Newton County, Mississippi

Newton County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 21,838. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,501 (580 ). 1,497 km² (578 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.27%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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History
Newton County was formed in 1836. All sources say it was named in honor of Sir, including the 1896 history of Newton County.

Newton County is adjacent to, which was named for Sgt. , a hero of the  in 1779. Sgt. had a very similar history. Early in the 1800s, many places were named for these men. At least four other states,, , and , have adjacent Jasper and Newton Counties. At least two states, and, have Newton as the county seat of Jasper County. has Newton as the county seat of Jasper County. The frequency of occurrence of these names in juxtaposition shows that the stories of Sgts. Jasper and Newton were widely known, and associated with each other at the time these counties were named.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 21,838 people, 8,221 households, and 6,001 families residing in the county. The was 15/km² (38/sq mi). There were 9,259 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 65.01%, 30.37% or , 3.68% , 0.18% , 0.33% from , and 0.44% from two or more races. 0.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,221 households out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.00% were living together, 16.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 11.20% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,735, and the median income for a family was $34,606. Males had a median income of $27,820 versus $20,757 for females. The for the county was $14,008. About 16.40% of families and 19.90% of the population were below the, including 26.30% of those under age 18 and 21.70% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

 * Cities


 * Towns
 * (mostly in Scott County)
 * (partly in Neshoba County)
 * (mostly in Scott County)
 * (partly in Neshoba County)
 * (partly in Neshoba County)


 * Census-designated places


 * Unincorporated places

External references

 * History of Newton County