Stone County (Mississippi)

The Stone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Wiggins.

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme south of Mississippi, is about 40 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1160 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Stone County was formed on April 3, 1916 from parts of Harrison County. It was named after John Marshall Stone (1830-1900), a governor of Mississippi (1876-1882, 1890-1896 ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Stone County 13,622 people in 4,747 households and 3,626 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 79.42 percent White, 19.18 percent Black or African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.23 percent from other races groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.25 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 4,747 households out of which 37.3 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.8 percent were married couples living together, 13.3 percent were single mothers and 23.6 percent were non-families. 20.6 percent of all households were single-person households and 8.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size is 3.13 people.

26.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.2 percent between 18 to 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.

The average income of a household was $ 30,495, for a family is $ 36,856. Males had a median income of $ 26,259, women $ 21,228. The per capita income was $ 14,693. Approximately 14.5 percent of families and 17.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Beatrice
• Big level

• Bond
• McHenry

• Perkinston
• Ramsey Springs

• Silver Run
• Wiggins