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Counties in Mississippi that I have Visited

There are 82 counties in Mississippi
The Magnolia State

Also be sure to see the Travel/Geography Blog

Mississippi County Outline Map
Source of underlying map: Indiana State University, Cartography

I have visited 24 Counties = 29.3% of Counties in Mississippi

Mississippi Map

Quick facts about Mississippi

  • Location: See map on the right side of the page.
  • Size(1): 46,907 square miles. Mississippi is the 31st largest state. The next larger state is New York and the next smaller state is Pennsylvania.
  • Population(2): 2,921,088 people. Mississippi is the 31st most populous state. The next more populous state is Iowa and the next less populous state is Arkansas.
  • Population Density: 62.27 people per square mile. Mississippi is the 32nd most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Minnesota and the next less densely populated state is Arkansas.
  • Bordering States: Mississippi shares a border with 4 states: Tennessee; Arkansas; Louisiana and Alabama.
  • Admission to the Union: December 10, 1817. Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, after Indiana and before Illinois.
  • Capital: Jackson.
  • Highest Point: 807 feet at Woodall Mountain. See SummitPost's Woodall Mountain page.
  • Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Government website: The Official State Web Site of Mississippi.
  • Official Tourism website: Welcome to Mississippi.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia's Mississippi page.

Carriage Tour

Carriage Tour
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi

Below are the 82 counties in Mississippi. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are in bold. If I have a photograph or other item associated with a county somewhere else on my website, there will also be a link.
  1. Adams: Carriage Tour of Natchez
  2. Alcorn: Smallest county in Mississippi (400 square miles).
  3. Amite
  4. Attala
  5. Benton
  6. Bolivar
  7. Calhoun
  8. Carroll
  9. Chickasaw
  10. Choctaw
  11. Claiborne
  12. Clarke
  13. Clay
  14. Coahoma
  15. Copiah
  16. Covington
  17. De Soto
  18. Forrest
  19. Franklin
  20. George
  21. Greene
  22. Grenada
  23. Hancock: Stennis Space Center Bus Tour; Stennis Space Center Visitor Center; Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
  24. Harrison
  25. Hinds: Largest county population in Mississippi (250,800 people in 2000 Census); Jackson Zoo
  26. Holmes
  27. Humphreys
  28. Issaquena: Smallest county population in Mississippi (2,274 people in 2000 Census).
  29. Itawamba
  30. Jackson: Pascagoula Air Boat Ride
  31. Jasper
  32. Jefferson
  33. Jefferson Davis
  34. Jones
  35. Kemper
  36. Lafayette
  37. Lamar
  38. Lauderdale
  39. Lawrence
  40. Leake
  41. Lee
  42. Leflore
  43. Lincoln
  44. Lowndes
  45. Madison
  46. Marion
  47. Marshall
  48. Monroe
  49. Montgomery
  50. Neshoba
  51. Newton
  52. Noxubee
  53. Oktibbeha
  54. Panola
  55. Pearl River
  56. Perry
  57. Pike
  58. Pontotoc
  59. Prentiss
  60. Quitman
  61. Rankin
  62. Scott
  63. Sharkey
  64. Simpson
  65. Smith
  66. Stone
  67. Sunflower
  68. Tallahatchie
  69. Tate
  70. Tippah
  71. Tishomingo
  72. Tunica
  73. Union
  74. Walthall
  75. Warren: Vicksburg River Views
  76. Washington
  77. Wayne
  78. Webster
  79. Wilkinson
  80. Winston
  81. Yalobusha
  82. Yazoo: Largest county in Mississippi (919 square miles).


Sources:

(1) U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: 2005 Population Estimates; Table GCT-T1.
(2) U.S. Census Bureau FedStats - MapStats: 2000 Land Area; United States.


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