Tippah County, Mississippi
The Tippah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 2010, the County had 22 232 inhabitants and a population density of 18.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Ripley.
Geography
The County is located in northern Mississippi and Tennessee borders. It has an area of 1191 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers of water surface.
About five kilometers north of Ripley is the Tippah County Lake, a small reservoir that is used for recreational fishing and recreation.
At the Tippah County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Tippah County was formed on February 9, 1836 from the Chickasaw country. The name of the county comes from the language of the Chickasaw and about means demarcation.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Tippah County 22 232 people in 8591 households. The population density was 18.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 8591 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 81.8 percent white, 16.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 32,109. The per capita income was $ 16,365. 24.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in Tippah County
City
- Ripley
Towns
- Blue Mountain
- Dumas
- Falkner
- Walnut
Unincorporated communities
- Bluff
- Brownfield
- Chalybeate
- Cotton Plant
- Grave Town
- Mitchell
- Tiplersville
Structure
The Tippah County is divided into five numbered districts: