Pearl River County, Mississippi

Pearl River County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Poplarville. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme south of Mississippi, on the west by Louisiana and is in the south about 40 km from the Gulf of Mexico. The Pearl River County has an area of ​​2121 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It borders the following counties and parishes:

History

The Pearl River County was formed on February 22, 1890 from parts of Hancock County and Marion County. It was named after the running here Pearl River.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Pearl River County 48 621 people in 18,078 households and 13,576 families. The population density was 23 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 85.55 percent White, 12.18 percent Black or African American, 0.50 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.34 percent from other races groups; 1.13 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.41 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 18,078 households out of which 34.8 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 12.5 percent were single mothers and 24.9 percent were non-families. 21.7 percent of all households were single-person households and 9.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size is 3.08 people.

27.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.4 percent between 18 to 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.

The average income of a household was $ 30,912, for a family is $ 35,924. Males had a median income of $ 30,370, women $ 21,519. The per capita income was $ 15,160. Approximately 15.5 percent of families and 18.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Caesar
• Carriere
• Crossroads
• Henley Field

• Lumberton1
• McNeil
• Nicholson
• Ozona

• Picayune
• Poplarville

1 - partially in Lamar County