Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Jefferson Davis County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 13,962. It is named in honor of Mississippi and  President. Its is. The county was carved out of Covington and Lawrence Counties on March 1906. Governor signed the bill creating the county on,  (according to a history of the county written by Leon Tyrone, one of the counties founding fathers).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,060 (409 ). 1,058 km² (408 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.17%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Circle sign 13.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 35.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 42.svg|20px]]
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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of, there were 13,962 people, 5,177 households, and 3,768 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (34/sq mi). There were 5,891 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 41.66%, 57.38% or , 0.14% , 0.18% , 0.01% , 0.08% from , and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,177 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were living together, 21.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $21,834, and the median income for a family was $27,594. Males had a median income of $23,942 versus $16,510 for females. The for the county was $11,974. About 23.2% of families and 28.2% of the population were below the, including 38.7% of those under age 18 and 24.5% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

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 * Unincorporated places
 * (partly in Lawrence County)
 * (partly in Lawrence County)