Pontotoc County (Mississippi)

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

Geography

The County is located in north-central Mississippi and has an area of ​​1298 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

Pontotoc County was formed on February 9, 1836 from the Chickasaw country. It was named, as well as the district capital, according to an Indian expression.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Pontotoc County 26,726 people in 10,097 households and 7,562 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 84.40 percent White, 13.98 percent Black or African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.71 percent from other races groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.80 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 10,097 households out of which 37.1 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers and 25.1 percent were non-families. 22.7 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.4 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size is 3.08 people.

27.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 to 24, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.

The average income of a household was $ 32,055, for a family is $ 39,845. Males had a median income of $ 29,074, women $ 21,350. The per capita income was $ 15,658. Approximately 10.2 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Algoma
• Ecru
• Pontotoc

• Sherman1
• Thaxton
• Toccopola

1 - partly in Lee and the Union County