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Map Adams County: 001: Natchez: AD: 1799: One of two original counties in the Mississippi Territory formed by Governor Winthrop Sargent [15] John Adams (1735–1826), Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President: 28,746: 487.9 sq mi (1,264 km 2) Alcorn County: 003: Corinth: AL: 1870: Formed from Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties
Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted. Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, Mississippi is the 32nd-most populous state, with 2,949,965 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area, spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km 2) of land. [1]
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
Mississippi Delta – green line marks boundary. The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi (and portions of Arkansas and Louisiana) that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast consists of many cities that lie directly on the Mississippi Sound. The U. S. Census Bureau divided the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2003, which previously consisted of the three coastal counties (Hancock; Harrison; Jackson), into two MSAs that included two additional counties (George; Stone).
The State of Mississippi has a total of four metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that are fully or partially located in the state. 17 of the state's 82 counties are classified by the United States Census Bureau as metropolitan. As of the 2000 census, these counties had a combined population of 1,194,522 (42.0% of the state's total population ...
1 Mississippi counties ranked by per capita income. ... Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $20,670 (2012). [1]
Quitman County in northern Mississippi ranked last out of 82 counties for the state's wealthiest areas, according to SmartAsset's findings. The median income was $31,192 and the median investment ...