George County, Mississippi

George County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,350. Its county seat is Lucedale. The county is located adjacent to the Alabama state line.

History George County was named after Senator James Z. George and was formed on March 16, 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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water.

Major highways U.S. Highway 98 Mississippi Highway 26 Mississippi Highway 57 Mississippi Highway 63 Mississippi Highway 198

Adjacent counties Greene County (north) Mobile County, Alabama (east) Jackson County (south) Stone County (west) Perry County (northwest)

National protected area De Soto National Forest (part)

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition +George County, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 1980Pop 1990Pop 2000Pop 2010 Pop 2020% 1980% 1990% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)13,73314,98916,97620,00920,92989.78%89.90%88.68%88.62%85.95%Black or African American alone (NH)1,4471,5811,6811,8211,7749.46%9.48%8.78%8.07%7.29%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)3384566850.02%0.23%0.24%0.29%0.35%Asian alone (NH)15173047770.10%0.10%0.16%0.21%0.32%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)x included in the Asian category in the 1980 Censusx included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census001xx0.00%0.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)101212410.01%0.00%0.06%0.05%0.17%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)x not an option in the 1980 Censusx not an option in the 1990 Census93170771xx0.49%0.75%3.17%Hispanic or Latino (any race)98483074536720.64%0.29%1.60%2.01%2.76%Total15,29716,67319,14422,57824,350 100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 24,350. The median age was 38.5 years. 25.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.6 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 86.7% White, 7.3% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 1.5% from some other race, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.8% of the population.

<0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 8,916 households in the county, of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.1% were married-couple households, 17.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 10,280 housing units, of which 13.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 81.6% were owner-occupied and 18.4% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 13.3%.

Politics The county has gone solidly Republican in the last ten Presidential elections.The New York Times Electoral Map (Zoom in on Mississippi) 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%, his best performance in the nation. 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 percent of the vote, and Hillary Clinton received barely ten percent in 2016. In 2020, George County was only one of two counties that voted against replacing the state flag. The other was neighbouring Greene County.

The county is located in Mississippi's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+21 and is represented by Republican Mike Ezell.

Communities

City Lucedale (county seat)

Census-designated places Agricola Benndale

Unincorporated places

Basin Bexley Crossroads Merrill Shipman

Education The sole school district is George County School District. - Text list

George County, Mississippi

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