Marion County | |
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Coordinates: 31°14′N89°49′W / 31.23°N 89.82°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
Founded | 1811 |
Named for | Francis Marion |
Seat | Columbia |
Largest city | Columbia |
Area | |
• Total | 549 sq mi (1,420 km2) |
• Land | 542 sq mi (1,400 km2) |
• Water | 6.2 sq mi (16 km2) 1.1% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,441 |
• Density | 45/sq mi (17/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,441. [1] Its county seat is Columbia. [2] Marion County is named for American Revolutionary War guerrilla leader Francis Marion also known as The Swamp Fox. [3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 549 square miles (1,420 km2), of which 542 square miles (1,400 km2) is land and 6.2 square miles (16 km2) (1.1%) is water. [4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1820 | 3,116 | — | |
1830 | 3,691 | 18.5% | |
1840 | 3,830 | 3.8% | |
1850 | 4,410 | 15.1% | |
1860 | 4,686 | 6.3% | |
1870 | 4,211 | −10.1% | |
1880 | 6,901 | 63.9% | |
1890 | 9,532 | 38.1% | |
1900 | 13,501 | 41.6% | |
1910 | 15,599 | 15.5% | |
1920 | 17,144 | 9.9% | |
1930 | 19,923 | 16.2% | |
1940 | 24,085 | 20.9% | |
1950 | 23,967 | −0.5% | |
1960 | 23,293 | −2.8% | |
1970 | 22,871 | −1.8% | |
1980 | 25,708 | 12.4% | |
1990 | 25,544 | −0.6% | |
2000 | 25,595 | 0.2% | |
2010 | 27,088 | 5.8% | |
2020 | 24,441 | −9.8% | |
2023 (est.) | 24,224 | [5] | −0.9% |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] 1790-1960 [7] 1900-1990 [8] 1990-2000 [9] 2010-2013 [10] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic) | 15,721 | 64.32% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 7,583 | 31.03% |
Native American | 42 | 0.17% |
Asian | 65 | 0.27% |
Other/Mixed | 624 | 2.55% |
Hispanic or Latino | 406 | 1.66% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 24,441 people, 9,483 households, and 5,863 families residing in the county.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services's Division of Youth Services operated the Columbia Training School in unincorporated Marion County. The facility was closed in 2008. [12] [13]
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 8,273 | 67.94% | 3,787 | 31.10% | 117 | 0.96% |
2016 | 7,836 | 67.01% | 3,677 | 31.45% | 180 | 1.54% |
2012 | 8,237 | 64.71% | 4,393 | 34.51% | 99 | 0.78% |
2008 | 8,513 | 65.43% | 4,422 | 33.99% | 75 | 0.58% |
2004 | 7,999 | 66.95% | 3,888 | 32.54% | 60 | 0.50% |
2000 | 6,796 | 61.79% | 4,114 | 37.41% | 88 | 0.80% |
1996 | 5,023 | 50.39% | 4,334 | 43.48% | 611 | 6.13% |
1992 | 5,776 | 49.74% | 4,654 | 40.08% | 1,183 | 10.19% |
1988 | 7,019 | 61.87% | 4,240 | 37.38% | 85 | 0.75% |
1984 | 7,355 | 66.11% | 3,757 | 33.77% | 13 | 0.12% |
1980 | 5,218 | 48.73% | 5,366 | 50.12% | 123 | 1.15% |
1976 | 5,300 | 49.36% | 5,283 | 49.20% | 154 | 1.43% |
1972 | 6,805 | 79.40% | 1,693 | 19.75% | 72 | 0.84% |
1968 | 763 | 9.16% | 1,722 | 20.66% | 5,848 | 70.18% |
1964 | 5,469 | 91.55% | 505 | 8.45% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 698 | 22.92% | 1,082 | 35.53% | 1,265 | 41.54% |
1956 | 611 | 20.15% | 1,751 | 57.75% | 670 | 22.10% |
1952 | 1,420 | 35.35% | 2,597 | 64.65% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 49 | 1.79% | 205 | 7.47% | 2,491 | 90.75% |
1944 | 54 | 2.16% | 2,441 | 97.84% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 45 | 2.11% | 2,083 | 97.89% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 37 | 1.88% | 1,932 | 98.07% | 1 | 0.05% |
1932 | 94 | 3.71% | 2,429 | 95.97% | 8 | 0.32% |
1928 | 526 | 36.33% | 922 | 63.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 99 | 8.70% | 1,039 | 91.30% | 0 | 0.00% |
1920 | 143 | 18.52% | 613 | 79.40% | 16 | 2.07% |
1916 | 51 | 6.01% | 792 | 93.40% | 5 | 0.59% |
1912 | 12 | 2.51% | 438 | 91.44% | 29 | 6.05% |
Expose is an unincorporated area of Marion County that was founded by Harry Solomon Expose (born 1861), a community leader who owned a general store and served as postmaster. [15] Monroe Work's Negro Yearbook listed it among "Negro Towns and Settlements in the United States." Football great Walter Payton's mom Alyne née Sibley Payton was born in Expose January 14, 1926. [16]
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