DELTA National Forest Local Area
List of the 27 Local Area counties with total population, land area, and population density

5-digit FIPS
code		 County Population Land area
(square miles)		 Persons per
square mile
5003 Ashley, AR 23,687 921.2 25.7
5017 Chicot, AR 13,287 644.0 20.6
5041 Desha, AR 14,665 765.0 19.2
5043 Drew, AR 18,524 828.2 22.4
22035 East Carroll, LA 8,954 421.4 21.2
22041 Franklin, LA 20,812 623.6 33.4
22065 Madison, LA 12,996 624.1 20.8
22067 Morehouse, LA 30,551 794.3 38.5
22083 Richland, LA 20,485 558.5 36.7
22107 Tensas, LA 6,176 602.5 10.3
22123 West Carroll, LA 11,963 359.4 33.3
28007 Attala, MS 19,653 735.1 26.7
28011 Bolivar, MS 38,928 876.3 44.4
28015 Carroll, MS 10,517 627.7 16.8
28021 Claiborne, MS 11,546 486.8 23.7
28049 Hinds, MS 249,987 869.2 287.6
28051 Holmes, MS 21,148 756.0 28.0
28053 Humphreys, MS 10,628 418.1 25.4
28055 Issaquena, MS 1,978 413.1 4.8
28083 Leflore, MS 36,146 591.9 61.1
28089 Madison, MS 81,973 717.1 114.3
28121 Rankin, MS 128,380 774.5 165.8
28125 Sharkey, MS 6,083 427.7 14.2
28133 Sunflower, MS 33,392 693.8 48.1
28149 Warren, MS 49,113 586.6 83.7
28151 Washington, MS 59,567 724.0 82.3
28163 Yazoo, MS 28,211 919.5 30.7
    969,350 17,759.5  

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate. Total population includes all ages, not just age 16 and older.


DELTA National Forest Local Area
Population age 16 and older by stratum and age group

Population stratum Age 16-34 % Age 35-53 % Age 55+ % All Ages 16+ %
Hispanic males 3,486 52.1 2,409 36.0 790 11.8 6,685 0.9
Hispanic females 1,980 46.5 1,487 35.0 787 18.5 4,254 0.6
White males 54,673 30.7 67,265 37.8 56,014 31.5 177,952 24.1
White females 52,706 27.6 67,314 35.2 71,152 37.2 191,172 25.9
Black males 75,307 46.4 57,630 35.5 29,189 18.0 162,126 21.9
Black females 77,881 40.8 70,076 36.7 43,014 22.5 190,971 25.8
Native American males 231 39.2 220 37.4 138 23.4 589 0.1
Native American females 201 33.3 242 40.1 160 26.5 603 0.1
Asian & Pacific Islander males 808 36.7 937 42.5 459 20.8 2,204 0.3
Asian & Pacific Islander females 796 34.3 1,019 43.8 509 21.9 2,324 0.3
  268,069   268,599   202,212   738,880 100.0

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate.
Note: Does not include people who reported being 2 or more races. Hispanics may be of any race, but are included in the two Hispanic rows only. Percentages for the three age groups sum across to 100. May not equal 100.0 exactly due to rounding.