George County is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state of
Mississippi
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. As of the
2010 census, the population was 22,578.
Its
county seat
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is
Lucedale.
The county is named for
James Z. George,
US Senator
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The composition and power ...
from Mississippi.
George County is included in the
Pascagoula, MS
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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. The county is located near the
Alabama
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state line.
History
George County was named after Senator James Z. George and was formed on 16 March 1910 from parts of land formerly included in Jackson and Greene Counties.
The
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ran through
Lucedale on its way to
Mobile.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water.
Major highways
*
U.S. Highway 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
*
Mississippi Highway 26
Mississippi Highway 26 (MS 26) is a state highway in southern Mississippi. It runs from a continuation of Louisiana Highway 10 (LA 10) east through Pearl River, Stone, and George counties to MS 198 in Lucedale. Along the way it i ...
*
Mississippi Highway 57
Mississippi Highway 57 (MS 57) is a state highway in southeastern Mississippi. It runs in a north/south direction for approximately , serving four counties: Jackson, George, Greene, and Wayne.
Route description
MS 57 begins in Jackson County o ...
*
Mississippi Highway 63
Mississippi Highway 63 (MS 63) is an state highway in southeastern Mississippi that runs north–south for approximately . It serves Jackson County, George County, Greene County, and Wayne County.
Route description
MS 63 begins in Jacks ...
*
Mississippi Highway 198
Mississippi Highway 198 (MS 198) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The highway is the designation for six former segments of U.S. Highway 98 (US 98) that have been bypassed by newer alignments. These six segments are located i ...
Adjacent counties
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Greene County (north)
*
Mobile County, Alabama (east)
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Jackson County (south)
*
Stone County (west)
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Perry County Perry County may refer to:
United States
* Perry County, Alabama
* Perry County, Arkansas
*Perry County, Illinois
* Perry County, Indiana
* Perry County, Kentucky
* Perry County, Mississippi
* Perry County, Missouri
*Perry County, Ohio
*Perr ...
(northwest)
National protected area
*
De Soto National Forest (part)
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 24,350 people, 7,592 households, and 5,309 families residing in the county.
2000 census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 19,144 people, 6,742 households, and 5,305 families residing in the county. The
population density
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was 40 people per square mile (15/km
2). There were 7,513 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km
2). The racial makeup of the county was 89.38%
White
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, 8.82%
African American
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, 0.24%
Native American, 0.16%
Asian, 0.84% from
other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. 1.60% of the population were
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race.
There were 6,742 households, out of which 38.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.00% were
married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.30% were non-families. 19.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.17.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 29.20% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 10.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.60 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $34,730, and the median income for a family was $39,386. Males had a median income of $33,575 versus $20,542 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the county was $14,337. About 13.00% of families and 16.70% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 20.80% of those under age 18 and 20.20% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
The county has gone solidly Republican in the last nine Presidential elections. In past Presidential elections third-party candidates sometimes did well here. In 1968
George Wallace won the county with over 90 percent of the vote, which was the second highest percentage he received in any county. In 1988 the county gave
David Duke 4.21%, which was the highest percentage he received. In that election it also gave more support to
Lenora Fulani than she received in most of the nation. In 2012, President Obama only received 14% of the vote, and
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
received barely ten percent in 2016
David Leip's Presidential Election Atlas Statistics for 1988
/ref> In 2020, George County was only one of two counties that voted against replacing the state flag. The other was nearby Greene County.
The county is located in Mississippi's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated Cook PVI, CPVI, or PVI, is a measurement of how strongly a United States congressional district or U.S. state leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party, compared to the nation as a whole, based ...
of R+21 and is represented by Republican Steven Palazzo.
Communities
City
* Lucedale (county seat)
Census-designated places
* Agricola
* Benndale
Unincorporated places
* Basin
* Bexley
* Crossroads
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
* Merrill
* Shipman
See also
* Dry counties
*
References
External links
George County Courthouse Pictures
George County Sheriff's Office
{{authority control
Mississippi counties
Pascagoula metropolitan area
1910 establishments in Mississippi
Populated places established in 1910