Mississippi Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Adams	Natchez	460	1,192	77	30	34,340	35,356
Alcorn	Corinth	400	1,036	79	31	34,558	31,722
Amite	Liberty	730	1,890	18	7	13,599	13,328
Attala	Kosciusko	735	1,904	25	10	19,661	18,481
Benton	Ashland	407	1,054	20	8	8,026	8,046
Bolivar	Rosedale & Cleveland	876	2,270	48	18	40,633	41,875
Calhoun	Pittsboro	587	1,519	25	10	15,069	14,908
Carroll	Vaiden & Carrollton	628	1,626	15	6	10,769	9,237
Chickasaw	Houston & Okolona	502	1,299	36	14	19,440	18,085
Choctaw	Ackerman	419	1,086	22	8	9,758	9,071
Claiborne	Port Gibson	487	1,261	23	9	11,831	11,370
Clarke	Quitman	691	1,791	25	10	17,955	17,313
Clay	West Point	409	1,058	52	20	21,979	21,120
Coahoma	Clarksdale	554	1,435	57	22	30,622	31,665
Copiah	Hazlehurst	777	2,012	36	14	28,757	27,592
Covington	Collins	414	1,072	40	15	19,407	16,527
De Soto	Hernando	478	1,239	142	55	107,199	67,910
Forrest	Hattiesburg	467	1,209	146	57	72,604	68,314
Franklin	Meadville	565	1,462	15	6	8,448	8,377
George	Lucedale	478	1,239	35	14	19,144	16,673
Greene	Leakesville	713	1,847	14	6	13,299	10,220
Grenada	Grenada	422	1,093	51	20	23,263	21,555
Hancock	Bay St. Louis	477	1,235	67	26	42,967	31,760
Harrison	Biloxi & Gulfport	581	1,505	285	110	189,601	165,365
Hinds	Jackson & Raymond	869	2,251	293	113	250,800	254,441
Holmes	Lexington	756	1,958	29	11	21,609	21,604
Humphreys	Belzoni	418	1,083	29	11	11,206	12,134
Issaquena	Mayersville	413	1,070	5	2	2,274	1,909
Itawamba	Fulton	532	1,379	38	15	22,770	20,017
Jackson	Pascagoula	727	1,882	159	61	131,420	115,243
Jasper	Bay Springs & Paulding	676	1,751	25	10	18,149	17,114
Jefferson	Fayette	519	1,345	17	6	9,740	8,653
Jefferson Davis	Prentiss	408	1,058	34	13	13,962	14,051
Jones	Laurel & Ellisville	694	1,797	89	35	64,958	62,031
Kemper	De Kalb	766	1,984	14	5	10,453	10,356
Lafayette	Oxford	631	1,635	50	20	38,744	31,826
Lamar	Purvis	497	1,288	61	24	39,070	30,424
Lauderdale	Meridian	704	1,822	107	42	78,161	75,555
Lawrence	Monticello	431	1,115	29	11	13,258	12,458
Leake	Carthage	583	1,509	32	12	20,940	18,436
Lee	Tupelo	450	1,165	146	56	75,755	65,581
Leflore	Greenwood	592	1,533	63	24	37,947	37,341
Lincoln	Brookhaven	586	1,517	52	20	33,166	30,278
Lowndes	Columbus	502	1,301	118	46	61,586	59,308
Madison	Canton	719	1,863	75	29	74,674	53,794
Marion	Columbia	542	1,405	47	18	25,595	25,544
Marshall	Holly Springs	706	1,830	43	17	34,993	30,361
Monroe	Aberdeen	764	1,979	48	19	38,014	36,582
Montgomery	Winona	407	1,054	30	12	12,189	12,388
Neshoba	Philadelphia	570	1,476	44	17	28,684	24,800
Newton	Decatur	578	1,497	35	14	21,838	20,291
Noxubee	Macon	695	1,800	18	7	12,548	12,604
Oktibbeha	Starkville	458	1,186	84	32	42,902	38,375
Panola	Sardis & Batesville	684	1,772	44	17	34,274	29,996
Pearl River	Poplarville	812	2,102	48	18	48,621	38,714
Perry	New Augusta	647	1,676	17	7	12,138	10,865
Pike	Magnolia	409	1,059	90	35	38,940	36,882
Pontotoc	Pontotoc	497	1,288	45	17	26,726	22,237
Prentiss	Booneville	415	1,075	56	22	25,556	23,278
Quitman	Marks	405	1,049	26	10	10,117	10,490
Rankin	Brandon	775	2,006	113	43	115,327	87,161
Scott	Forest	609	1,578	40	15	28,423	24,137
Sharkey	Rolling Fork	428	1,108	17	6	6,580	7,066
Simpson	Mendenhall	589	1,525	41	16	27,639	23,953
Smith	Raleigh	636	1,647	23	9	16,182	14,798
Stone	Wiggins	445	1,154	24	9	13,622	10,750
Sunflower	Indianola	694	1,797	47	18	34,369	32,867
Tallahatchie	Charleston & Sumner	644	1,668	24	9	14,903	15,210
Tate	Senatobia	405	1,048	53	21	25,370	21,432
Tippah	Ripley	458	1,186	43	17	20,826	19,523
Tishomingo	Iuka	424	1,099	42	16	19,163	17,683
Tunica	Tunica	455	1,178	18	7	9,227	8,164
Union	New Albany	416	1,076	53	21	25,362	22,085
Walthall	Tylertown	404	1,046	36	14	15,156	14,352
Warren	Vicksburg	587	1,520	82	32	49,644	47,880
Washington	Greenville	724	1,875	94	36	62,977	67,935
Wayne	Waynesboro	810	2,099	24	9	21,216	19,517
Webster	Walthall	423	1,095	24	9	10,294	10,222
Wilkinson	Woodville	677	1,753	14	6	10,312	9,678
Winston	Louisville	607	1,572	32	12	20,160	19,433
Yalobusha	Water Valley & Coffeeville	467	1,210	26	10	13,051	12,033
Yazoo	Yazoo City	920	2,382	28	11	28,149	25,506

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Adams	49	15,809	18,117	85	4	72	204	273
Alcorn	33	30,193	3,827	73	22	203	207	443
Amite	17	7,673	5,800	11	2	29	67	113
Attala	34	11,470	7,864	53	0	127	113	280
Benton	47	4,954	2,950	4	1	23	47	84
Bolivar	40	13,507	26,458	200	6	196	226	477
Calhoun	20	10,460	4,318	9	5	168	89	318
Carroll	7	6,749	3,942	17	1	14	39	79
Chickasaw	37	11,060	8,020	34	8	192	89	445
Choctaw	30	6,638	2,994	13	1	41	41	79
Claiborne	6	1,796	9,951	17	0	12	49	94
Clarke	20	11,580	6,251	19	1	31	53	120
Clay	12	9,411	12,380	35	2	46	93	190
Coahoma	27	8,965	21,192	144	5	104	185	276
Copiah	21	13,747	14,653	45	3	133	155	332
Covington	26	12,307	6,910	23	3	30	108	155
De Soto	297	91,950	12,216	667	41	1	817	2,516
Forrest	140	46,717	24,360	536	13	292	546	912
Franklin	19	5,305	3,064	6	0	4	50	45
George	45	17,110	1,688	30	0	161	110	307
Greene	31	9,681	3,482	9	4	41	51	106
Grenada	33	13,474	9,522	80	4	30	120	145
Hancock	257	38,752	2,934	377	16	143	488	775
Harrison	861	138,692	39,984	4,934	163	1	3,270	4,910
Hinds	307	93,584	153,297	1,507	29	491	1,585	1,978
Holmes	26	4,424	16,997	33	0	16	113	194
Humphreys	11	3,045	8,013	30	0	72	35	168
Issaquena	2	826	1,427	0	0	5	14	10
Itawamba	33	21,055	1,473	42	0	72	95	226
Jackson	440	99,026	27,432	2,059	52	941	1,470	2,807
Jasper	12	8,433	9,597	12	5	15	75	117
Jefferson	8	1,272	8,424	10	1	2	23	64
Jefferson Davis	19	5,816	8,011	25	1	11	79	107
Jones	252	46,192	17,107	174	6	913	314	1,271
Kemper	215	4,080	6,076	8	3	11	60	76
Lafayette	61	27,838	9,705	648	5	162	325	427
Lamar	65	33,342	5,040	254	4	116	249	426
Lauderdale	137	47,013	29,838	393	22	269	489	888
Lawrence	22	8,875	4,252	36	3	12	58	89
Leake	955	11,755	7,835	31	7	238	119	440
Lee	96	55,800	18,566	397	8	324	564	882
Leflore	43	11,384	25,701	245	15	370	189	720
Lincoln	57	23,010	9,839	81	3	54	122	229
Lowndes	102	34,775	25,594	333	17	239	526	684
Madison	83	45,021	27,987	973	16	200	394	742
Marion	58	17,138	8,156	55	2	28	158	158
Marshall	58	16,925	17,622	39	5	128	216	425
Monroe	37	25,991	11,698	66	4	41	177	261
Montgomery	10	6,613	5,479	31	3	8	45	103
Neshoba	3,959	18,788	5,546	55	6	97	233	332
Newton	803	14,197	6,632	39	0	72	95	198
Noxubee	19	3,700	8,696	14	0	46	73	141
Oktibbeha	70	25,167	16,059	1,086	12	202	306	461
Panola	56	17,302	16,575	63	4	140	134	384
Pearl River	242	41,596	5,924	131	13	166	549	686
Perry	40	9,245	2,742	14	6	34	57	122
Pike	74	19,955	18,507	127	4	77	196	284
Pontotoc	72	22,557	3,735	26	2	190	144	481
Prentiss	47	21,940	3,308	40	0	43	178	176
Quitman	13	3,083	6,942	17	1	8	53	55
Rankin	189	93,450	19,743	763	24	469	689	1,520
Scott	88	16,258	11,052	50	6	715	254	1,660
Sharkey	12	1,932	4,561	18	0	18	39	86
Simpson	32	17,796	9,484	40	3	129	155	318
Smith	17	12,316	3,739	16	6	31	57	96
Stone	39	10,818	2,613	22	4	31	95	170
Sunflower	32	9,927	24,010	137	0	166	97	448
Tallahatchie	13	5,904	8,857	54	0	7	68	137
Tate	50	17,211	7,870	25	10	63	141	223
Tippah	42	17,046	3,316	22	3	269	128	434
Tishomingo	41	18,192	596	15	2	203	114	343
Tunica	10	2,541	6,473	39	6	89	69	233
Union	33	21,156	3,791	51	4	170	157	413
Walthall	18	8,277	6,682	37	2	40	100	201
Warren	112	27,288	21,439	307	8	164	326	514
Washington	57	21,393	40,667	332	10	156	362	531
Wayne	15	13,004	8,065	32	2	28	70	134
Webster	11	7,983	2,155	18	1	86	40	174
Wilkinson	10	3,219	7,034	3	0	7	39	45
Winston	134	11,141	8,719	17	0	56	93	243
Yalobusha	28	7,891	5,045	11	11	12	53	127
Yazoo	56	12,593	15,189	102	1	62	146	1,233

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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