Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

The Tallahatchie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Management seats ( County Seat) are Charleston and Sumner, Tallahatchie County which the one of the ten counties in Mississippi that have two county administrations.

Geography

The County is located in northwestern Mississippi and has an area of 1689 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

Tallahatchie County was formed on December 31, 1833 from parts of the Choctaw country. It was named after the running here Tallahatchie River.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Tallahatchie County 14 903 people in 5,263 households and 3,826 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 39.62 percent White, 59.43 percent Black or African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, and 0.05 percent from other races; 0.46 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.92 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 5,263 households out of which 34.0 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 43.5 percent were married couples living together, 23.5 percent were single mothers and 27.3 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size is 3.36 people.

30.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.0 percent between 18 to 24, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 years old and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 87.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.

The average income of a household was $ 22,229, for a family is $ 26,509. Males had a median income of $ 24,766, women $ 18,972. The per capita income was $ 10,749. Approximately 26.8 percent of families and 32.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Charleston
• Glendora

• Sumner
• Tutwiler

• Vance1
• Webb

1 - partially in Quitman County