Editing Conehatta, Mississippi

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|official_name            = Conehatta, Mississippi
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Mississippi]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Newton County, Mississippi|Newton]]
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|population_total         = 1376
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|postal_code              = 39057
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|blank_info               = 28-15540
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'''Conehatta''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Newton County, Mississippi|Newton County]], [[Mississippi]]. The population was 1376 at the 2020 census. It is one of the eight communities included in the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Reservation and the population is 76% Choctaw.

The community takes its name from [[Conehatta Creek]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baca|first=Keith A.|title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi|url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html|year=2007|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-483-6|page=30}}</ref>

==Geography==
Conehatta is located at {{coord|32|27|27|N|89|16|16|W|type:city}} (32.457541, -89.271151).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|16.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|15.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.56%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 1376
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Conehatta racial composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1266725&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>{{efn|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 can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|168
|12.21%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|62
|4.51%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|1,082
|78.63%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|1
|0.07%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.07%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|47
|3.42%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|15
|1.09%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,376'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,376 people, 388 households, and 349 families residing in the CDP.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 997 people, 297 households, and 231 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|62.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 319 housing units at an average density of {{convert|20.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 16.25% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 76.03% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.20% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.50% of the population.

There were 297 households, out of which 50.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 32.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 3.68.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 40.1% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 13.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $31,406, and the median income for a family was $24,063. Males had a median income of $25,667 versus $21,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $9,343. About 45.4% of families and 42.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 50.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Conehatta is served by the [[Newton County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28101_newton/DC20SD_C28101.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719145239/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28101_newton/DC20SD_C28101.pdf |archive-date=2021-07-19 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Newton County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-06}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28101_newton/DC20SD_C28101_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Native American students are eligible to attend schools in the [[Choctaw Tribal School System]], a tribal school system operated by the [[Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians]], a federally recognized tribe. Conehatta Elementary School is in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.choctawtribalschools.com/conehattaelementary|title=Home|publisher=Conehatta Elementary School|accessdate=2022-08-06|quote=851 Tushka Drive Conehatta, MS 39057}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Beasley Denson]], Tribal chief of the [[Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians]] from 2007 to 2011<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Greer |first1=Tammy |title=Who's Who in the Southeastern American Indian Tribes |journal=Center for American Indian Research and Studies Newsletter |date=January 2010 |issue=1 |url=https://aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=cairs_newsletters}}</ref>
* [[Joe Overstreet]] (b. 1933, Choctaw), abstract painter

==References==
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{{Newton County, Mississippi}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Newton County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Mississippi placenames of Native American origin]]
[[Category:Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians]]