Jones County (Mississippi)

The Jones County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Management seats ( County Seats ) are Laurel and Ellisville, making the Jones County is one of ten counties in Mississippi that have two administrative centers.

Geography

The County is located in the central south east of the Mississippi, is about 50 km to the east of Alabama and has an area of 1812 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Jones County was formed on January 24, 1826 from parts of Covington County and Wayne County. It was named after John Paul Jones, a naval officer.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Jones County 64 958 people in 24 275 households, and 17,550 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 71.11 percent White, 26.34 percent Black or African American, 0.39 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.41 percent from other races groups; 0.48 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.96 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 24 275 households out of which 32.6 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.0 percent were married couples living together, 15.1 percent were single mothers and 27.7 percent were non-families. 24.4 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size is 3.08 people.

25.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.5 percent between 18 to 24, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.2 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The average income of a household was $ 28,786, for a family is $ 34,465. Males had a median income of $ 28,273, women $ 19,405. The per capita income was $ 14,820. Approximately 14.3 percent of families and 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Eastabuchie
• Ellisville
• Laurel
• Moselle

• Ovett
• Sandersville
• I see