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Stone County, Mississippi
StoneCountyCourthouse 1
Stone County Courthouse in Wiggins
Map of Mississippi highlighting Stone County
Location in the state of Mississippi
Map of the U.S
Mississippi's location in the U.S.
Founded 1916
Named for John M. Stone
Seat Wiggins
Largest city Wiggins
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

448 sq mi (1,160 km²)
445 sq mi (1,153 km²)
2.6 sq mi (7 km²), 0.6
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

18,333
Congressional district 4th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website www.stonecountyms.gov

Stone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,333.[1] Its county seat is Wiggins.[2] Stone County was formed from the northern portion of Harrison County on June 5, 1916.[3] The county was named for John M. Stone, who served as Governor of Mississippi from 1876 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1896.

Stone County is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1918, the Stone County Courthouse was completed at a cost of $29,515.18,[4] and is still in use today, after several renovations.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 448 square miles (1,160 km2), of which 445 square miles (1,150 km2) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) (0.6%) is water.[5]

Major highways[]

  • US 49 U.S. Highway 49
  • Circle sign 15 Mississippi Highway 15
  • Circle sign 26 Mississippi Highway 26
  • Circle sign 29 Mississippi Highway 29

Adjacent counties[]

National protected areas[]

  • De Soto National Forest (part)
  • Sweetbay Bogs Preserve[6]

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1920 6,528
1930 5,704 −12.6%
1940 6,155 7.9%
1950 6,264 1.8%
1960 7,013 12.0%
1970 8,101 15.5%
1980 9,716 19.9%
1990 10,750 10.6%
2000 13,622 26.7%
2010 17,786 30.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1]

2020 census[]

Stone County Racial Composition[11]
Race Num. Perc.
White 13,822 75.39%
Black or African American 3,239 17.67%
Native American 79 0.43%
Asian 89 0.49%
Pacific Islander 9 0.05%
Other/Mixed 651 3.55%
Hispanic or Latino 444 2.42%

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 18,333 people, 6,334 households, and 4,560 families residing in the county.

2010 census[]

As of the census[12] of 2010, there were 17,786 people, 6,165 households, and 4,539 families residing in the county. The population density was 39.9 people per square mile (15.33/km2). There were 7,161 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 78.6% White, 19.1% Black or African American, with 2.3% being of other racial categories. 1.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

31.5% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male household with no wife present, and 26.4% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.13.

24.4% were under the age of 18, 29.4% were under the age of 20, 32.3% from 20 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.9 years. 50.1% of the population was male, and 49.9% was female.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,862, and the median family income was $48,083. Males had a median income of $42,773 versus $31,000 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,806. About 14.1% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.


StoneCountyCourthouse CaversAve
circa 1920
S.C.Courthouse
2010
Stone County Courthouse. Photos taken from Cavers Avenue, Wiggins, Mississippi.


Arts and culture[]

On April 25, during the 2012 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature, Concurrent Resolution 643 was adopted by the state Senate and state House of Representatives, stating that Stone County be named and declared the Mural County of Mississippi.[13] During the previous 8 years, a Telling Trees Project was developed in Stone County to document and celebrate Stone County's history and heritage. As part of that project, 23 murals, in the form of paintings and mosaic tiles, were created in cooperation with the Art Department, Perkinston campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and are on public display throughout the county. The murals tell visual stories of Stone County's ecosystems, people, landmarks, and industries.[14]

Communities[]

Cities[]

  • Wiggins (county seat)

Census-designated place[]

  • Bond

Unincorporated communities[]

  • Beatrice
  • Big Level
  • McHenry
  • Perkinston
  • Ramsey Springs
  • Silver Run
  • Ten Mile
  • Texas

Education[]

Public school districts[]

  • Stone County School District

Colleges[]

  • Perkinston campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Politics[]

United States presidential election results for Stone County, Mississippi[15]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 5,964 75.70% 1,802 22.87% 112 1.42%
2016 5,306 75.32% 1,573 22.33% 166 2.36%
2012 5,420 71.96% 2,003 26.59% 109 1.45%
2008 5,149 71.06% 1,996 27.55% 101 1.39%
2004 4,146 72.29% 1,528 26.64% 61 1.06%
2000 3,702 67.03% 1,677 30.36% 144 2.61%
1996 2,288 53.45% 1,551 36.23% 442 10.32%
1992 2,295 54.53% 1,447 34.38% 467 11.10%
1988 3,007 66.84% 1,452 32.27% 40 0.89%
1984 2,980 71.07% 1,185 28.26% 28 0.67%
1980 1,888 49.21% 1,821 47.46% 128 3.34%
1976 1,575 48.05% 1,648 50.27% 55 1.68%
1972 2,467 88.49% 293 10.51% 28 1.00%
1968 258 9.51% 314 11.58% 2,140 78.91%
1964 1,776 90.84% 179 9.16% 0 0.00%
1960 275 19.15% 343 23.89% 818 56.96%
1956 293 25.09% 761 65.15% 114 9.76%
1952 569 37.09% 965 62.91% 0 0.00%
1948 17 1.51% 50 4.45% 1,056 94.03%
1944 43 4.17% 989 95.83% 0 0.00%
1940 28 3.37% 802 96.63% 0 0.00%
1936 23 3.29% 675 96.43% 2 0.29%
1932 32 6.99% 424 92.58% 2 0.44%
1928 436 62.82% 258 37.18% 0 0.00%
1924 56 11.97% 412 88.03% 0 0.00%
1920 16 5.00% 299 93.44% 5 1.56%
1916 31 6.37% 451 92.61% 5 1.03%



See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Stone County, Mississippi
  • Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain
  • Sweetbay Bogs Preserve
  • List of Mississippi Landmarks in Stone County

References[]

  1. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28131.html. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ A History of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine accessed 1 January 2007.
  4. ^ Stone County Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 February 2010.
  5. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt. 
  6. ^ "Sweetbay Bogs Preserve | The Nature Conservancy" (in en). https://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/mississippi/placesweprotect/sweetbay-bogs-preserve.xml. 
  7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html. 
  8. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  9. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ms190090.txt. 
  10. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf. 
  11. ^ "Explore Census Data". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US28131&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2. 
  12. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov. 
  13. ^ Mississippi Senate Concurrent Resolution 643 Retrieved May 3, 2012
  14. ^ Nicole Dow. 2012. Stone County named state's mural county.Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS), Vol. 128, No, 213, page 2A, May 3, 2012.
  15. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/. 

Coordinates: 30°47′N 89°07′W / 30.79, -89.12


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