Cary, Mississippi

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• Slain soldier's mother copes with grief during holidays
  

  The holidays can be a stressful time for families who have lost loved ones. A Sharkey county mother, whose son died in the war, is coping by caring for others in her small town.

• USM planning conference on infant mortality
  

  The Southern Mississippi Area Health Education Center will host the 'Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Conference: Reducing the Burden of Infant Mortality in Mississippi' on Friday to bring together health-care ...

• 8 indicted for 9 crimes in Sharkey County
  

  A Sharkey County grand jury returned nine indictments during its September session and, for the first time in recent years, none was drug-related. Assistant District Attorney Angela Carpenter, who has been in ...

• Parents of popular musician killed
  

  The parents of popular Cajun musician Bruce Daigrepont were killed in an automobile accident as they evacuated before Hurricane Gustav, Bill Taylor, the director of Tipitina's and the Tipitiana Foundation, ...

• Courtney-Klaus
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Courtney of Hattiesburg, MS, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Carly Anne Courtney, to Mr.

City Description

Cary is a town in Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 427 at the 2000 census. Cary is located at 32°48′26″N 90°55′32″W / 32.80722, -90.92556 (32.807097, -90.925570). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 427 people, 146 households, and 107 families residing in the town. The population density was 584.4 people per square mile (225.8/km²). There were 165 housing units at an average density of 225.8/sq mi (87.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 64.40% African American, 34.66% White, 0.70% Asian, and 0.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.64% of the population. There were 146 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.50. In the town the population was

City Contained By:

• Sharkey County
• Mississippi

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 1.81299167724 km squared

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