Английская Википедия:Adams County, Mississippi

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Файл:Stone wall to protect Natchez, MS, from the river IMG 6942.JPG

Stone wall provides protection to Natchez, Mississippi from the Mississippi River.

Файл:Overview of part of Natchez City Cemetery in Adams Co., MS IMG 6996.JPG

A portion of the historic Natchez City Cemetery in Adams County

Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,538. The county seat is Natchez.

The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory. It is named for the second President of the United States, John Adams, who held that office when the county was organized in 1799. Adams County is part of the Natchez micropolitan area which consists of Adams County, Mississippi and Concordia Parish, Louisiana.

History

Adams County was created on April 2, 1799, from part of Pickering Territorial County. The county was organized eighteen years before Mississippi became a state. Four Mississippi governors have come from Adams County: David Holmes, George Poindexter, John A. Quitman, and Gerard Brandon.

In 1860, before the US Civil War, Adams County was the richest county in the United States.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Шаблон:Convert, of which Шаблон:Convert is land and Шаблон:Convert (5.2%) is water.

Major highways

• Файл:US 61.svg U.S. Highway 61
• Файл:US 84.svg U.S. Highway 84
• Файл:US 98.svg U.S. Highway 98
• Файл:US 425.svg U.S. Highway 425
• Файл:Natchez Trace Parkway Logo.svg Natchez Trace Parkway

Adjacent counties

• Jefferson County (north)
• Franklin County (east)
• Wilkinson County (south)
• Concordia Parish, Louisiana (southwest)
• Tensas Parish, Louisiana (northwest)

National protected areas

• Homochitto National Forest (part)
• Natchez National Historical Park
• Natchez Trace Parkway (part)
• St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Demographics

Population

Шаблон:StackAs of the 2020 United States Census, there were 29,538 people, 11,237 households, and 6,650 families residing in the county.

Race

County racial composition as of 2020

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	10,926	36.99%
Black or African American	16,709	56.57%
Native American	56	0.19%
Asian	165	0.56%
Pacific Islander	7	0.02%
Other/Mixed	663	2.24%
Hispanic or Latino	1,012	3.43%

In 2020, its racial makeup was 56.57% Black/African American, 36.99% non-Hispanic white, 0.19% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.24% other or mixed, and 3.43% Hispanic or Latino of any race. In 2010, 53.5% were Black or African American, 42.7% White, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 1.7% of some other race and 1.4% of two or more races. 6.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).

Education

Alcorn State University, a historically black college that was designated as a land-grant institution, has its School of Business and School of Nursing at Natchez. The School of Business offers Masters of Business Administration degree and some undergraduate classes at the School of Business, Natchez campus. Adjacent to the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University is Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Economy

Adams County Correctional Center, a private prison operated by the Corrections Corporation of America on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is in an unincorporated area in the county.

Top employers

The top employers of Adams County are as follows:
1. Natchez-Adams School District (620)
2. Merit Health Natchez (425)
3. Adams County Correctional Center (380)
4. Walmart (365)
5. City of Natchez (275)
6. Magnolia Bluffs Casino (250)
7. Jordan Carriers (250)
8. Supermarket Operations (250)
9. Adams County Government (220)
10. Energy Drilling (220)

Communities

City

• Natchez (county seat and only municipality)

Census-designated places

• Cloverdale
• Morgantown

Unincorporated communities

• Cranfield
• Kingston
• Pine Ridge
• Sibley
• Stanton
• Washington

Ghost/extinct towns

• Arnot
• Briers
• Ellis Cliffs
• Hutchins Landing
• Kienstra
• Selsertown

Politics

Adams County, typical of other counties in the Solid South, was heavily Democratic during the first half of the 20th century. After supporting Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond in 1948, it began to lean more Republican, and remained that way until the 1980s. Since 1992, Adams County has returned to the Democratic fold.

See also

• Jefferson College
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Mississippi

Sources

• Brieger, James. Hometown, Mississippi. Шаблон:ISBN

External links

• Шаблон:Commons category-inline
• Mississippi Courthouses – Adams County
• Adams County Interactive Oil Well Map Mississippi Oil Journal
• Adams County Police and Miscellaneous County Records, Special Collections at The University of Southern Mississippi.