Editing Choctaw County, Mississippi (section)

==Demographics==
The adjacent table reflects major decreases in population from 1910 to 1920, and from 1940 to 1960. These were periods of the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] from the South by African Americans, who first moved to jobs in industrial cities in the North and Midwest. In the 1940s and after, they moved to the West Coast for jobs in the rapidly growing defense industry. Farm work declined with mechanization of agriculture. But Black people also migrated to escape the violence and social repression of Mississippi, where they had been essentially disenfranchised since 1890 and lived under [[Jim Crow laws]] and the threat of violence; the state had a high rate of lynchings.

{{US Census population
|1840= 6010
|1850= 11402
|1860= 15722
|1870= 16988
|1880= 9036
|1890= 10847
|1900= 13036
|1910= 14357
|1920= 12491
|1930= 12339
|1940= 13548
|1950= 11009
|1960= 8423
|1970= 8440
|1980= 8996
|1990= 9071
|2000= 9758
|2010= 8543
|2020= 8246
|estyear=2023
|estimate=8088
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 5, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ms190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28019.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607050109/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28019.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Choctaw County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US28019&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 16, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,559
|67.41%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,332
|28.28%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|15
|0.18%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|6
|0.07%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|217
|2.63%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|117
|1.42%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,246 people, 3,228 households, and 2,010 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 8,543 people living in the county. 68.1% were [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 30.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.1% from some other race and 1.1% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 1.4% were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 9,758 people, 3,686 households, and 2,668 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|23|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,249 housing units at an average density of {{convert|10|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 68.03% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 30.68% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.42% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.42% from two or more races. 0.81% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 3,686 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.80% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 24.90% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,020, and the median income for a family was $31,095. Males had a median income of $26,966 versus $17,798 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $13,474. About 17.70% of families and 24.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 33.80% of those under age 18 and 21.30% of those age 65 or over.