Forrest County, Mississippi

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Forrest County
County
Hattiesburg District Courthouse.jpg
Hattiesburg Municipal Court.
Map of Mississippi highlighting Forrest County.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi
Mississippi in United States.svg
Mississippi's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 31°11′N89°16′W / 31.19°N 89.26°W / 31.19; -89.26
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Mississippi.svg  Mississippi
Founded1908 [1]
Named for Nathan B. Forrest
Seat Hattiesburg
Largest cityHattiesburg
Area
 • Total470 sq mi (1,200 km2)
 • Land466 sq mi (1,210 km2)
 • Water3.9 sq mi (10 km2)  0.8%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total78,158
 • Density170/sq mi (64/km2)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district 4th
Website forrestcountyms.us

Forrest County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,158. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. [3] 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.

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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 470 square miles (1,200 km2), of which 466 square miles (1,210 km2) is land and 3.9 square miles (10 km2) (0.8%) is water. [4]

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910 20,722—
1920 21,2382.5%
1930 30,11541.8%
1940 34,90115.9%
1950 45,05529.1%
1960 52,72217.0%
1970 57,8499.7%
1980 66,01814.1%
1990 68,3143.5%
2000 72,6046.3%
2010 74,9343.2%
2020 78,1584.3%
2023 (est.)78,208 [5] 0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]
1790-1960 [7] 1900-1990 [8]
1990-2000 [9] 2010-2013 [10]
Forrest County racial composition as of 2020 [11]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)43,12155.17%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)28,15136.02%
Native American 1770.23%
Asian 7891.01%
Pacific Islander 290.04%
Other/Mixed 2,6333.37%
Hispanic or Latino 3,2584.17%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 78,158 people, 27,340 households, and 15,633 families residing in the county.

Communities

Cities

Census-designated places

Other unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Politics

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.

United States presidential election results for Forrest County, Mississippi [12]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 17,29054.62%13,75543.45%6091.92%
2016 15,46155.09%11,71641.75%8873.16%
2012 16,57454.82%13,27243.89%3901.29%
2008 15,29656.27%11,62242.75%2660.98%
2004 16,31861.01%10,22038.21%2070.77%
2000 13,28159.69%8,50038.20%4702.11%
1996 11,27855.17%7,96538.96%1,1995.87%
1992 12,43254.64%8,33336.62%1,9888.74%
1988 14,24966.84%6,95332.62%1160.54%
1984 15,71969.63%6,78630.06%710.31%
1980 12,65659.34%8,27438.80%3971.86%
1976 10,77056.33%7,91441.39%4362.28%
1972 14,41880.56%2,93316.39%5473.06%
1968 3,29420.30%2,95718.22%9,97561.48%
1964 9,29189.17%1,12810.83%00.00%
1960 3,41239.53%2,06823.96%3,15236.52%
1956 2,25637.52%1,92832.06%1,82930.42%
1952 4,48060.41%2,93639.59%00.00%
1948 1672.84%4066.90%5,30790.26%
1944 43610.67%3,64989.33%00.00%
1940 2286.88%3,07592.82%100.30%
1936 2346.09%3,59693.62%110.29%
1932 1827.98%2,06890.70%301.32%
1928 1,44744.66%1,79355.34%00.00%
1924 1567.31%1,82685.57%1527.12%
1920 14010.36%1,14684.76%664.88%
1916 544.28%1,14690.81%624.91%
1912 161.49%88682.57%17115.94%

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References

  1. ↑ "History". Forrest County, Mississippi. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Census - Geography Profile: Forrest County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
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  12. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 3, 2018.


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