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Yazoo County, Mississippi

211 E Broadway
Yazoo City, MS 39194
Phone: (662) 746-2661
Fax: (662) 746-3893
www.yazoo.org

In west-central MS, north of Jackson; organized 1823 from Hinds County. Name Origin: For the Yazoo River, which forms its western border; named for the Indian tribe that inhabited the lower part of the river. The meaning and origin of the name are unknown.

Area (sq mi): 934.12 (land 919.48; water 14.64). Pop per sq mi: 30.70.
Pop 2005: 28,195. State rank: 34. Pop change: 2000-20005 0.20%; 1990-2000 10.40%. Pop 2000: 28,149 (White 41.10%; Black or African American 54.00%; Hispanic or Latino 4.40%; Asian 0.40%; Other 0.90%). Foreign born: 3.90%. Median age: 33.70.
Income 2000: per capita $12,062; median household $24,795; Pop below poverty level: 31.90%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $17,898-$19,707.
Unemployment 2004: 8.50%. Change from 2000: 0.50%. Median travel time to work: 26.30 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 31.20%.

Cities with population over 10,000:
Yazoo City (11,936)

See other counties in Mississippi.

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300-600) sites located on O'Neil Creek, a tributary of the Yazoo River in Yazoo County, Mississippi (Bogan 1987).

A prehistoric unionid assemblage from the Big Black River drainage in ... by James, Thomas R. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences

the Vendor") to drill and develop the Slack Heirs #1 well located in Yazoo County, Mississippi, located approximately four miles north west of the established Pickens Field which, according to Mississippi Oil and Gas Board records, has produced approximately 25,000,000 barrels of oil.

TransAmerican Acquires Slack Heirs' Well and Leases by Business Wire

9:30 THREE NEW FOSSIL REPORTS FROM TESHEVA CREEK, YAZOO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Michael Williams, Millisaps College, Jackson, MS 39210 Several fossil collecting trips by the writer to Tesheva Creek in Yazoo County, Mississippi between the years of 1997-2001 have produced numerous fossil bones and teeth of Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean age) land mammals including mastodon, horse, tapir, mammoth, deer, and llama which are derived from the loess deposits of the area.

Geology and geography by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences

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