Neshoba County, Mississippi
The Neshoba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Philadelphia, which was named after the town in Pennsylvania.
Geography
The County is located just north-east of the geographic center of Mississippi, is about 70 km to the east of Alabama and has an area of 1481 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
Neshoba County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of the Choctaw country. It was named after the Indian word for wolf.
On June 21, 1964, the three American civil rights activist James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, by the Ku Klux Klan members. The film " Mississippi Burning - The root of hate " from 1988 is based on these events.
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Neshoba County 28 684 people in 10,694 households and 7,742 families. The population density was 19 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 65.50 percent White, 19.33 percent African Americans, 13.80 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.34 percent from other races groups; 0.81 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.16 per cent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.
Of the 10,694 households out of which 34.9 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.5 percent were married couples living together, 15.6 percent were single mothers and 27.6 percent were non-families. 24.7 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size is 3.11 people.
28.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 to 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.
The average income of a household was $ 28,300, for a family is $ 33,439. Males had a median income of $ 28,112, women $ 19,882. The per capita income was $ 14,964. Approximately 17.9 percent of families and 21.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Bogue Chitto1
- Burnside
- Choctaw
- Neshoba
- Pearl River
- Philadelphia
- Stallo
- Tucker
- Union 2
- Williamsville
1 - partially in Kemper County 2 - partially in Newton County