Washington County, Mississippi
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Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | www |
Washington County is a
The Greenville, MS
History
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Located in the Mississippi Delta, Washington County was first developed for cotton cultivation in the antebellum years. Most plantations were developed to have access to the rivers, which were the major transportation routes. Cotton was based on slave labor.
In an 1860 Census,
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Bolivar County (north)
- Sunflower County (northeast)
- Humphreys County (east)
- Sharkey County (southeast)
- Issaquena County (south)
- Chicot County, Arkansas (west)
- Desha County, Arkansas (northwest)
National protected areas
- Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
- Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge (part)
- Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1830 | 1,976 | — | |
1840 | 7,287 | 268.8% | |
1850 | 8,389 | 15.1% | |
1860 | 15,679 | 86.9% | |
1870 | 14,569 | −7.1% | |
1880 | 25,367 | 74.1% | |
1890 | 40,414 | 59.3% | |
1900 | 49,216 | 21.8% | |
1910 | 48,933 | −0.6% | |
1920 | 51,092 | 4.4% | |
1930 | 54,310 | 6.3% | |
1940 | 67,576 | 24.4% | |
1950 | 70,504 | 4.3% | |
1960 | 78,638 | 11.5% | |
1970 | 70,581 | −10.2% | |
1980 | 72,344 | 2.5% | |
1990 | 67,935 | −6.1% | |
2000 | 62,977 | −7.3% | |
2010 | 51,137 | −18.8% | |
2020 | 44,922 | −12.2% | |
2023 (est.) | 41,946 | [6] | −6.6% |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2013[11] |
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White
|
11,180 | 24.89% |
Black or African American
|
31,919 | 71.05% |
Native American
|
48 | 0.11% |
Asian
|
302 | 0.67% |
Pacific Islander
|
5 | 0.01% |
Other/Mixed
|
884 | 1.97% |
Latino
|
584 | 1.3% |
As of the
2010 census
As of the
2000 census
As of the
According to the
Washington County by 2005 was 67.2% African-American in population. Latinos constituted 1.1% of the population in the county while non-Hispanic whites made up 31.7% of the population.
As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 22,158 households, out of which 36.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.60% were married couples living together, 26.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 31.50% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 20.50% from 45 to 64, and 11.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 87.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $25,757, and the median income for a family was $30,324. Males had a median income of $28,266 versus $20,223 for females. The
Washington County's demographics are rooted in the region's mid-nineteenth-century ascendance in cotton production and, accordingly, importation of people as slaves. According to the historian Sven Beckert, the county had "more than ten slaves for every white inhabitant" in 1840, and "every white family in the county held on average more than eighty slaves" by 1850.[14]
1990 census
As of the
Transportation
Major highways
- U.S. Highway 82
- U.S. Highway 61
- U.S. Highway 278
Mississippi Highway 1
Mississippi Highway 12
Airport
Education
- Public School Districts[16]
- Private Schools
- Deer Creek School (Arcola)
- Greenville Christian School
- Saint Joseph Catholic High School(Greenville)
- Washington School (Greenville)
Pillow Academy in unincorporated Leflore County, near Greenwood, enrolls some students from Washington County.[17] It originally was a segregation academy.[18]
Communities
Cities
- Greenville (third and current county seat)
- Hollandale
- Leland
Towns
Census-designated places
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
- New Mexico (first county seat)
- Port Anderson
- Princeton (second county seat)
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 5,300 | 29.39% | 12,503 | 69.33% | 231 | 1.28% |
2016 | 5,244 | 31.17% | 11,380 | 67.64% | 201 | 1.19% |
2012 | 5,651 | 28.66% | 13,981 | 70.92% | 83 | 0.42% |
2008 | 6,347 | 32.41% | 13,148 | 67.14% | 88 | 0.45% |
2004 | 7,731 | 39.45% | 11,569 | 59.03% | 297 | 1.52% |
2000 | 7,367 | 40.20% | 10,405 | 56.77% | 556 | 3.03% |
1996 | 6,762 | 38.77% | 10,053 | 57.64% | 625 | 3.58% |
1992 | 7,598 | 38.59% | 10,588 | 53.78% | 1,503 | 7.63% |
1988 | 10,229 | 49.45% | 10,222 | 49.41% | 236 | 1.14% |
1984 | 12,454 | 53.19% | 10,617 | 45.34% | 343 | 1.46% |
1980 | 8,978 | 44.63% | 10,722 | 53.30% | 417 | 2.07% |
1976 | 7,474 | 41.18% | 9,650 | 53.17% | 1,025 | 5.65% |
1972 | 9,634 | 63.78% | 4,623 | 30.61% | 847 | 5.61% |
1968 | 3,500 | 22.85% | 5,520 | 36.03% | 6,300 | 41.12% |
1964 | 5,611 | 73.68% | 2,004 | 26.32% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 2,292 | 34.44% | 3,105 | 46.66% | 1,258 | 18.90% |
1956 | 1,973 | 35.94% | 2,722 | 49.58% | 795 | 14.48% |
1952 | 3,301 | 55.77% | 2,618 | 44.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 271 | 9.10% | 260 | 8.73% | 2,448 | 82.18% |
1944 | 454 | 18.41% | 2,012 | 81.59% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 292 | 11.05% | 2,349 | 88.91% | 1 | 0.04% |
1936 | 94 | 4.19% | 2,143 | 95.63% | 4 | 0.18% |
1932 | 100 | 5.57% | 1,691 | 94.21% | 4 | 0.22% |
1928 | 246 | 14.12% | 1,496 | 85.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 143 | 10.06% | 1,277 | 89.80% | 2 | 0.14% |
1920 | 60 | 7.17% | 776 | 92.71% | 1 | 0.12% |
1916 | 47 | 5.30% | 836 | 94.36% | 3 | 0.34% |
1912 | 20 | 2.42% | 731 | 88.39% | 76 | 9.19% |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Washington County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states of the United States. Compiled from the census of 1860". Library of Congress.
- ^ Lynching in America, 3rd edition Archived October 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Supplement by County, pg. 6
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ "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 8, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 8, 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 8, 2014.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Beckert, Sven (2014). Empire of Cotton: a Global History. New York: Knopf.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 15, 2011.
- ^ "Profile of Pillow Academy 2010-2011 Archived 2001-12-01 at the Library of Congress Web Archives." Pillow Academy. Retrieved on March 25, 2012.
- ^ Lynch, Adam (November 18, 2009). "Ceara's Season". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
Further reading
- Russell S. Hall, Princella W. Nowell, and Stacy Childress, Washington County, Mississippi. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000.
- Bern Keating, A History of Washington County, Mississippi. Greenville, MS: Greenville Junior Auxiliary, 1976.
- John L. McCoy, Factors Associated with Level-of-Living in Washington County, Mississippi. US Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin no. 1501. Washington, DC: US Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1974.
- William Bert Thompson, A History of the Greenville, Mississippi, Public Schools under the Administration of E.E. Bass, 1884-1932. MA thesis. University, MS: University of Mississippi, 1968.