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Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 300 municipalities, consisting of cities, towns, and villages. [2] [3] Mississippi's municipalities cover 4.3% of the state's land mass and are home to 50.5% of its population. [1] Municipalities in Mississippi are classified according to population size.
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 located in the Southern United States that is divided into 82 counties and contains 63 census-designated places (CDPs) [1] in 2018. All population data is based on the 2010 census.
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.
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city. [4]
Mississippi population density map. Mississippi's population has remained from 2 million people at the 1930 U.S. census, to 2.9 million at the 2020 census. [75] In contrast with Alabama to its east, and Louisiana to its west, Mississippi has been the slowest growing of the three Gulf coast states by population. [76]
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 ...
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 ...