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Pemiscot County, Missouri (view source)
Revision as of 05:07, September 24, 2019
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The chief highways in the county are Interstate 55, which runs from north to south between [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]] and the [[Cooter, Missouri|Cooter]] area; Interstate 155, which branches off from I-55 south of [[Hayti, Missouri|Hayti]] and goes southeast into Tennessee; U.S. Route 61, which is part of I-55 as far south as [[Steele, Missouri|Steele]] before separating and continuing on into Arkansas; and U.S. Route 412, which enters Pemiscot County from the west and joins with I-155.
The chief highways in the county are Interstate 55, which runs from north to south between [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]] and the [[Cooter, Missouri|Cooter]] area; Interstate 155, which branches off from I-55 south of [[Hayti, Missouri|Hayti]] and goes southeast into Tennessee; U.S. Route 61, which is part of I-55 as far south as [[Steele, Missouri|Steele]] before separating and continuing on into Arkansas; and U.S. Route 412, which enters Pemiscot County from the west and joins with I-155.
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Pemiscot County had a total population of 18,296, with 7,350 households and 4,812 families. The population density was 35.6 per square mile. There were 8,161 housing units, or about 15.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was about 70.41% White, 26.78% African-American, 0.27% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from some other race, and 1.48% from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.86% of the population.
The median age in the county was 37.0 years. 27.51% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.80% was between the ages of 18 and 24, 23.13% was between the ages of 25 and 44, 25.84% was between the ages of 45 and 64, and 14.72% was 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 47.5% male, 52.5% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, the median income in the county was $32,468 for a household, and $44,005 for a family. Males had a median income of $41,148 versus $27,354 for females. The unemployment rate was 10.7%. The per capita income was $18,883. 28.5% of the population was below the poverty line, including 39.0% of those under the age of 18 and 16.6% of those 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Communities==
Pemiscot County is home to eleven incorporated communities, including ten cities and one village.
'''Cities'''
* [[Bragg City, Missouri|Bragg City]]
* [[Caruthersville, Missouri|Caruthersville]] (county seat)
* [[Cooter, Missouri|Cooter]]
* [[Hayti, Missouri|Hayti]]
* [[Hayti Heights, Missouri|Hayti Heights]]
* [[Holland, Missouri|Holland]]
* [[Homestown, Missouri|Homestown]]
* [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]] (mostly in New Madrid County)
* [[Steele, Missouri|Steele]]
* [[Wardell, Missouri|Wardell]]
'''Villages'''
* [[Pascola, Missouri|Pascola]]
==References==
==References==