Benton County, Mississippi

Benton County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 8,026. Its is. Benton county is named for.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,058 (409 ). 1,054 km² (407 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.46%) is water.

The headwaters of the  and braid their way north and west across northern Benton County from Baker's Pond, the river's  spring (highest origin of continuous flow) in the  approximately 1 mile southwest of where  passes into. The Wolf passes into between Michigan City (on the Mississippi side) and.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,026 people, 2,999 households, and 2,216 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (20/sq mi). There were 3,456 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 61.72%, 36.76% or , 0.59% , 0.05% , 0.01% , 0.29% from , and 0.59% from two or more races. 1.05% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,999 households out of which 33.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were living together, 14.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.10% were non-families. 23.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,149, and the median income for a family was $29,907. Males had a median income of $26,291 versus $19,519 for females. The for the county was $12,212. About 19.20% of families and 23.20% of the population were below the, including 28.00% of those under age 18 and 24.80% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

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