Poplarville, Mississippi

Poplarville is a city in, ,. As of the, the city population was 2,601. It is the of.

History

 * , US senator, was born in Poplarville in 1877.


 * was born in Poplarville in June 1944.


 * On September 5, 2005, Poplarville played host to a visit by, , and Governor . The politicians visited in the.


 * On August 29, 2005, inflicted heavy damage on the small town. The storm's most powerful unofficially recorded gust of wind was reported at, at 135 MPH.


 * On September 2, 2005, the 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery (Ohio Army National Guard) arrived at the National Guard armory in Poplarville to assist the community and Pearl River County in recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Initial efforts were the security of banks, pharmacies and gas stations as well as inital responses to rural emergencies.  The unit stayed for three weeks ultimately checking on every family and structure in the county.


 * On December 21, 2006, an early morning fire destroyed 3 downtown buildings.

Geography
Poplarville is located at °N, °W (30.840507, -89.534021).

According to the, the city has a total area of 10.0 (3.9 ). 10.0 km² (3.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.52%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,601 people, 852 households, and 558 families residing in the city. The was 260.8/km² (676.5/mi²). There were 936 housing units at an average density of 93.9/km² (243.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.32%, 23.95% , 0.50% , 0.15% , 0.12% , 0.15% from , and 0.81% from two or more races. or of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 852 households out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 20.8% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,417, and the median income for a family was $32,339. Males had a median income of $35,250 versus $21,667 for females. The for the city was $12,833. About 20.8% of families and 25.3% of the population were below the, including 38.8% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education
The City of Poplarville is served by the.