Mississippi There are 82 Counties in Mississippi
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County NACo 2000 Square County Seat Founded
Adams County 34,340
460
Natchez
1799
Alcorn County 34,558
400
Corinth
1870
Amite County
13,599
730
Liberty
1809
Attala County 19,661
735
Kosciusko
1833
Benton County
8,026
407
Ashland
1870
Bolivar County 40,633
876
Cleveland
1836
Calhoun County 15,069
587
Pittsboro
1852
Carroll County 10,769
628
Carrollton
1833
Chickasaw County
19,440
502
Houston
1836
Choctaw County
9,758
419
Ackerman
1833
Claiborne County 11,831
487
Port Gibson
1802
Clarke County 17,955
691
Quitman
1812
Clay County
21,979
409
West Point
1872
Coahoma County 30,622
554
Clarksdale
1836
Copiah County
28,757
777
Hazlehurst
1823
Covington County 19,407
414
Collins
1819
DeSoto County 107,199
478
Hernando
1836
Forrest County 72,604
467
Hattiesburg
1906
Franklin County
8,448
565
Meadville
1809
George County 19,144
478
Lucedale
1811
Greene County 13,299
713
Leakesville
1811
Grenada County 23,263
422
Grenada
1870
Hancock County 42,967
477
Bay Saint Louis
1812
Harrison County 189,601
581
Gulfport
1841
Hinds County 250,800
869
Jackson
1821
Holmes County
21,609
756
Lexington
1833
Humphreys County 11,206
418
Belzoni
1918
Issaquena County
2,274
413
Mayersville
1844
Itawamba County
22,770
532
Fulton
1836
Jackson County 131,420
727
Pascagoula
1812
Jasper County 18,149
676
Bay Springs
1833
Jefferson County 9,740
519
Fayette
1799
Jefferson Davis County 13,962
408
Prentiss
1906
Jones County 64,958
694
Laurel
1826
Kemper County 10,453
766
De Kalb
1833
Lafayette County 38,744
631
Oxford
1836
Lamar County 39,070
497
Purvis
1904
Lauderdale County 78,161
704
Meridian
1833
Lawrence County
13,258
431
Monticello
1814
Leake County
20,940
583
Carthage
1833
Lee County 75,755
450
Tupelo
1866
Leflore County 37,947
592
Greenwood
1871
Lincoln County
33,166
586
Brookhaven
1870
Lowndes County 61,586
502
Columbus
1830
Madison County 74,674
719
Canton
1828
Marion County 25,595
542
Columbia
1811
Marshall County
34,993
706
Holly Springs
1836
Monroe County 38,014
764
Aberdeen
1821
Montgomery County 12,189
407
Winona
1871
Neshoba County 28,684
570
Philadelphia
1833
Newton County 21,838
578
Decatur
1836
Noxubee County 12,548
695
Macon
1833
Oktibbeha County 42,902
458
Starkville
1833
Panola County 34,274
684
Batesville
1836
Pearl River County 48,621
812
Poplarville
1890
Perry County 12,138
647
New Augusta
1820
Pike County 38,940
409
Magnolia
1815
Pontotoc County
26,726
497
Pontotoc
1836
Prentiss County
25,556
415
Booneville
1870
Quitman County
10,117
405
Marks
1877
Rankin County 115,327
775
Brandon
1828
Scott County 28,423
609
Forest
1833
Sharkey County 6,580
428
Rolling Fork
1876
Simpson County
27,639
589
Mendenhall
1824
Smith County 16,182
636
Raleigh
1833
Stone County 13,622
445
Wiggins
1916
Sunflower County 34,369
694
Indianola
1844
Tallahatchie County 14,903
644
Charleston
1833
Tate County 25,370
404
Senatobia
1873
Tippah County
20,826
458
Ripley
1836
Tishomingo County 19,163
424
Iuka
1836
Tunica County 9,227
455
Tunica
1836
Union County 25,362
416
New Albany
1870
Walthall County 15,156
404
Tylertown
1910
Warren County 49,644
587
Vicksburg
1809
Washington County 62,977
724
Greenville
1827
Wayne County 21,216
810
Waynesboro
1809
Webster County 10,294
423
Walthall
1874
Wilkinson County 10,312
677
Woodville
1802
Winston County 20,160
607
Louisville
1833
Yalobusha County 13,051
467
Water Valley
1833
Yazoo County 28,149
920
Yazoo City
1823
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