Ridgeland, Mississippi
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 Location of Ridgeland in Madison County and. Location of the county in Mississippi
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| Foundation : | 1805 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Mississippi |
| County : | Madison County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 26 ′ N , 90 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 24,483 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 595.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 45.8 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of which 41.1 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 110 m |
| Postcodes : | 39157-39158 |
| Area code : | +1 601 |
| FIPS : | 28-62520 |
| GNIS ID : | 0676656 |
| Website : | www.ridgelandms.org |
| Mayor : | Gene F. McGee ( R ) |
Ridgeland is a city in Madison County in the US state of Mississippi . Ridgeland is located about 15 kilometers north of the capital Jackson and is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area .
At the 2010 census , Ridgeland had 24,047 residents. In 2014 there were already 24,221 inhabitants, of which just under 54% were white and around 36% black. Overall, the population in Ridgeland grew by 20.1% between 2000 and 2014. This made Ridgeland the second largest city in Madison County and the fourteenth largest in Mississippi in terms of population (as of 2010). 98% of the population live in urban areas. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city of Ridgeland covers an area of approximately 45.8 km², of which approximately 41.1 km² is land and 4.7 km² (10.3%) is water.
Republican Gene F. McGee has been Mayor of Ridgeland since 1989 .
Ridgeland is home to the Northpark Mall , the largest shopping center in the Jackson metropolitan area , two private schools and a campus of the Holmes Community College , which is headquartered in Goodman , Mississippi. In addition, the IT company Bomgar and the telecommunications company C Spire Wireless have their offices in Ridgeland.
On the Interstate 55 leads south to Jackson and north to Memphis , Tennessee .
Personalities
People who were born, died or lived in Ridgeland:
- Rubel Phillips (1925–2011), lawyer and politician
- Dale Thorn (1942–2014), journalist and professor
- George Jackson (1945–2013), composer and singer
- David H. Nutt , lawyer and philanthropist, Mississippi's richest person
- Wesley T. Bishop (* 1967), politician (Democrat)
- Faith Hill (* 1967), country and pop singer
- the siblings Kimberly (* 1983), Reid (* 1988) and Neil Perry (* 1990), members of the country band The Band Perry
- Bianca Knight (* 1989), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
Web links
- The city's website ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Census Bureau : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016 - 2016 Population Estimates ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2017 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. , on census.gov. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ Ridgeland, Mississippi , on city-data.com (English). Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ridgeland city, Mississippi . Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ Meet Mayor Gene McGee , on mayormcgee.com. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
