Editing Humphreys County, Mississippi

{{short description|County in Mississippi, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Humphreys County 
 | state                = Mississippi 
 | seal                 = 
 | ex image             = HUMPHREYS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HUMPHREYS COUNTY, MS.jpg 
 | ex image cap         = Humphreys County Courthouse 
 | founded              = 1918 
 | seat wl              = Belzoni 
 | largest city wl      = Belzoni 
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 431 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 418 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 13 
 | area percentage      = 3.0 
 | population_as_of     = 2020 
 | population_total     = 7785 
 | pop_est_as_of        = 
 | population_est       = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto 
 | web                  = https://humphreyscounty.ms/
 | district             = 2nd
 | time zone            = Central
 | named for            = [[Benjamin G. Humphreys]]
}}

'''Humphreys County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Mississippi]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 7,785.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Humphreys County, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Humphreys_County,_Mississippi?g=0500000US28053|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 8, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Belzoni, Mississippi|Belzoni]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county is named for [[Benjamin G. Humphreys]]. Humphreys County is Mississippi's newest county, having been formed in 1918. Humphreys County is located in the [[Mississippi Delta]] region.

It was named 'Farm-Raised Catfish Capital of the World' in 1976 by then Governor [[Cliff Finch]], since it produced more farm-raised [[catfish]] than any other U.S. county. Forty thousand acres (160 square kilometers) of the county are underwater and used to grow [[catfish]]. About 60% of U.S. farm-raised [[catfish]] is raised within a {{convert|65|mi|km|adj=on}} radius of the [[county seat]], [[Belzoni, Mississippi|Belzoni]]. The title "Catfish Capital" has also been claimed by [[Savannah, Tennessee]], and [[Des Allemands, Louisiana]].

In March 2023, the towns of [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]], [[Midnight, Mississippi|Midnight]] and [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]] were struck by an EF4. Part of the [[Tornado outbreak of March 24–26, 2023|Tornado outbreak of March 24–25, 2023]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|431|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|418|sqmi|abbr=on}} is land and {{convert|13|sqmi|abbr=on}} (3.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 4, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074019/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 49W.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 49W]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 7.svg|21px]] [[Mississippi Highway 7]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 12.svg|21px]] [[Mississippi Highway 12]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 14.svg|21px]] [[Mississippi Highway 14]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 16.svg|21px]] [[Mississippi Highway 16]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Sunflower County, Mississippi|Sunflower County]] (north)
* [[Leflore County, Mississippi|Leflore County]] (northeast)
* [[Holmes County, Mississippi|Holmes County]] (east)
* [[Yazoo County, Mississippi|Yazoo County]] (south)
* [[Sharkey County, Mississippi|Sharkey County]] (southwest)
* [[Washington County, Mississippi|Washington County]] (west)

===National protected area===
* [[Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* Sky Lake Wildlife Management Area; the {{convert|3500|acre|ha|abbr=on|adj=on}} area contains some of the oldest and largest [[bald cypress]] trees in the world.<ref>{{cite web | title = Sky Lake Wildlife Boardwalk | publisher = Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation | url = https://www.wildlifemiss.org/Recreation/SpecialAreas.aspx | accessdate = April 9, 2022}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 19192
|1930= 24729
|1940= 26257
|1950= 23115
|1960= 19093
|1970= 14601
|1980= 13931
|1990= 12134
|2000= 11206
|2010= 9375
|2020= 7785
|estyear=2023
|estimate=7216
|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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2013<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28053.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607051213/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28053.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Humphreys County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US28053&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|1,423
|18.28%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|6,072
|78.00%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|13
|0.17%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|10
|0.13%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|176
|2.26%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|91
|1.17%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,785 people, 3,186 households, and 2,078 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 9,375 people living in the county: 74.5% were [[African American|Black or African American]], 23.5% [[White American|White]], 0.2% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.9% of some other race and 0.7% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]], and 2.2% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).

===2000 census===
At the 2000 [[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> there were 11,206 people, 3,765 households and 2,695 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|27|/mi2|/km2}}. There were 4,138 housing units at an average density of {{convert|10|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 27.17% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 71.51% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African-American]], 0.10% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.64% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.31% from two or more races. 1.50% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 3,765 households, of which 36.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.30% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.40% were non-families. Of all households, 24.90% were made up of individuals, and 10.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.54.

Age distribution was 32.70% under the age of 18, 10.70% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 18.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 87.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.70 males.

The median household income was $20,566, and the median family income was $23,719. Males had a median income of $24,948 versus $19,201 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $10,926. About 32.40% of families and 38.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 50.30% of those under age 18 and 31.00% of those age 65 or over.

Humphreys County has the [[Mississippi locations by per capita income|seventh-lowest per capita income in Mississippi]] and the [[Lowest-income counties in the United States|56th-lowest in the United States]].

In April 2019, Propublica identified Humphreys County as the county most intensely audited by the IRS.<ref>[https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/eitc-audit Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS? By Paul Kiel and Hannah Fresques, ProPublica. Retrieved April 1, 2019]</ref>

==Politics==
Like most counties in the Delta, Humphreys County is solidly Democratic. A Republican has not won the county since 1972<!-- Should be worded more specifically and include references (state and federal representation has mostly been D but some R's have served as well) -->. In 2001 the Humphreys County Sheriff's Department named J. D. Roseman the first black Chief Deputy. In 2008 he became the first black Sheriff of Humphreys County.

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|990|2,443|35|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,118|3,016|55|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,151|3,071|31|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,293|3,903|16|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,462|3,634|30|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,679|3,168|53|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,628|2,288|28|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,382|2,305|126|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,721|2,696|266|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,018|2,644|33|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,309|2,596|9|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,841|2,970|209|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,445|2,172|157|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,334|892|156|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|258|1,219|2,151|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,863|84|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1960|Dixiecrat|231|459|732|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1956|Dixiecrat|127|576|591|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|589|858|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|11|17|1,116|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|35|1,150|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|20|1,061|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|7|1,164|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|10|775|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1|1,020|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|33|628|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresFoot|1920|Democratic|21|316|2|Mississippi}}

==Media==
* Radio stations (both located in Belzoni)
** WELZ 1460AM ([[Country music|Country]])
** [[WBYP]] 107.1FM (Country)
* Newspapers
** ''The Belzoni Banner'', distributed weekly
** ''[[The Enterprise-Tocsin]]'', a newspaper based in [[Indianola, Mississippi|Indianola]] in [[Sunflower County, Mississippi|Sunflower County]], is distributed in portions of northern Humphreys County.<ref>"[http://enterprise-tocsin.com/pages/about_us about us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312123545/http://www.enterprise-tocsin.com/pages/about_us |date=2012-03-12 }}." ''[[The Enterprise-Tocsin]]''. Retrieved on March 4, 2011. "Our office is located at 114 Main St, Indianola."</ref>

==Communities==

===City===
* [[Belzoni, Mississippi|Belzoni]] (county seat)

===Towns===
* [[Isola, Mississippi|Isola]]
* [[Louise, Mississippi|Louise]]
* [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Bellewood, Mississippi|Bellewood]]
* [[Deovolente, Mississippi|Deovolente]]
* [[Lodi, Humphreys County, Mississippi|Lodi]]
* [[Midnight, Mississippi|Midnight]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Mississippi}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi#Humphreys County|National Register of Historic Places listings in Humphreys County, Mississippi]]

==References==
<references />

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Humphreys County, Mississippi
|North     = [[Sunflower County, Mississippi|Sunflower County]]
|Northeast = [[Leflore County, Mississippi|Leflore County]]
|East      = [[Holmes County, Mississippi|Holmes County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Yazoo County, Mississippi|Yazoo County]]
|Southwest = [[Sharkey County, Mississippi|Sharkey County]]
|West      = [[Washington County, Mississippi|Washington County]]
|Northwest =
}}

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[[Category:1918 establishments in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1918]]
[[Category:Black Belt (U.S. region)]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in Mississippi]]