Mississippi

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:	54.85
People per square mile, 2000:	60.64

Year	Population		Year	Population		Year	Population
1790	0		1880	1,131,597		1970	2,216,994
1800	7,600		1890	1,289,600		1980	2,520,770
1810	31,306		1900	1,551,270		1990	2,573,216
1820	75,448		1910	1,797,114		2000	2,844,658
1830	136,621		1920	1,790,618		2010	2,971,412
1840	375,651		1930	2,009,821		2020	3,044,812
1850	606,526		1940	2,183,796		2030	3,092,410
1860	791,305		1950	2,178,914
1870	827,922		1960	2,178,141

Population By County

	Census 2000 Population	Change	Percent Change
MISSISSIPPI	2,844,658	271,442	10.5
Adams County	34,340	-1,016	-2.9
Alcorn County	34,558	2,836	8.9
Amite County	13,599	271	2.0
Attala County	19,661	1,180	6.4
Benton County	8,026	-20	-0.2
Bolivar County	40,633	-1,242	-3.0
Calhoun County	15,069	161	1.1
Carroll County	10,769	1,532	16.6
Chickasaw County	19,440	1,355	7.5
Choctaw County	9,758	687	7.6
Claiborne County	11,831	461	4.1
Clarke County	17,955	642	3.7
Clay County	21,979	859	4.1
Coahoma County	30,622	-1,043	-3.3
Copiah County	28,757	1,165	4.2
Covington County	19,407	2,880	17.4
DeSoto County	107,199	39,289	57.9
Forrest County	72,604	4,290	6.3
Franklin County	8,448	71	0.8
George County	19,144	2,471	14.8
Greene County	13,299	3,079	30.1
Grenada County	23,263	1,708	7.9
Hancock County	42,967	11,207	35.3
Harrison County	189,601	24,236	14.7
Hinds County	250,800	-3,641	-1.4
Holmes County	21,609	5	0.0
Humphreys County	11,206	-928	-7.6
Issaquena County	2,274	365	19.1
Itawamba County	22,770	2,753	13.8
Jackson County	131,420	16,177	14.0
Jasper County	18,149	1,035	6.0
Jefferson County	9,740	1,087	12.6
Jefferson Davis County	13,962	-89	-0.6
Jones County	64,958	2,927	4.7
Kemper County	10,453	97	0.9
Lafayette County	38,744	6,918	21.7
Lamar County	39,070	8,646	28.4
Lauderdale County	78,161	2,606	3.4
Lawrence County	13,258	800	6.4
Leake County	20,940	2,504	13.6
Lee County	75,755	10,174	15.5
Leflore County	37,947	606	1.6
Lincoln County	33,166	2,888	9.5
Lowndes County	61,586	2,278	3.8
Madison County	74,674	20,880	38.8
Marion County	25,595	51	0.2
Marshall County	34,993	4,632	15.3
Monroe County	38,014	1,432	3.9
Montgomery County	12,189	-199	-1.6
Neshoba County	28,684	3,884	15.7
Newton County	21,838	1,547	7.6
Noxubee County	12,548	-56	-0.4
Oktibbeha County	42,902	4,527	11.8
Panola County	34,274	4,278	14.3
Pearl River County	48,621	9,907	25.6
Perry County	12,138	1,273	11.7
Pike County	38,940	2,058	5.6
Pontotoc County	26,726	4,489	20.2
Prentiss County	25,556	2,278	9.8
Quitman County	10,117	-373	-3.6
Rankin County	115,327	28,166	32.3
Scott County	28,423	4,286	17.8
Sharkey County	6,580	-486	-6.9
Simpson County	27,639	3,686	15.4
Smith County	16,182	1,384	9.4
Stone County	13,622	2,872	26.7
Sunflower County	34,369	1,502	4.6
Tallahatchie County	14,903	-307	-2.0
Tate County	25,370	3,938	18.4
Tippah County	20,826	1,303	6.7
Tishomingo County	19,163	1,480	8.4
Tunica County	9,227	1,063	13.0
Union County	25,362	3,277	14.8
Walthall County	15,156	804	5.6
Warren County	49,644	1,764	3.7
Washington County	62,977	-4,958	-7.3
Wayne County	21,216	1,699	8.7
Webster County	10,294	72	0.7
Wilkinson County	10,312	634	6.6
Winston County	20,160	727	3.7
Yalobusha County	13,051	1,018	8.5
Yazoo County	28,149	2,643	10.4

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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