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Humphreys County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,785. [1] Its county seat is Belzoni. [2] The county is named for Benjamin G. Humphreys. Humphreys County is Mississippi's newest county, having been formed in 1918. Humphreys County is located in the Mississippi Delta region.
According to 2023 U.S. Census Data, the average population of Mississippi's 82 counties is 35,850, with Hinds County as the most populous (214,870) and Issaquena County the least (1,256). Six counties have populations over 100,000 while 16 have populations under 10,000. [7]
Belzoni (/ b ɛ l ˈ z oʊ n ə / bel-ZOHN-ə) is a city in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta region, on the Yazoo River. The population was 2,235 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Humphreys County. [3] It was named for the 19th-century Italian archaeologist/explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni. [4]
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.
Silver City is located in central Humphreys County at (33.095335, -90.495814), [7] in the Mississippi Delta region It is bordered to the east by the Yazoo River. U.S. Route 49W passes through the town, leading north 7 miles (11 km) to Belzoni, the county seat, and south 20 miles (32 km) to Yazoo City.
Louise is located in southern Humphreys County along Silver Creek in the Mississippi Delta region. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Louise has a total area of 0.18 square miles (0.46 km 2 ), all land.
Isola is a town in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, on the banks of Lake Dawson. The population was 713 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] down from 768 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from "isolation", due to the town's remote location when it was founded.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.