Scott County (Mississippi)

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

Geography

The County is located just south of the geographic center of Mississippi and has an area of 1581 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Scott County was formed on December 23, 1833 from parts of the Choctaw country. It was named after Abram M. Scott (1785-1833), a governor of Mississippi ( 1832-1833 ).

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000, lived in Scott County 28,423 people in 10,183 households and 7,535 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 57.20 percent White, 38.88 percent Black or African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.52 percent from other races groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.84 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 10,183 households out of which 36.2 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.8 percent were married couples living together, 18.8 percent were single mothers and 26.0 percent were non-families. 22.2 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size is 3.21 people.

28.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.6 percent between 18 to 24, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The average income of a household was $ 26,686, for a family is $ 31,487. Males had a median income of $ 26,406, women $ 18,459. The per capita income was $ 14,013. Approximately 16.5 percent of families and 20.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Citys

• Forest
• Morton

Towns

• Lake1
• Sebastopol2

Unincorporated communities

• Forkville
• Harpersville
• Hillsboro
• Homewood

• Ludlow
• Norris
• Pulaski

1 - partly in Newton County 2 - partly in Leake County