Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324. The county seat is Magnolia. Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of the McComb, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Pike County was formed from Marion County by an act of the Territorial General Assembly on December 9, 1815. Holmesville was selected as the county seat on December 11, 1816; it was named in honor of Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, an army officer killed in the War of 1812. In 1873 Magnolia was voted in as the new county seat. The county was devoted to agriculture and is still mostly rural.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water.
Major highways
- 20px Interstate 55
- 20px U.S. Highway 51
- 20px U.S. Highway 98
- 20px Mississippi Highway 24
- 20px Mississippi Highway 44
- 20px Mississippi Highway 48
- 20px Mississippi Highway 570
- 20px Mississippi Highway 583
Adjacent counties
- Lincoln County (north)
- Walthall County (east)
- Washington Parish, Louisiana (southeast)
- Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (south)
- Amite County (west)
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Pike 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)
|20,303
|19,826
|19,841
|18,564
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,769
|56.13%
|53.76%
|50.95%
|45.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41.59%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|15,415
|16,810
|18,433
|20,740
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,457
|42.61%
|45.58%
|47.34%
|51.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53.21%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|21
|26
|74
|111
|style='background: #ffffe6; |113
|0.06%
|0.07%
|0.19%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.28%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|40
|44
|127
|229
|style='background: #ffffe6; |254
|0.11%
|0.12%
|0.33%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.63%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|x
|x
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|x
|x
|0.01%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|14
|3
|13
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |109
|0.04%
|0.01%
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|x
|x
|165
|261
|style='background: #ffffe6; |988
|x
|x
|0.42%
|0.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.45%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|380
|173
|284
|489
|style='background: #ffffe6; |627
|1.05%
|0.47%
|0.73%
|1.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.55%
|-
|Total
|36,173
|36,882
|38,940
|40,404
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40,324
|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 40,324. The median age was 39.9 years. 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.0 males age 18 and over.
The racial makeup of the county was 41.9% White, 53.5% Black or African American, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.8% from some other race, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.6% of the population.
There were 16,232 households in the county, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 36.2% were married-couple households, 21.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 37.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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Education
Pike County has three school districts:
- McComb School District
- North Pike School District
- South Pike School District
Pike County is in the district of Southwest Mississippi Community College.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Mississippi
- Fernwood Lumber Company
- History of Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 by Luke W. Conerly 1909
- J. J. Carter, Pike County native who served in the late 19th century in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as mayor of Minden, Louisiana
References
External links
- Mississippi Courthouses – Pike County