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The shifting river delta at the mouth of the Mississippi on the Gulf Coast lies some 300 miles south of this area in Louisiana, and is referred to as the Mississippi River Delta. Rather, the Mississippi Delta is part of an alluvial plain , created by regular flooding of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers over thousands of years.
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]
Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,208. [2] Its county seats are Sardis and Batesville. [3] The county is located just east of the Mississippi Delta in the northern part of the state.
In its "12 Cutest Small Towns in the Southern United States" list, travel site World Atlas included two quaint Mississippi cities.
In the State of Mississippi, Bolivar County was the only county that had six school districts. [21] Consolidation was urged to save money and facilitate cooperation. In 2012 the Mississippi Senate Education Committee passed a bill asking the State of Mississippi to consolidate the six school districts in Bolivar County to three or two. [20]
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]
Scientists can predict certain events, such as the next total eclipse of the sun over Mississippi in 2045, with great reliability. However, the Aurora Borealis is a different animal.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,176, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Marks. [2] The county is named after John A. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 and from 1850 to 1851. Quitman County is located in the Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi.