Tchula, Mississippi

Tchula, Mississippi
Town
Location of Tchula, Mississippi
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Holmes
Area
• Total	1.4 sq mi (3.7 km2)
• Land	1.4 sq mi (3.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	112 ft (34 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	2,332
• Density	1,683.6/sq mi (650.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39169
Area code	662
FIPS code	28-72440
GNIS feature ID	0678607

Tchula is a town in Holmes County, Mississippi. The population was 2,332 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), of which 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (2.11%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	90		—
1900	398		—
1910	478		20.1%
1920	550		15.1%
1930	907		64.9%
1940	861		−5.1%
1950	927		7.7%
1960	882		−4.9%
1970	1,729		96.0%
1980	1,931		11.7%
1990	2,186		13.2%
2000	2,332		6.7%
2010	2,096		−10.1%
2015 (est.)	2,006		−4.3%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,332 people, 724 households, and 524 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,683.6 people per square mile (647.8/km²). There were 772 housing units at an average density of 557.4 per square mile (214.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 3.43% White, 95.93% African American, 0.09% Native American, and 0.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 724 households out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.4% were married couples living together, 45.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 3.92.

In the town the population was spread out with 37.9% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 80.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 71.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $11,571, and the median income for a family was $14,773. Males had a median income of $22,250 versus $16,310 for females. The per capita income for the town was $6,373. About 49.4% of families and 54.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 66.6% of those under age 18 and 55.8% of those age 65 or over.

In 2010, Tchula had the fifth-lowest median household income of all places in the United States with a population over 1,000.

Education

The town of Tchula is served by the Holmes County School District. The schools are S.V. Marshall High and Elementary and Milston Middle.

Notable people

• Yvonne Brown (1952–2012) – politician elected in Tchula as the first black Republican female mayor in Mississippi, serving from 2001 to 2009. She was the Republican nominee for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district in 2006.
• Jimmy Dawkins – Blues guitarist and singer who moved to Chicago at 18 or 19.
• Lester Davenport – Blues musician.
• Chris Epps – former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
• Little Smokey Smothers (1939–2010), blues guitarist and singer
• Hartman Turnbow – First black person in Mississippi to register to vote in the 1960s, following disfranchisement in 1890.

External links

• McGreal, Chris (November 15, 2015). "Poorest town in poorest state: segregation is gone but so are the jobs". The Guardian. Retrieved November 16, 2015.