Robinhood, Mississippi

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|subdivision_name1 = Mississippi

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|subdivision_name2 = Rankin

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|area_total_km2 = 13.64

|area_land_km2 = 13.16

|area_water_km2 = 0.48

|area_total_sq_mi = 5.27

|area_land_sq_mi = 5.08

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.19

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 1491

|population_density_km2 = 113.33

|population_density_sq_mi = 293.50

|timezone = Central (CST)

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|area_code = 601 & 769

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Robinhood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,491.{{Cite web|title=Robinhood CDP, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2862900|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}

History

The community is centered around Robinhood Lake, one of five lakes in the community. The lakes were formed by dams that were constructed in the early 1960s by damming up tributaries of Tumbaloo Creek.{{cite book |title=Pearl River Basin, Robin Hood Lake No. 4, Rankin County, Mississippi Phase 1 Inspection Report, National Dam Safety Program |date=1978 |publisher=United States Army Corps of Engineers |location=Vicksburg, Mississippi |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYm7L1s3rvcC}} In 2011, Tropical Storm Lee damaged one of the earthen dams in Robinhood.{{cite news |title=Problems at Robinhood Lake |url=https://www.wlbt.com/story/15891425/problems-at-robinhood-lake/ |access-date=25 March 2025 |work=WLBT |date=October 27, 2011}}

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of {{convert|5.266|mi2}}; {{convert|5.080|mi2}} of its area is land, and {{convert|0.186|mi2}} is water.{{cite web|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Mississippi|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2010_place_list_28.txt|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=January 29, 2017}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2010= 1605

|2020= 1491

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|+Robinhood CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Robinhood CDP, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2862900&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Robinhood CDP, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2862900&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2010

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|1,474

|1,291

|91.84%

|86.59%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|31

|43

|1.93%

|2.88%