of the 7,314 households out of which 36.0 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 34.9 percent were married couples living together, 31.2 percent were single mothers and 28.5 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size is 3.48 people.
32.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.4 percent between 18 to 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 18.3 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.3 males.
The average income of a household was $ 17,235, for a family is $ 21,757. Males had a median income of $ 23,720, women $ 17,883. The per capita income was $ 10,683. Approximately 35.9 percent of families and 41.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
Citys
- Durant
- Lexington
Towns
- Cruger
- Goodman
- Pickens
- Tchula
- West
Unincorporated communities
- Acona
- Coxburg
- Ebenezer
- Egypt
- Franklin
- Howard
- Ituma
- Marcella
- Montgomery
- Owens Wells
- Thornton
- Tolarville