Forrest County, Mississippi
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Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,158.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
[edit]According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>
Major highways
[edit]- File:I-59.svg Interstate 59
- File:US 11.svg U.S. Highway 11
- File:US 49.svg U.S. Highway 49
- File:US 98.svg U.S. Highway 98
- File:Circle sign 13.svg Mississippi Highway 13
- File:Circle sign 42.svg Mississippi Highway 42
Adjacent counties
[edit]- Jones County (northeast)
- Perry County (east)
- Stone County (south)
- Pearl River County (southwest)
- Lamar County (west)
- Covington County (northwest)
National protected area
[edit]- De Soto National Forest (part)
Demographics
[edit]| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 43,121 | 55.17% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 28,151 | 36.02% |
| Native American | 177 | 0.23% |
| Asian | 789 | 1.01% |
| Pacific Islander | 29 | 0.04% |
| Other/Mixed | 2,633 | 3.37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3,258 | 4.17% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 78,158 people, 27,340 households, and 15,633 families residing in the county.
Communities
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[edit]- Hattiesburg (county seat; small portion in Lamar County)
- Petal
Census-designated places
[edit]- Eastabuchie (located mostly in Jones County)
- Glendale
- Rawls Springs
Other unincorporated communities
[edit]Ghost towns
[edit]Politics
[edit]Forrest County has not supported the National Democratic ticket for president since 1944, when it voted overwhelmingly for Franklin Roosevelt in his landslide record fourth term victory. That is the longest such streak of any county in the state. Only twice since then has it not voted Republican, in 1948 when it backed the States Rights ticket of Strom Thurmond and then-Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright, and in 1968 when it voted for George Wallace and Curtis LeMay.
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Education
[edit]There are three school districts in the county: Forrest County Schools, Hattiesburg Public School District, and Petal School District.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>
Forrest County Agricultural High School is in the county.
The county is in the zone of Pearl River Community College.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
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[edit]External links
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