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The first two counties, Adams County and Pickering County (renamed Jefferson County later), were established in 1799 in the Mississippi Territory. [1] 14 counties, all in the southwest, were created before the Mississippi Territory became a state in 1817. [1] The last county created was Humphreys County in 1918. [2]
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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] Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 300 municipalities, consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
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.
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 five 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 ...
DeSoto County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Mississippi, and there's no sign of that changing anytime soon. Population estimates released annually by the United States Census Bureau ...
On Monday, USDA announced it is designating 82 counties in Mississippi, including Hinds County, as disaster areas relating to the drought from last year, which will now allow commercial producers ...