Tate County, Mississippi
| Tate County, Mississippi | |
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Tate County Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of Mississippi |
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 Mississippi's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1873 |
| Seat | Senatobia |
| Largest city | Senatobia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 411 sq mi (1,064 km2) |
| • Land | 405 sq mi (1,049 km2) |
| • Water | 6.2 sq mi (16 km2), 1.5% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 28,886 |
| • Density | 71/sq mi (27/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
Tate County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,886. Its county seat is Senatobia. Organized in 1873 from portions of DeSoto, Marshall, and Tunica counties, the county is named for Thomas Simpson Tate, one of the first prominent American settlers of the area.
Tate County is part of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located east of the Mississippi Delta.
Actor James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, an unincorporated area of Tate County. After the age of five, he grew up with his maternal grandparents on their farm in Jackson, Michigan.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 411 square miles (1,060 km2), of which 405 square miles (1,050 km2) is land and 6.2 square miles (16 km2) (1.5%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in Mississippi by land area.
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,370 people, 8,850 households, and 6,717 families residing in the county. The population density was 63 people per square mile (24/km²). There were 9,354 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 67.84% White, 31.02% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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