List of counties in Mississippi

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The US -American state of Mississippi 's 82 counties divided.

The official abbreviation for the State of Mississippi is MS and the FIPS code is 28 .

The FIPS code of each individual county always starts with 28 , followed by a three-digit number for each county.

The population is based on the results of the official 2010 census .

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Adams 001 Natchez 1799 One of two original Mississippi counties John Adams (1735–1826) - second President of the United States (1789–1797) 32,297 1,192 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Adams County.svg
Alcorn 003 Corinth 1870 Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties James L. Alcorn (1816–1894) - Mississippi Governor (1870–1871) 37,057 1,036 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Alcorn County.svg
Amite 005 Liberty 1809 Wilkinson County Amite River 13.131 1,890 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Amite County.svg
Attala 007 Kosciusko 1833 Madison County Fictional Indian hero in a novella by François-René de Chateaubriand at the beginning of the 19th century 19,564 1,904 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Attala County.svg
Benton 009 Ashland 1870 Marshall and Tippah Counties Thomas Hart Benton (politician) (1782-1858) - US Senator from Missouri (1821-1851) 8,729 1,054 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Benton County.svg
Bolivar 011 Cleveland 1836 Tallahatchie and Washington County Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) - independence fighter and national hero of many South American countries 34,145 2,270 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Bolivar County.svg
Calhoun 013 Pittsboro 1852 Chickasaw, Lafayette, and Yalobusha Counties John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) - US Senator from South Carolina (1832–1843, 1845–1850), Secretary of War (1817–1825), Secretary of State (1844–1845) and Vice President of the United States (1825–1832) 14,962 1,519 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Calhoun County.svg
Carroll 015 Carrollton 1833 Lowndes, Monroe, Washington, and Yazoo Counties Charles Carroll (1737–1832) - one of the founding fathers and only Catholic co-signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence 10,597 1,626 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Carroll County.svg
Chickasaw 017 Houston , Okolona 1836 Monroe County and Indian Land Chickasaw - Indian tribe that used to inhabit the area 17,392 1,299 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Chickasaw County.svg
Choctaw 019 Ackerman 1833 Lowndes, Madison, Monroe, and Yazoo Counties Choctaw - Indian tribe that used to inhabit the area 8,547 1,085 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Choctaw County.svg
Claiborne 021 Port Gibson 1802 Jefferson County William CC Claiborne (1775-1817) - Governor of Louisiana (1812-1816) 9,604 1,261 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Claiborne County.svg
Clarke 023 Quitman 1833 Wayne County Joshua G. Clarke - Mississippi Supreme Court Justice 16,732 1,790 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Clarke County.svg
Clay 025 West Point 1871 Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe, and Oktibbeha Counties Henry Clay (1777–1852) - longtime US Senator from Kentucky , US Secretary of State (1825–1829) 20,634 1,058 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Clay County.svg
Coahoma 027 Clarksdale 1836 Indian country Indian word for puma 26,151 1,435 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Coahoma County.svg
Copiah 029 Hazlehurst 1823 Franklin and Hinds County Indian word for screaming panther 29,449 2,011 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Copiah County.svg
Covington 031 Collins 1819 Lawrence and Wayne Counties Leonard Covington (1768–1813) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1805–1807) 19,568 1,072 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Covington County.svg
DeSoto 033 Hernando 1836 Monroe and Washington Counties Hernando de Soto (1496 or 1500–1542) - Spanish navigator and conquistador , led the first white expedition to the Mississippi 161,252 1,238 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting DeSoto County.svg
Forrest 035 Hattiesburg 1906 Perry County Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877) - General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War , later leader of the Ku Klux Klan (1867–1871) 74,934 1,208 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Forrest County.svg
Franklin 037 Meadville 1809 Adams County Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) - one of the founding fathers of the United States 8,118 1,462 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Franklin County.svg
George 039 Lucedale 1910 Greene and Jackson County James Z. George (1826-1897) - US Senator from Mississippi (1881-1897) 22,578 1,239 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting George County.svg
Greene 041 Leakesville 1811 Wayne County Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) - General of the Continental Army in the American War of Independence 14,400 1,846 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Greene County.svg
Grenada 043 Grenada 1870 Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie, and Yalobusha Counties Grenada - island nation in the Caribbean 21,906 1,092 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Grenada County.svg
Hancock 045 Bay Saint Louis 1812 Indian country John Hancock (1737–1793) - co-signer of the US Declaration of Independence , Governor of Massachusetts (1780–1785, 1787–1793) 43,929 1,235 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Hancock County.svg
Harrison 047 Gulfport 1841 Hancock County William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) - ninth President of the US (1841 - shortest term of US President) 187.105 1,505 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Harrison County.svg
Hinds 049 Jackson , Raymond 1821 Indian Land ( Choctaw Cession of 1820 ) Thomas Hinds (1780–1840) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1828–1831) 245.285 2,251 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Hinds County.svg
Holmes 051 Lexington 1833 Yazoo County David Holmes (1769-1832) - Governor of the Mississippi Territory (1809-1817) and the State of Mississippi (1817-1820, 1826) 19.198 1,958 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Holmes County.svg
Humphreys 053 Belzoni 1918 Holmes, Sunflower, Washington, and Yazoo Counties Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882) - Mississippi Governor (1865–1868) 9,375 1,083 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Humphreys County.svg
Issaquena 055 Mayersville 1844 Washington County Indian expression for river of deer 1.406 1,070 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Issaquena County.svg
Itawamba 057 Fulton 1836 Monroe County Itawamba (? -1834) - Chickasaw chief 23,401 1,379 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Itawamba County.svg
Jackson 059 Pascagoula 1812 Indian country Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) - seventh President of the United States (1829–1837) 139,668 1,883 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Jackson County.svg
Jasper 061 Bay Springs , Paulding 1833 Jones and Wayne County William Jasper (1750–1779) - famous soldier in the American Revolutionary War 17,062 1,751 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Jasper County.svg
Jefferson 063 Fayette 1799 One of two original Mississippi counties Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) - third President (1801–1809) and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States 7,726 1,345 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Jefferson County.svg
Jefferson Davis 065 Prentiss 1906 Covington and Lawrence Counties Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) - first and only President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) 12,487 1,058 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Jefferson Davis County.svg
Jones 067 Laurel , Ellisville 1826 Covington and Wayne Counties John Paul Jones (1747–1792) - fought at sea in the American War of Independence , is considered the father of the US Navy 67,761 1,797 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Jones County.svg
Kemper 069 De Kalb 1833 Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties Reuben Kemper (1770–1826) - American settler and militant against Spanish rule on the lower Mississippi 10,456 1,984 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Kemper County.svg
Lafayette 071 Oxford 1836 Monroe County Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834) - French general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence 47,351 1,635 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lafayette County.svg
Lamar 073 Purvis 1904 Marion and Pearl River Counties Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–1893) - Confederate Army officer in the Civil War , US Secretary of the Interior (1885–1888), Supreme Court Justice of the US (1888–1893) 55,658 1,287 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lamar County.svg
Lauderdale 075 meridian 1833 Rankin and Wayne County James Lauderdale (1780–1814) - died as an officer in the British-American War 80.261 1,822 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lauderdale County.svg
Lawrence 077 Monticello 1814 Marion County James Lawrence (1781–1813) - American naval officer, killed in the British-American War 12,929 1,115 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lawrence County.svg
Leake 079 Carthage 1833 Madison and Rankin Counties Walter Leake (1762-1825) - Mississippi Governor (1822-1825) 23,805 1,509 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Leake County.svg
lee 081 Tupelo 1866 Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870) - Commander in Chief of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War 82,910 1,164 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lee County.svg
Leflore 083 Greenwood 1871 Carroll and Sunflower County Greenwood LeFlore (1800–1865) - Choctaw chief 32,317 1,533 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Leflore County.svg
Lincoln 085 Brookhaven 1870 Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, and Pike Counties Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) - 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) 34,869 1,517 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lincoln County.svg
Lowndes 087 Columbus 1830 Monroe County and Indian Land William Lowndes (1782–1822) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1811–1822) 59,779 1,301 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Lowndes County.svg
Madison 089 Canton 1828 Yazoo County James Madison (1751-1836) - fourth President of the United States (1809-1817) 95.203 1,857 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Madison County.svg
Marion 091 Columbia 1811 Amite, Franklin, and Wayne Counties Francis Marion (1732–1795) - Officer in the Continental Army and later Brigadier General of the South Carolina Militia in the American Revolutionary War , was nicknamed the Swamp Fox 27,088 1,405 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Marion County.svg
Marshall 093 Holly Springs 1836 Monroe County John Marshall (1755–1835) - Secretary of State (1800–1801) and Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835) 37,144 1,829 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Marshall County.svg
Monroe 095 Aberdeen 1821 Indian Land ( Chickasaw Cession of 1816 ) James Monroe (1758–1831) - fifth President of the United States (1817–1825) 36,989 1,979 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Monroe County.svg
Montgomery 097 Winona 1871 Carroll and Choctaw Counties Richard Montgomery (1738-1775) - as a general in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War fallen 10,925 1,054 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Montgomery County.svg
Neshoba 099 Philadelphia 1833 Jones, Madison, Rankin, and Wayne Counties American Indian expression for gray wolf 29,676 1,476 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Neshoba County.svg
Newton 101 Decatur 1836 Neshoba County Isaac Newton (1643–1727) - English physicist 21,720 1,497 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Newton County.svg
Noxubee 103 Macon 1833 Lowndes and Rankin County Indian term for stinking water 11,545 1,799 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Noxubee County.svg
Oktibbeha 105 Starkville 1833 Lowndes County Indian term for bloody water 47,671 1,185 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Oktibbeha County.svg
Panola 107 Batesville 1836 Monroe and Washington Counties Native American term for cotton 34,707 1,772 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Panola County.svg
Pearl River 109 Poplarville 1890 Hancock and Marion County Pearl River 55,834 2,191 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Pearl River County.svg
Perry 111 New Augusta 1820 Greene County Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) - American naval officer in the British-American War of 1812 12,250 1,676 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Perry County.svg
pike 113 Magnolia 1815 Marion County Zebulon Pike (1779–1813) - officer and explorer, led the Pike expedition from 1806–1807 40,404 1,059 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Pike County.svg
Pontotoc 115 Pontotoc 1836 Monroe County Indian term 29,957 1,288 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Pontotoc County.svg
Prentiss 117 Booneville 1870 Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties Sergeant Smith Prentiss (1808–1850) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1838–1839) 25,276 1,075 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Prentiss County.svg
Quitman 119 Marks 1877 Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties John A. Quitman (1799-1858) - Mississippi Governor (1835-1836, 1850-1851) 8.223 1,049 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Quitman County.svg
Rankin 121 Brandon 1828 Hinds County Christopher Rankin (1788–1826) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1819–1826) 141,617 2,006 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Rankin County.svg
Scott 123 Forest 1833 Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties Abram M. Scott (1785–1833) - Mississippi Governor (1832–1833) 28,254 1,578 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Scott County.svg
Sharkey 125 Rolling fork 1876 Issaquena, Warren and Washington Counties William L. Sharkey (1798–1873) - Mississippi Governor (1865) 4,916 1,108 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Sharkey County.svg
Simpson 127 Mendenhall 1824 Copiah County Josiah Simpson - Mississippi Judge 27.503 1,525 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Simpson County.svg
Smith 129 Raleigh 1833 Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties David Smith - naval officer 15,491 1,647 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Smith County.svg
Stone 131 Wiggins 1916 Harrison County John Marshall Stone (1830–1900) - Mississippi Governor (1876–1882, 1890–1896) 17,786 1,154 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Stone County.svg
Sunflower 133 Indianola 1844 Bolivar County Sunflower River 29,450 1,797 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Sunflower County.svg
Tallahatchie 135 Charleston , Sumner 1833 Washington and Yazoo Counties Tallahatchie River 15,378 1,668 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Tallahatchie County.svg
Tate 137 Senatobia 1873 DeSoto and Marshall Counties Thomas Simpson Tate - one of the first white settlers in the region 28,886 1,048 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Tate County.svg
Tippah 139 Ripley 1836 Monroe County Tippah - Indian expression 22,232 1,186 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Tippah County.svg
Tishomingo 141 Iuka 1836 Monroe County Tishomingo (1734-1838) - Chickasaw chief 19,593 1,098 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Tishomingo County.svg
Tunica 143 Tunica 1836 Washington County and Indian Land Tunica - an Indian tribe 10,778 1,178 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Tunica County.svg
union 145 New Albany 1870 Lee, Pontotoc, and Tippah Counties The Union - then common (domestic) term for the USA 27.134 1,076 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Union County.svg
Walthall 147 Tylertown 1912 Marion and Pike County Edward C. Walthall (1831–1898) - Confederate Army general in the Civil War , US Senator (1885–1894, 1895–1898) 15,443 1,046 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Walthall County.svg
Warren 149 Vicksburg 1809 Claiborne County Joseph Warren (1741-1775) - First American officer in the American Revolutionary War was 48,773 1,519 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Warren County.svg
Washington 151 Greenville 1827 Warren and Yazoo Counties George Washington (1732–1799) - first President of the United States (1789–1797) 51,137 1,875 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Washington County.svg
Wayne 153 Waynesboro 1809 Washington County, Alabama Anthony Wayne (1745–1796) - General in the American War of Independence 20,747 2,099 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Wayne County.svg
Webster 155 Walthall 1874 Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Montegomery Counties Daniel Webster (1782–1852) - US Secretary of State (1841–1843) 10,253 1,094 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Webster County.svg
Wilkinson 157 Woodville 1802 Adams County James Wilkinson (1757–1825) - General in the British-American War of 1812 and Governor of the Louisiana Territory 9,878 1,753 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Wilkinson County.svg
Winston 159 Louisville 1833 Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties Louis Winston - Mississippi Judge 19.198 1,572 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Winston County.svg
Yalobusha 161 Water Valley 1833 Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties Native American word for tadpole location 12,678 1,210 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Yalobusha County.svg
Yazoo 163 Yazoo City 1823 Hinds County Yazoo Indian tribe 28,065 2,381 km² Map of Mississippi highlighting Yazoo County.svg

Then there is the fictional Yoknapatawpha County , in which William Faulkner set many of his southern novels.

Individual evidence

  1. Mississippi FIPS Codes
  2. a b U.S. Census Bureau - Mississippi - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Area information in square miles - conversion into square kilometers @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. US Census 2010.Retrieved February 17, 2011