Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,266. Its county seat is Pittsboro. The county is named after John C. Calhoun, the U.S. Vice President and U.S. Senator from South Carolina.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water.

Adjacent counties

  • Lafayette County (north)
  • Pontotoc County (northeast)
  • Chickasaw County (east)
  • Webster County (south)
  • Grenada County (southwest)
  • Yalobusha County (west)

Transportation

Major highways

  • 20px Mississippi Highway 8
  • 20px Mississippi Highway 9
  • 20px Mississippi Highway 32
  • 20px Mississippi Highway 9W
  • 20px Mississippi Highway 330

Airport

The Calhoun County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located southwest of the central business district of Pittsboro, Mississippi.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

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|+Calhoun County, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 1980

!Pop 1990

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020

!% 1980

!% 1990

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|11,597

|10,788

|10,339

|9,851

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,662

|74.04%

|72.36%

|68.61%

|65.84%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.29%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|3,956

|4,024

|4,308

|4,128

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,444

|25.26%

|26.99%

|28.59%

|27.59%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.96%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|11

|12

|20

|17

|style='background: #ffffe6; |15

|0.07%

|0.08%

|0.13%

|0.11%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|6

|3

|9

|15

|style='background: #ffffe6; |17

|0.04%

|0.02%

|0.06%

|0.10%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|x

|x

|0

|2

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|x

|x

|0.00%

|0.01%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|0

|3

|6

|1

|style='background: #ffffe6; |18

|0.00%

|0.02%

|0.04%

|0.01%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|x

|x

|69

|143

|style='background: #ffffe6; |363

|x

|x

|0.46%

|0.96%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.74%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|94

|78

|318

|805

|style='background: #ffffe6; |747

|0.60%

|0.52%

|2.11%

|5.38%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.63%

|-

|Total

|15,664

|14,908

|15,069

|14,962

|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,266

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 13,266. The median age was 44.9 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.6 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 66.2% White, 26.1% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Asian, &lt;0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.7% from some other race, and 3.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 5.6% of the population.

There were 5,543 households in the county, of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 41.9% were married-couple households, 20.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. of 2000, there were 15,069 people, 6,019 households, and 4,255 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 6,902 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 69.41% White or Caucasian, 28.65% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.11% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. 2.11% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

According to the census

Communities

Towns

  • Bruce
  • Calhoun City
  • Derma
  • Vardaman

Villages

  • Big Creek
  • Pittsboro (county seat)
  • Slate Springs

Unincorporated communities

  • Banner
  • Bently
  • Dentontown
  • Ellard
  • Hollis
  • Loyd
  • Reid
  • Sabougla
  • Sarepta
  • Skuna

Ghost towns

  • Hopewell
  • Old Town

Politics

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See also

  • Dry counties
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, Mississippi

Footnotes

Further reading

  • Leon Burgess, M.D.L. Stephens and Calhoun County, Mississippi. Carrollton, MS: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1998.
  • Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society, Calhoun County Mississippi: A Pictorial History. Humboldt, TN: Rose Publishing Company, 1997.
  • Ken Nail, History of Calhoun County. n.c.: Calhoun County School District, 1975.
  • J.S. Ryan and Thomas Martin Murphree, History of Calhoun County, Mississippi. Pittsboro, MS: Calhoun Monitor, 1904.
  • David G. Sansing, A History of Calhoun County, Mississippi. MA thesis. Mississippi College, 1959.