Columbus-West Point combined statistical area

The Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area is made up of two counties in northeastern 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...

. The statistical area consists of the Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area and the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area. 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 CSA had a population of 83,565 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 80,380).

Incorporated places

Artesia
Artesia, Mississippi
Artesia is a town in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 498 at the 2000 census.-History:Artesia was originally Artesia Junction, a junction point on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. During the railroad's construction in the 1850s, an offer was made to the towns of Columbus...
Caledonia
Caledonia, Mississippi
Caledonia is a town in Lowndes and Monroe Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is northeast of Columbus. The population was 1,015 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Caledonia is located at ....
Columbus
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...

(Principal City)
Crawford
Crawford, Mississippi
Crawford is a town in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 655 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crawford is located at ....
New Hope
New Hope, Mississippi
New Hope is a census-designated place in Lowndes County, Mississippi, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,964.-Geography:New Hope is located at ....
West Point
West Point, Mississippi
West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 12,145 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clay County and the principal city of the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical...

(Principal City)

Unincorporated places

Bent Oak
Bent Oak, Mississippi
Bent Oak is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Bent Oak is located at west of Columbus and east of Billups...
Billups
Billups, Mississippi
Billups is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Billups is located at west of Columbus and just south of Golden Triangle Regional Airport. According to the United States Geological Survey, variant names are Billups Gate and Billups Station. It is the site of...
Cedarbluff
Cedarbluff, Mississippi
Cedarbluff is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. It is located in the south central portion of Clay County along Mississippi Highway 50....
Flint Hill
Forreston
Kolola Springs
Kolola Springs, Mississippi
Kolola Springs is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Kolola Springs is located at near U.S. Route 45, north of Columbus and west of Caledonia...
Mayhew
Mayhew, Mississippi
Mayhew is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Mayhew is located at west of Columbus, north of Artesia, east of Starkville and south of West Point. According to the United States Geological Survey, a variant name is Mayhew Station...
McCrary
McCrary, Mississippi
McCrary is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.McCrary is located at southwest of Columbus and west of New Hope....
Montpelier
Montpelier, Mississippi
Montpelier is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.It includes two listings on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:*Montpelier Historic District *Turnage House...
Penns
Penns, Mississippi
Penns is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Penns is located at south of Artesia on U.S. Route 45. According to the United States Geological Survey, variant names are Penns Station and Penn....
Pheba
Pheba, Mississippi
Pheba is an unincorporated community located in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. Pheba is located at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 50 and Mississippi Highway 389 and is approximately west of Cedarbluff....
Plum Grove
Steens
Steens, Mississippi
Steens is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Steens is located at northeast of Columbus. According to the United States Geological Survey, a variant name is Jamisons Mill....
Trinity
Trinity, Mississippi
Trinity is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Trinity is located at south of Columbus. According to the United States Geological Survey, a variant name is Bryans Store....
Wells
Wells, Mississippi
Wells is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Wells is located at north of Columbus. According to the United States Geological Survey, a variant name is Marx....
Whitebury
Woodlawn
Woodlawn, Mississippi
Woodlawn, is a village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Woodlawn is located at northeast of Columbus on Mississippi Highway 12. According to the United States Geological Survey, a variant name is Woods Lawn....

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 83,565 people, 31,001 households, and 22,290 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 52.88% White, 45.44% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.34% 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 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population.

The median income for a household in the CSA was $29,748, and the median income for a family was $36,855. Males had a median income of $30,915 versus $20,057 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 CSA was $15,513.

Incorporated places

Unincorporated places

Demographics

See also