USA - Mississippi

Census Results

1960-04-01 2,178,141
1970-04-01 2,216,912
1980-04-01 2,520,638
1990-04-01 2,573,216
2000-04-01 2,844,658
2010-04-01 2,967,297

General Information

Official name Mississippi
Official name [native] Mississippi
Capital Jackson
Capital [native] Jackson
ISO code US-MS
Statistical agency Bureau of the Census, USA

Administrative units

codecountiescapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2000-04-01
census		population
2010-04-01
census		population
2011-07-01
estimate
28001Adams CountyNatchez1,259.3834,34032,29732,067
28003Alcorn CountyCorinth1,039.4934,55837,05737,052
28005Amite CountyLiberty1,894.9413,59913,13113,064
28007Attala CountyKosciusko1,909.0819,66119,56419,466
28009Benton CountyAshland1,058.408,0268,7298,732
28011Bolivar CountyRosedale, Cleveland2,345.9140,63334,14533,771
28013Calhoun CountyPittsboro1,522.8415,06914,96214,917
28015Carroll CountyCarrollton, Vaiden1,643.4510,76910,59710,373
28017Chickasaw CountyOkolona, Houston1,306.0519,44017,39217,124
28019Choctaw CountyAckerman1,087.309,7588,5478,412
28021Claiborne CountyPort Gibson1,298.5211,8319,6049,585
28023Clarke CountyQuitman1,795.9217,95516,73216,743
28025Clay CountyWest Point1,077.4921,97920,63420,456
28027Coahoma CountyClarksdale1,510.3330,62226,15125,913
28029Copiah CountyHazlehurst2,018.5828,75729,44929,247
28031Covington CountyCollins1,074.6919,40719,56819,629
28033DeSoto CountyHernando1,286.63107,199161,252164,053
28035Forrest CountyHattiesburg1,217.7372,60474,93475,842
28037Franklin CountyMeadville1,467.858,4488,1188,017
28039George CountyLucedale1,252.6019,14422,57822,889
28041Greene CountyLeakesville1,861.4013,29914,40014,338
28043Grenada CountyGrenada1,163.8923,26321,90621,706
28045Hancock CountyBay Saint Louis1,431.0542,96743,92944,649
28047Harrison CountyGulfport, Biloxi2,528.22189,601187,105191,040
28049Hinds CountyRaymond, Jackson2,272.33250,800245,285248,184
28051Holmes CountyLexington1,979.2221,60919,19818,818
28053Humphreys CountyBelzoni1,116.7011,2069,3759,312
28055Issaquena CountyMayersville1,143.122,2741,4061,392
28057Itawamba CountyFulton1,399.6822,77023,40123,332
28059Jackson CountyPascagoula2,702.13131,420139,668139,901
28061Jasper CountyBay Springs, Paulding1,754.5618,14917,06216,777
28063Jefferson CountyFayette1,365.429,7407,7267,605
28065Jefferson Davis CountyPrentiss1,059.5613,96212,48712,118
28067Jones CountyEllisville, Laurel1,812.2964,95867,76168,075
28069Kemper CountyDe Kalb1,986.5210,45310,45610,146
28071Lafayette CountyOxford1,759.3538,74447,35148,472
28073Lamar CountyPurvis1,296.2639,07055,65857,422
28075Lauderdale CountyMeridian1,852.5778,16180,26180,475
28077Lawrence CountyMonticello1,128.5413,25812,92912,687
28079Leake CountyCarthage1,516.1520,94023,80523,572
28081Lee CountyTupelo1,173.6375,75582,91084,156
28083Leflore CountyGreenwood1,570.4437,94732,31731,861
28085Lincoln CountyBrookhaven1,523.3533,16634,86934,889
28087Lowndes CountyColumbus1,337.6061,58659,77959,671
28089Madison CountyCanton1,921.6974,67495,20396,941
28091Marion CountyColumbia1,420.8225,59527,08826,809
28093Marshall CountyHolly Springs1,838.3734,99337,14436,786
28095Monroe CountyAberdeen1,999.5738,01436,98936,626
28097Montgomery CountyWinona1,056.3512,18910,92510,872
28099Neshoba CountyPhiladelphia1,480.5428,68429,67629,818
28101Newton CountyDecatur1,501.1121,83821,72021,499
28103Noxubee CountyMacon1,813.1212,54811,54511,351
28105Oktibbeha CountyStarkville1,196.3242,90247,67147,741
28107Panola CountySardis, Batesville1,826.2834,27434,70734,602
28109Pearl River CountyPoplarville2,121.0248,62155,83455,718
28111Perry CountyNew Augusta1,684.0112,13812,25012,164
28113Pike CountyMagnolia1,063.9238,94040,40440,406
28115Pontotoc CountyPontotoc1,297.5626,72629,95729,900
28117Prentiss CountyBooneville1,083.2425,55625,27625,330
28119Quitman CountyMarks1,052.8010,1178,2238,134
28121Rankin CountyBrandon2,087.76115,327141,617143,702
28123Scott CountyForest1,580.8828,42328,26428,388
28125Sharkey CountyRolling Fork1,126.336,5804,9164,892
28127Simpson CountyMendenhall1,529.4727,63927,50327,320
28129Smith CountyRaleigh1,650.5216,18216,49116,442
28131Stone CountyWiggins1,160.5013,62217,78617,822
28133Sunflower CountyIndianola1,831.6934,36929,45029,296
28135Tallahatchie CountyCharleston, Sumner1,688.8814,90315,37815,318
28137Tate CountySenatobia1,064.3625,37028,88628,719
28139Tippah CountyRipley1,191.3220,82622,23222,143
28141Tishomingo CountyIuka1,151.3519,16319,59319,603
28143Tunica CountyTunica1,245.219,22710,77810,628
28145Union CountyNew Albany1,079.6925,36227,13427,340
28147Walthall CountyTylertown1,047.4915,15615,44315,406
28149Warren CountyVicksburg1,602.5849,64448,77348,346
28151Washington CountyGreenville1,971.6562,97751,13750,406
28153Wayne CountyWaynesboro2,106.9621,21620,74720,589
28155Webster CountyWalthall1,096.4510,29410,25310,319
28157Wilkinson CountyWoodville1,781.0310,3129,8789,679
28159Winston CountyLouisville1,580.1820,16019,19819,069
28161Yalobusha CountyCoffeeville, Water Valley1,282.0413,05112,67812,552
28163Yazoo CountyYazoo City2,419.3628,14928,06527,886
 total 125,433.622,844,6582,967,2972,978,512
source: Bureau of the Census, USA.

Main cities

namepopulation
1990-04-01
census		population
2000-04-01
census		population
2010-04-01
census		population
2011-07-01
estimate
Jackson196,637184,256173,514175,561
Gulfport....67,79369,220
Southaven....48,982..
Hattiesburg....45,989..
Biloxi....44,054..
Meridian....41,148..
Tupelo....34,546..
Greenville....34,400..
Olive Branch....33,484..
Horn Lake....26,066..
source: Bureau of the Census, USA.