Jefferson County, Mississippi

Jefferson County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 9,740. Its is. Jefferson county has the highest percentage of s of any county in the. Jefferson County is named after.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,365 (527 ). 1,345 km² (519 sq mi) of it is land and 20 km² (8 sq mi) of it (1.48%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Circle sign 28.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Circle sign 33.svg|20px]]

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,740 people, 3,308 households, and 2,338 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (19/sq mi). There were 3,819 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 13.06%, 86.49% or , 0.08% , 0.10% , 0.01% , 0.02% from , and 0.24% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were or  of any race. Jefferson County has the highest percentage of black residents out of all U.S. counties.

There were 3,308 households out of which 36.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.00% were living together, 28.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the county the population was much younger than the national average with 28.80% under the age of 18, 12.10% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 19.60% from 45 to 64, and 10.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $18,447, and the median income for a family was $23,188. Males had a median income of $25,726 versus $18,000 for females. The for the county was $9,709. About 32.50% of families and 36.00% of the population were below the, including 46.00% of those under age 18 and 34.40% of those age 65 or over.

Jefferson County has the per capita income in Mississippi and the  in the United States.

Trivia
According to a May 2004 article on  in the, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of obese residents (26.1%) of any county in the U.S. In that context, the percentage measured were those with a  between 30 and 40 (any measure greater than 40 corresponds to morbid obesity).

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