Mississippi, United States
Facts and figures on Mississippi at a glance
Region name: Mississippi (Mississippi)Status: Primary administrative region
Population: 2,901,371 people
Country: United States
Continent: North America
The regional headquarters of Mississippi (Mississippi) is located in the regional capital Jackson (Jackson) with a population of 170,674 people.
The distance as the crow flies from Mississippi's regional capital Jackson to United States's capital Washington (Washington) is approximately 1,397 km (868 mi).
Region | Population | Regional capital | Population |
Mississippi Mississippi | 2,901,371 people | Jackson Jackson | 170,674 people |
Compare with other regions in United States.
Map of Mississippi
Information on Mississippi
Region name | Regional capital | Subregions | Country | Continent |
Mississippi Mississippi | Jackson Jackson | 82 | United States | North America |
Time in Mississippi
Current time | Summer time (DST) | Standard time | Current timezone offset | Timezone |
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 2:54pm (14:54h) | In effect (+1 hour) | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 1:54pm (13:54h) | GMT UTC -5.0 | America/Chicago |
Geographic coordinates of Mississippi
Position | Latitude (width) | Longitude (length) |
Show on map | 32°45'01.5"N (32.7504100°) | 89°45'01.3"W (-89.7503600°) |
Subregions in Mississippi
There are 82 administrative subregions in Mississippi.Region | No | Population | Regional capital | Capital population |
Adams County Adams County | 1. | 31,192 | Natchez Natchez | 15,128 |
Alcorn County Alcorn County | 2. | 36,925 | Corinth Corinth | 14,866 |
Amite County Amite County | 3. | 12,720 | Liberty Liberty | 694 |
Attala County Attala County | 4. | 18,365 | Kosciusko Kosciusko | 7,187 |
Benton County Benton County | 5. | 8,271 | Ashland Ashland | 538 |
Bolivar County Bolivar County | 6. | 30,628 | - | - |
Calhoun County Calhoun County | 7. | 14,436 | Pittsboro Pittsboro | 199 |
Carroll County Carroll County | 8. | 9,911 | Carrollton Carrollton | 182 |
Chickasaw County Chickasaw County | 9. | 17,171 | - | - |
Choctaw County Choctaw County | 10. | 8,278 | Ackerman Ackerman | 1,482 |
Claiborne County Claiborne County | 11. | 9,135 | Port Gibson Port Gibson | 1,436 |
Clarke County Clarke County | 12. | 15,604 | Quitman Quitman | 2,209 |
Clay County Clay County | 13. | 19,386 | West Point West Point | 10,990 |
Coahoma County Coahoma County | 14. | 22,628 | Clarksdale Clarksdale | 16,847 |
Copiah County Copiah County | 15. | 28,543 | Hazlehurst Hazlehurst | 3,924 |
Covington County Covington County | 16. | 18,853 | Collins Collins | 2,570 |
De Soto County De Soto County | 17. | 184,945 | Hernando Hernando | 15,503 |
Forrest County Forrest County | 18. | 75,036 | Hattiesburg Hattiesburg | 46,805 |
Franklin County Franklin County | 19. | 7,788 | Meadville Meadville | 431 |
George County George County | 20. | 22,578 | Lucedale Lucedale | 3,011 |
Greene County Greene County | 21. | 14,400 | Leakesville Leakesville | 880 |
Grenada County Grenada County | 22. | 21,055 | Grenada Grenada | 12,900 |
Hancock County Hancock County | 23. | 47,632 | Bay Saint Louis Bay Saint Louis | 9,260 |
Harrison County Harrison County | 24. | 208,080 | - | - |
Hinds County Hinds County | 25. | 231,840 | Jackson Jackson | 170,674 |
Holmes County Holmes County | 26. | 17,622 | Lexington Lexington | 1,609 |
Humphreys County Humphreys County | 27. | 8,257 | Belzoni Belzoni | 2,069 |
Issaquena County Issaquena County | 28. | 1,308 | Mayersville Mayersville | 553 |
Itawamba County Itawamba County | 29. | 23,517 | Fulton Fulton | 4,077 |
Jackson County Jackson County | 30. | 143,617 | Pascagoula Pascagoula | 22,126 |
Jasper County Jasper County | 31. | 16,428 | - | - |
Jefferson County Jefferson County | 32. | 7,106 | Fayette Fayette | 1,577 |
Jefferson Davis County Jefferson Davis County | 33. | 12,487 | Prentiss Prentiss | 1,002 |
Jones County Jones County | 34. | 68,461 | - | - |
Kemper County Kemper County | 35. | 10,027 | De Kalb De Kalb | 1,057 |
Lafayette County Lafayette County | 36. | 47,351 | Oxford Oxford | 22,314 |
Lamar County Lamar County | 37. | 62,447 | Purvis Purvis | 2,335 |
Lauderdale County Lauderdale County | 38. | 75,317 | Meridian Meridian | 39,661 |
Lawrence County Lawrence County | 39. | 12,455 | Monticello Monticello | 1,541 |
Leake County Leake County | 40. | 22,763 | Carthage Carthage | 4,899 |
Lee County Lee County | 41. | 85,202 | Tupelo Tupelo | 35,680 |
Leflore County Leflore County | 42. | 28,919 | Greenwood Greenwood | 15,431 |
Lincoln County Lincoln County | 43. | 34,205 | Brookhaven Brookhaven | 12,414 |
Lowndes County Lowndes County | 44. | 58,930 | Columbus Columbus | 23,168 |
Madison County Madison County | 45. | 109,145 | Canton Canton | 13,676 |
Marion County Marion County | 46. | 24,715 | Columbia Columbia | 6,229 |
Marshall County Marshall County | 47. | 35,451 | Holly Springs Holly Springs | 7,610 |
Monroe County Monroe County | 48. | 35,564 | Aberdeen Aberdeen | 5,397 |
Montgomery County Montgomery County | 49. | 10,023 | Winona Winona | 4,439 |
Neshoba County Neshoba County | 50. | 29,087 | Philadelphia Philadelphia | 7,391 |
Newton County Newton County | 51. | 21,443 | Decatur Decatur | 1,797 |
Noxubee County Noxubee County | 52. | 10,535 | Macon Macon | 2,616 |
Oktibbeha County Oktibbeha County | 53. | 49,587 | Starkville Starkville | 25,366 |
Panola County Panola County | 54. | 34,178 | - | - |
Pearl River County Pearl River County | 55. | 55,834 | Poplarville Poplarville | 2,985 |
Perry County Perry County | 56. | 11,931 | New Augusta New Augusta | 641 |
Pike County Pike County | 57. | 39,563 | Magnolia Magnolia | 2,371 |
Pontotoc County Pontotoc County | 58. | 31,833 | Pontotoc Pontotoc | 5,944 |
Prentiss County Prentiss County | 59. | 25,315 | Booneville Booneville | 8,816 |
Quitman County Quitman County | 60. | 7,051 | Marks Marks | 1,581 |
Rankin County Rankin County | 61. | 155,271 | Brandon Brandon | 23,529 |
Scott County Scott County | 62. | 28,287 | Forest Forest | 5,695 |
Sharkey County Sharkey County | 63. | 4,321 | Rolling Fork Rolling Fork | 2,038 |
Simpson County Simpson County | 64. | 26,758 | Mendenhall Mendenhall | 2,488 |
Smith County Smith County | 65. | 16,002 | Raleigh Raleigh | 1,427 |
Stone County Stone County | 66. | 18,717 | Wiggins Wiggins | 4,550 |
Sunflower County Sunflower County | 67. | 25,735 | Indianola Indianola | 9,943 |
Tallahatchie County Tallahatchie County | 68. | 13,987 | - | - |
Tate County Tate County | 69. | 28,759 | Senatobia Senatobia | 7,963 |
Tippah County Tippah County | 70. | 21,995 | Ripley Ripley | 5,357 |
Tishomingo County Tishomingo County | 71. | 19,454 | Iuka Iuka | 3,001 |
Tunica County Tunica County | 72. | 9,782 | Tunica Tunica | 981 |
Union County Union County | 73. | 28,606 | New Albany New Albany | 8,830 |
Walthall County Walthall County | 74. | 14,465 | Tylertown Tylertown | 1,515 |
Warren County Warren County | 75. | 46,176 | Vicksburg Vicksburg | 23,131 |
Washington County Washington County | 76. | 45,063 | Greenville Greenville | 32,156 |
Wayne County Wayne County | 77. | 20,298 | Waynesboro Waynesboro | 4,975 |
Webster County Webster County | 78. | 9,788 | Walthall Walthall | 139 |
Wilkinson County Wilkinson County | 79. | 8,792 | Woodville Woodville | 995 |
Winston County Winston County | 80. | 18,165 | Louisville Louisville | 6,314 |
Yalobusha County Yalobusha County | 81. | 12,392 | - | - |
Yazoo County Yazoo County | 82. | 28,248 | Yazoo City Yazoo City | 11,245 |