Lafayette County (Mississippi)

The Lafayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Oxford, which was named after the town in England.

Geography

The County is located in northern Mississippi, is about 60 km from Tennessee and has an area of ​​1759 square kilometers, of which 125 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Lafayette County was formed on February 9, 1836 from the Chickasaw country. It was named after Marie -Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, a French general and politician who took part on the side of the colonists in the American Revolutionary War and also played an important role in the French Revolution.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Lafayette County 38 744 people in 14,373 households and 8,321 families. The population density was 24 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 71.85 percent White, 25.05 percent Black or African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 1.67 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.42 percent from other races groups; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.10 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 14,373 households out of which 26.9 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 43.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers and 42.1 percent were non-families. 29.1 percent of all households were single-person households and 7.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.97.

19.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 27.1 percent between 18 to 24, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44, 17.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 9.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.

The average income of a household was $ 28,517, for a family is $ 42,910. Males had a median income of $ 30,964, women $ 21,207. The per capita income was $ 16,406. Approximately 10.2 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Abbeville
• Denmark
• Harmonstown
• Oxford

• Paris
• Taylor
• Tula
• Yocona