Prentiss County, Mississippi
The Prentiss County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 2010, the County had 25 276 inhabitants and a population density of 23.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Booneville, which was named after Daniel Boone, an American pioneer and frontiersman who explored the so-called Wilderness Trail and the City of Boonesborough in Kentucky founded. 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 northeast Mississippi and is about 25 miles from Alabama and Tennessee away. It has an area of 1083 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers of water surface. At the Prentiss County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Prentiss County was formed on April 15, 1870 from parts of Tishomingo County. It was named after Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850), a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1838-1839 ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Prentiss County 25 276 people in 9570 households. The population density was 23.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 9570 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 84.1 percent white, 14.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 31,262. The per capita income was $ 17,068. 22.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in Prentiss County
Citys
- Baldwyn1
- Booneville
Towns
- Jumpertown
- Marietta
Unincorporated communities
- Altitude
- Black country
- Geeville
- New Site
- Osborne Creek
- Thrasher
- Wheeler
1 - partly in Lee County
Structure
The Prentiss County is divided into five numbered districts: