General info

Part of:
United States of America
Entity:
Mississippi
Capital:
Jackson
Population:
2,898,209 (2005-07-01)
Area:
125,434 sq.km.
ISO code:
us-ms
Region:
Northern America

United States of America  : Mississippi

Administrative units

countiescapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2000-04-01
census		population
2005-07-01
estimate		population
2008-07-01
estimate
source: Bureau of the Census, USA.
note: population figures are from the census of 2000 and the estimates are derived from the this census.
Adams CountyNatchez1,259.3834,34031,74331,307
Alcorn CountyCorinth1,039.4934,55835,02835,673
Amite CountyLiberty1,894.9413,59913,34913,248
Attala CountyKosciusko1,909.0819,66119,30719,671
Benton CountyAshland1,058.408,0267,8558,116
Bolivar CountyRosedale, Cleveland2,345.9140,63337,58237,195
Calhoun CountyPittsboro1,522.8415,06914,51914,508
Carroll CountyCarrollton, Vaiden1,643.4510,76910,25310,367
Chickasaw CountyOkolona, Houston1,306.0519,44019,02618,826
Choctaw CountyAckerman1,087.309,7589,2689,090
Claiborne CountyPort Gibson1,298.5211,83111,27310,848
Clarke CountyQuitman1,795.9217,95517,34017,378
Clay CountyWest Point1,077.4921,97921,10920,860
Coahoma CountyClarksdale1,510.3330,62228,24927,272
Copiah CountyHazlehurst2,018.5828,75728,91429,331
Covington CountyCollins1,074.6919,40720,04120,526
DeSoto CountyHernando1,286.63107,199135,966154,748
Forrest CountyHattiesburg1,217.7372,60475,58579,425
Franklin CountyMeadville1,467.858,4488,1938,316
George CountyLucedale1,252.6019,14420,83822,406
Greene CountyLeakesville1,861.4013,29913,13613,818
Grenada CountyGrenada1,163.8923,26322,72322,995
Hancock CountyBay Saint Louis1,431.0542,96746,08840,140
Harrison CountyGulfport, Biloxi2,528.22189,601195,756178,460
Hinds CountyRaymond, Jackson2,272.33250,800248,920247,650
Holmes CountyLexington1,979.2221,60920,59720,595
Humphreys CountyBelzoni1,116.7011,20610,15510,089
Issaquena CountyMayersville1,143.122,2741,8171,658
Itawamba CountyFulton1,399.6822,77023,01523,175
Jackson CountyPascagoula2,702.13131,420134,243130,694
Jasper CountyBay Springs, Paulding1,754.5618,14917,83118,253
Jefferson CountyFayette1,365.429,7409,0948,872
Jefferson Davis CountyPrentiss1,059.5613,96212,84012,653
Jones CountyEllisville, Laurel1,812.2964,95865,71167,198
Kemper CountyDe Kalb1,986.5210,45310,2049,967
Lafayette CountyOxford1,759.3538,74441,27543,922
Lamar CountyPurvis1,296.2639,07044,15049,121
Lauderdale CountyMeridian1,852.5778,16177,11278,180
Lawrence CountyMonticello1,128.5413,25813,24613,370
Leake CountyCarthage1,516.1520,94022,39822,844
Lee CountyTupelo1,173.6375,75578,20881,139
Leflore CountyGreenwood1,570.4437,94735,30335,185
Lincoln CountyBrookhaven1,523.3533,16633,67134,931
Lowndes CountyColumbus1,337.6061,58659,46759,284
Madison CountyCanton1,921.6974,67484,40791,369
Marion CountyColumbia1,420.8225,59525,07325,830
Marshall CountyHolly Springs1,838.3734,99335,76637,102
Monroe CountyAberdeen1,999.5738,01437,22637,250
Montgomery CountyWinona1,056.3512,18911,60211,266
Neshoba CountyPhiladelphia1,480.5428,68429,71430,530
Newton CountyDecatur1,501.1121,83822,00922,355
Noxubee CountyMacon1,813.1212,54811,95011,828
Oktibbeha CountyStarkville1,196.3242,90242,38543,944
Panola CountySardis, Batesville1,826.2834,27434,95335,660
Pearl River CountyPoplarville2,121.0248,62151,77357,466
Perry CountyNew Augusta1,684.0112,13812,00412,235
Pike CountyMagnolia1,063.9238,94038,65439,961
Pontotoc CountyPontotoc1,297.5626,72628,14229,004
Prentiss CountyBooneville1,083.2425,55625,59025,707
Quitman CountyMarks1,052.8010,1179,2878,724
Rankin CountyBrandon2,087.76115,327131,276140,901
Scott CountyForest1,580.8828,42328,54028,850
Sharkey CountyRolling Fork1,126.336,5805,9155,556
Simpson CountyMendenhall1,529.4727,63927,81328,034
Smith CountyRaleigh1,650.5216,18215,97115,809
Stone CountyWiggins1,160.5013,62214,69516,025
Sunflower CountyIndianola1,831.6934,36931,39330,697
Tallahatchie CountyCharleston, Sumner1,688.8814,90313,82413,027
Tate CountySenatobia1,064.3625,37026,31127,176
Tippah CountyRipley1,191.3220,82621,02121,210
Tishomingo CountyIuka1,151.3519,16318,86718,947
Tunica CountyTunica1,245.219,22710,15910,448
Union CountyNew Albany1,079.6925,36226,60127,212
Walthall CountyTylertown1,047.4915,15614,93915,416
Warren CountyVicksburg1,602.5849,64448,57848,087
Washington CountyGreenville1,971.6562,97757,57455,079
Wayne CountyWaynesboro2,106.9621,21620,88620,755
Webster CountyWalthall1,096.4510,2949,8169,887
Wilkinson CountyWoodville1,781.0310,31210,15510,283
Winston CountyLouisville1,580.1820,16019,62619,575
Yalobusha CountyCoffeeville, Water Valley1,282.0413,05113,49513,645
Yazoo CountyYazoo City2,419.3628,14927,82128,464
total 125,433.622,844,6582,898,2092,938,618