Stone County, Mississippi

Stone County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. As of, the population is 13,622. Its is. Stone County was formed from the northern portion of on June 5, 1916. The county is named for, the from  to  and again from  to.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,160 (448 ). 1,154 km² (445 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.60%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 49.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 15.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 26.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 29.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 38.svg|20px]]

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,622 people, 4,747 households, and 3,626 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (31/sq mi). There were 5,343 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 79.42%, 19.18% or , 0.29% , 0.16% , 0.03% , 0.23% from , and 0.70% from two or more races. 1.25% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,747 households out of which 37.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.60% were non-families. 20.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 12.20% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,495, and the median income for a family was $36,856. Males had a median income of $26,259 versus $21,228 for females. The for the county was $14,693. About 14.50% of families and 17.50% of the population were below the, including 23.10% of those under age 18 and 14.30% of those age 65 or over.

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