Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area
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The Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in the northwestern Delta region
Mississippi Delta
The Mississippi Delta is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. The region has been called "The Most Southern Place on Earth" because of its unique racial, cultural, and economic history...

 of Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

 that covers two counties - Leflore
Leflore County, Mississippi
-National protected area:*Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge*Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 37,947 people, 12,956 households, and 8,887 families residing in the county. The population density was 64 people per square mile...

 and Carroll
Carroll County, Mississippi
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 10,769 people, 4,071 households, and 3,069 families residing in the county. The population density was 17 people per square mile . There were 4,888 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile...

. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the μSA had a population of 48,716 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 44,841).

Cities

  • Greenwood
    Greenwood, Mississippi
    Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. The population was 15,205 at the 2010 census. It is the...

     (Principal City)
  • Itta Bena
    Itta Bena, Mississippi
    Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,208 at the 2000 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase iti bina, meaning "forest camp"...


Towns

  • Carrollton
    Carrollton, Mississippi
    Carrollton is a town in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States. It is the county seat of Carroll County. The population was 408 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area-Geography:...

  • Morgan City
    Morgan City, Mississippi
    Morgan City is a town in Leflore County, Mississippi, northeast of Swiftown and south-southwest of Itta Bena along Mississippi Highway 7. The population was 305 at the 2000 census...

  • North Carrollton
    North Carrollton, Mississippi
    North Carrollton is a town in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 499 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area-Geography:North Carrollton is located at ....

  • Schlater
    Schlater, Mississippi
    Schlater is a town in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 388 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.-Geography:Schlater is located at ....

  • Sidon
    Sidon, Mississippi
    Sidon is a town in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 672 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.-Geography:Sidon is located at ....

  • Vaiden
    Vaiden, Mississippi
    Vaiden is a town in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 840 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area-Geography:Vaiden is located at ....


Unincorporated places

  • Avalon
    Avalon, Mississippi
    Avalon is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States.Avalon is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan areaIt is known as the home of the great bluesman Mississippi John Hurt....

  • Black Hawk
    Black Hawk, Mississippi
    Black Hawk is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi, approximately southeast of Greenwood, Mississippi on Mississippi Highway 430 and approximately north of Acona.Black Hawk is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area...

  • Coila
    Coila, Mississippi
    Coila is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi. Coila is situated approximately 9 miles south of Carrollton, Mississippi on Highway 17. Coila is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area...

  • McCarley
    McCarley, Mississippi
    McCarley is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi, approximately east of Winona and approximately west of North Carrollton. McCarley is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area...

  • Minter City
    Minter City, Mississippi
    Minter City is an unincorporated community in northern Leflore County, Mississippi in the Mississippi Delta on the Leflore County/Tallahatchie County county line. Minter City is located on the Tallahatchie River approximately west of Philipp, south of Glendora and east of Ruleville...

  • Money
    Money, Mississippi
    Money is an unincorporated Mississippi Delta community in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, near Greenwood. It has a population of less than 100, down from 400 circa 1950 when a cotton mill operated in the community. It is on a railroad line and lies on the Tallahatchie River...

  • Swiftown
    Swiftown, Mississippi
    Swiftown is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. Quito is approximately south of Morgan City and north of Belzoni along Mississippi Highway 7. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area....


Demographics

As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 48,716 people, 17,027 households, and 11,956 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 37.22% White, 60.85% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.79% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.64% of the population.

The median income for a household in the μSA was $25,198, and the median income for a family was $30,885. Males had a median income of $27,209 versus $19,096 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the μSA was $14,149.

See also

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