Editing Beauregard, Mississippi

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'''Beauregard''' is a village in [[Copiah County, Mississippi|Copiah County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. The population was 326 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2804540| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212191215/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2804540| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Beauregard village, Mississippi| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref> It is part of the [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] [[Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Beauregard is named for [[P. G. T. Beauregard]].<ref name="Everett-Heath2017">{{cite book|author=John Everett-Heath|title=The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgJCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT380|date=December 7, 2017|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-255646-2|pages=380}}</ref>

==Geography==
Beauregard is located in southern [[Copiah County, Mississippi|Copiah County]] at {{coord|31|43|18|N|90|23|17|W|type:city}} (31.721549, -90.388096).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the south by the town of [[Wesson, Mississippi|Wesson]]. [[U.S. Route 51]] passes along the western edge of the village, leading north {{convert|10|mi}} to [[Hazlehurst, Mississippi|Hazlehurst]], the [[county seat]], and south {{convert|10|mi}} to [[Brookhaven, Mississippi|Brookhaven]]. Exit 51 on [[Interstate 55]] is {{convert|4|mi|0}} west of the village center on Sylvarena Road.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.4|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|km2|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.82%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 315
|1880= 517
|1900= 338
|1910= 240
|1920= 173
|1930= 203
|1940= 223
|1950= 231
|1960= 193
|1970= 199
|1980= 185
|1990= 206
|2000= 265
|2010= 326
|2020= 289
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Beauregard, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Beauregard village, Mississippi |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2804540&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Beauregard village, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2010.P2?q=p2&g=160XX00US2804540&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Beauregard village, Mississippi |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=p2&g=160XX00US2804540&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|123
|186
|style='background: #ffffe6; |166
|46.42%
|57.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|142
|131
|style='background: #ffffe6; |104
|53.58%
|40.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.99%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.0%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.38%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|0
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.00%
|2.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.50%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''265'''
|'''326'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''289'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 265 people, 91 households, and 68 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|290.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 94 housing units at an average density of {{convert|103.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 46.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 53.58% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]].

There were 91 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.46.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $25,750, and the median income for a family was $34,063. Males had a median income of $32,344 versus $14,063 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $11,671. About 15.5% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.4% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
Beauregard is served by the [[Copiah County School District]].

==Notable person==
* [[Ike Zimmerman]], [[country blues|blues]] guitarist, who is now known to have been musician [[Robert Johnson]]'s main guitar teacher<ref name="Gussow2017">{{cite book|author=Adam Gussow|title=Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mh00DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209|date=September 5, 2017|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-4696-3367-1|pages=209}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Copiah County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Villages in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Villages in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi]]