Monroe County, Mississippi
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Congressional district | 1st |
Website | www |
Monroe County is a
History
The county is named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.[3] Part of the county east of the Tombigbee River originally made-up part of the Alabama Territory, belonging to Marion County, until new lines of demarcation put it in the State of Mississippi in 1821.[4]
In 1889, an African-American man, Keith Bowen was lynched by a mob in the Lebanon community six miles south of Aberdeen after he was found in a white girl's bedroom at 3:00 AM."[5]
In 1922,
Geography
According to the
In 1922, the Commissioner of Agriculture for the county published a report in a local newspaper which described in some detail the soil conditions and agriculture of the county.
Flora
Major highways
- U.S. Highway 45
- U.S. Highway 278
- Mississippi Highway 6
- Mississippi Highway 8
- Mississippi Highway 25
- Mississippi Highway 145
Adjacent counties
- Lowndes County (south)
- Clay County (southwest)
- Chickasaw County (west)
- Lee County (northwest)
- Itawamba County (north)
- Lamar County, Alabama (east)
- Marion County, Alabama (northeast)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1820 | 2,721 | — | |
1830 | 3,861 | 41.9% | |
1840 | 9,250 | 139.6% | |
1850 | 21,172 | 128.9% | |
1860 | 21,283 | 0.5% | |
1870 | 22,631 | 6.3% | |
1880 | 28,553 | 26.2% | |
1890 | 30,730 | 7.6% | |
1900 | 31,216 | 1.6% | |
1910 | 35,178 | 12.7% | |
1920 | 32,613 | −7.3% | |
1930 | 36,141 | 10.8% | |
1940 | 37,648 | 4.2% | |
1950 | 36,543 | −2.9% | |
1960 | 33,953 | −7.1% | |
1970 | 34,043 | 0.3% | |
1980 | 36,404 | 6.9% | |
1990 | 36,582 | 0.5% | |
2000 | 38,014 | 3.9% | |
2010 | 36,989 | −2.7% | |
2020 | 34,180 | −7.6% | |
2023 (est.) | 33,609 | [9] | −1.7% |
U.S. Decennial Census[10] 1790-1960[11] 1900-1990[12] 1990-2000[13] 2010–2020[14] |
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White
|
22,487 | 65.79% |
Black or African American
|
10,311 | 30.17% |
Native American
|
50 | 0.15% |
Asian
|
67 | 0.2% |
Pacific Islander
|
3 | 0.01% |
Other/Mixed
|
789 | 2.31% |
Latino
|
473 | 1.38% |
As of the
2000 census
As of the
There were 14,603 households, out of which 34.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were married couples living together, 17.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.20% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 89.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $30,307, and the median income for a family was $36,749. Males had a median income of $30,232 versus $20,411 for females. The
Economy
As of 1922,[update] both the largest creamery and the largest hog-feeding plant "in the South" were located in the county.[8]
As of 1922,[update]
As of 2021, US Silica operates a bentonite mine located several miles south of Aberdeen, near the community of Darracott, where bentonite is extracted before being refined into petrochemicals and animal feed.[17]
Communities
Cities
- Aberdeen (county seat)
- Amory
- Nettleton (partly in Lee County)
Towns
Village
Census-designated places
Other unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 11,177 | 64.76% | 5,874 | 34.03% | 208 | 1.21% |
2016 | 10,167 | 64.01% | 5,524 | 34.78% | 193 | 1.22% |
2012 | 9,723 | 57.47% | 7,056 | 41.71% | 139 | 0.82% |
2008 | 10,184 | 58.21% | 7,169 | 40.98% | 143 | 0.82% |
2004 | 9,308 | 59.54% | 6,237 | 39.90% | 87 | 0.56% |
2000 | 7,397 | 55.37% | 5,783 | 43.29% | 180 | 1.35% |
1996 | 5,206 | 45.97% | 5,184 | 45.78% | 934 | 8.25% |
1992 | 5,994 | 49.03% | 4,933 | 40.36% | 1,297 | 10.61% |
1988 | 6,447 | 57.70% | 4,669 | 41.79% | 57 | 0.51% |
1984 | 7,387 | 62.28% | 4,437 | 37.41% | 36 | 0.30% |
1980 | 4,793 | 39.16% | 6,998 | 57.18% | 448 | 3.66% |
1976 | 4,737 | 42.17% | 6,097 | 54.27% | 400 | 3.56% |
1972 | 7,273 | 84.10% | 1,279 | 14.79% | 96 | 1.11% |
1968 | 1,167 | 11.08% | 1,506 | 14.30% | 7,856 | 74.61% |
1964 | 5,627 | 85.10% | 985 | 14.90% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 1,400 | 28.81% | 1,901 | 39.12% | 1,559 | 32.08% |
1956 | 705 | 15.25% | 3,630 | 78.50% | 289 | 6.25% |
1952 | 1,417 | 28.75% | 3,512 | 71.25% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 54 | 1.82% | 624 | 21.09% | 2,281 | 77.09% |
1944 | 159 | 4.87% | 3,104 | 95.13% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 94 | 2.80% | 3,263 | 97.11% | 3 | 0.09% |
1936 | 55 | 1.69% | 3,199 | 98.22% | 3 | 0.09% |
1932 | 82 | 2.32% | 3,448 | 97.59% | 3 | 0.08% |
1928 | 376 | 11.03% | 3,033 | 88.97% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 121 | 4.88% | 2,326 | 93.83% | 32 | 1.29% |
1920 | 139 | 6.83% | 1,881 | 92.48% | 14 | 0.69% |
1916 | 82 | 4.60% | 1,684 | 94.55% | 15 | 0.84% |
1912 | 25 | 1.74% | 1,377 | 95.76% | 36 | 2.50% |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Mississippi
- Camp Seminole, Pushmataha Area Council
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Monroe County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 212.
- ^ John M. Allman III (ed.), "An Abbreviated History of Marion County, Ala.", The Marion County Historical & Genealogical Societies, Alabama Tracks vol. XI #4 1992. See online at: "Abbreviated History of Marion County". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ^ "Lynched. Strung up for attempting an assault upon a young woman". Indiana Progress. p. 6.
- OCLC 16103582. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Holmes, G.M. (August 11, 1922). "Types of soils and crops of Monroe County, Miss". The Aberdeen Examiner. Vol. 57, no. 8. Aberdeen, Mississippi: The Examiner Printing Company. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ US Silica Annual Year End Fiscal Report for 2020
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 5, 2018.