List of counties in Mississippi

Counties of Mississippi
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Location	State of Mississippi
Number	82
Populations	Greatest: 245,285 (Hinds) Least: 4,836 (Issaquena) Average: 36,448 (2016)
Areas	Largest: 920 square miles (2,400 km2) (Yazoo) Smallest: 400 square miles (1,000 km2) (Alcorn) Average: 591 square miles (1,530 km2)
Government	County government
Subdivisions	cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place

There are 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Mississippi's postal abbreviation is MS and its FIPS state code is 28.

Smithsonian Trinomial county designations in Mississippi. Counties; AD-Adams, AL-Alcorn, AM-Amite, AT-Attala, BE-Benton, BO-Bolivar, CN-Calhoun, CA-Carroll, CS-Chickasaw, CH-Choctaw, CB-Claiborne, CK-Clarke, CL-Clay, CO-Coahoma, CP-Copiah, CV-Covington, DS-DeSoto, FO-Forrest, FR-Franklin, GE-George, GN-Greene, GR-Grenada, HA-Hancock, HR-Harrison, HI-Hinds, HO-Holmes, HU-Humphreys, IS-Issaquena, IT-Itawamba, JA-Jackson, JS-Jasper, JE-Jefferson, JD-Jefferson Davis, JO-Jones, KE-Kemper, LA-Lafayette, LM-Lamar, LD-Lauderdale, LW-Lawrence LK-Leake, LE-Lee, LF-Leflore, LI-Lincoln, LO-Lowndes, MD-Madison, MA-Marion, MR-Marshall, MO-Monroe, MT-Montgomery, NE-Neshoba, NW-Newton, NO-Noxubee, OK-Oktibbeha, PA-Panola, PR-Pearl River, PE-Perry, PI-Pike, PO-Pontotoc, PS-Prentiss, QU-Quitman, RA-Rankin, SC-Scott, SH-Sharkey, SI-Simpson, SM-Smith, ST-Stone, SU-Sunflower, TL-Tallahatchie, TA-Tate, TI-Tippah, TS-Tishomingo, TU-Tunica, UN-Union, WL-Walthall, WR-Warren, WS-Washington, WA-Wayne, WE-Webster, WK-Wilkinson, WI-Winston, YA-Yalobusha, YZ-Yazoo. ^[1]

List

County	FIPS code[2]	County seat[3]	Established[4]	Origin	Etymology	Population[3]	Area[4]	Map
Adams County	001	Natchez	1799	One of two original counties	John Adams, second U.S. President	7004322970000000000♠32,297	7002460000000000000♠460 sq mi (7003119100000000000♠1,191 km2)
Alcorn County	003	Corinth	1870	Formed from Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties	James L. Alcorn, Reconstruction-era U.S. Senator from Mississippi	7004370570000000000♠37,057	7002400000000000000♠400 sq mi (7003103600000000000♠1,036 km2)
Amite County	005	Liberty	1809	Formed from Wilkinson County	Amite River	7004131310000000000♠13,131	7002730000000000000♠730 sq mi (7003189100000000000♠1,891 km2)
Attala County	007	Kosciusko	1833	Formed from Madison County	A fictional Native American heroine from an early 19th-century novel by François-René de Chateaubriand.	7004195640000000000♠19,564	7002735000000000000♠735 sq mi (7003190400000000000♠1,904 km2)
Benton County	009	Ashland	1870	Formed from Marshall and Tippah Counties	Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri and prominent westward expansion advocate	7003872900000000000♠8,729	7002407000000000000♠407 sq mi (7003105400000000000♠1,054 km2)
Bolivar County	011	Cleveland and Rosedale	1836	Formed from Tallahatchie and Washington Counties	Simon Bolivar, South American democratic revolutionary	7004341450000000000♠34,145	7002876000000000000♠876 sq mi (7003226900000000000♠2,269 km2)
Calhoun County	013	Pittsboro	1852	Formed from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties	John C. Calhoun, U.S. Senator from South Carolina and prominent supporter of states' rights	7004149620000000000♠14,962	7002587000000000000♠587 sq mi (7003152000000000000♠1,520 km2)
Carroll County	015	Carrollton and Vaiden	1833	Formed from Lowndes, Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties	Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence	7004105970000000000♠10,597	7002628000000000000♠628 sq mi (7003162700000000000♠1,627 km2)
Chickasaw County	017	Houston and Okolona	1836	Formed from Monroe County and Un-Organized	Chickasaw Native Americans	7004173920000000000♠17,392	7002502000000000000♠502 sq mi (7003130000000000000♠1,300 km2)
Choctaw County	019	Ackerman	1833	Formed from Lowndes, Madison, Monroe and Yazoo Counties	Choctaw Native Americans	7003854700000000000♠8,547	7002419000000000000♠419 sq mi (7003108500000000000♠1,085 km2)
Claiborne County	021	Port Gibson	1802	Formed from Jefferson (Pickering) County	William C. C. Claiborne, Governor of the Mississippi Territory	7003960400000000000♠9,604	7002487000000000000♠487 sq mi (7003126100000000000♠1,261 km2)
Clarke County	023	Quitman	1833	Formed from Wayne County	Joshua G. Clark, the first elected judge following admittance to the Union	7004167320000000000♠16,732	7002691000000000000♠691 sq mi (7003179000000000000♠1,790 km2)
Clay County	025	West Point	1871	Formed from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe and Oktibbeha Counties (formerly (Colfax County)	Henry Clay, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and giant of 19th century politics	7004206340000000000♠20,634	7002409000000000000♠409 sq mi (7003105900000000000♠1,059 km2)
Coahoma County	027	Clarksdale	1836	Formed from Un-Organized	derives from Native American word meaning "red panther"	7004261510000000000♠26,151	7002554000000000000♠554 sq mi (7003143500000000000♠1,435 km2)
Copiah County	029	Hazlehurst	1823	Formed from Franklin and Hinds Counties	derives from Native American word meaning "calling panther"	7004294490000000000♠29,449	7002777000000000000♠777 sq mi (7003201200000000000♠2,012 km2)
Covington County	031	Collins	1819	Formed from Lawrence and Wayne Counties	Leonard Covington, War of 1812 general	7004195680000000000♠19,568	7002414000000000000♠414 sq mi (7003107200000000000♠1,072 km2)
DeSoto County	033	Hernando	1836	Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties	Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer of the Americas	7005161252000000000♠161,252	7002478000000000000♠478 sq mi (7003123800000000000♠1,238 km2)
Forrest County	035	Hattiesburg	1906	Formed from Perry County	Nathan B. Forrest, Confederate general	7004749340000000000♠74,934	7002467000000000000♠467 sq mi (7003121000000000000♠1,210 km2)
Franklin County	037	Meadville	1809	Formed from Adams County	Benjamin Franklin, writer, orator, publisher, and U.S. founding father	7003811800000000000♠8,118	7002565000000000000♠565 sq mi (7003146300000000000♠1,463 km2)
George County	039	Lucedale	1910	Formed from Greene and Jackson Counties	James Z. George, U.S. Senator from Mississippi	7004225780000000000♠22,578	7002478000000000000♠478 sq mi (7003123800000000000♠1,238 km2)
Greene County	041	Leakesville	1811	Formed from Wayne County	Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary War general	7004144000000000000♠14,400	7002713000000000000♠713 sq mi (7003184700000000000♠1,847 km2)
Grenada County	043	Grenada	1870	Formed from Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Counties	Spanish province of Granada (spelling variation)	7004219060000000000♠21,906	7002422000000000000♠422 sq mi (7003109300000000000♠1,093 km2)
Hancock County	045	Bay Saint Louis	1812	Formed from Un-Organized	John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence	7004439290000000000♠43,929	7002477000000000000♠477 sq mi (7003123500000000000♠1,235 km2)
Harrison County	047	Gulfport and Biloxi	1841	Formed from Hancock County	William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. President	7005187105000000000♠187,105	7002581000000000000♠581 sq mi (7003150500000000000♠1,505 km2)
Hinds County	049	Jackson and Raymond	1821	Formed from Un-Organized (Choctaw Cession of 1820)	Thomas Hinds, War of 1812 general	7005245285000000000♠245,285	7002869000000000000♠869 sq mi (7003225100000000000♠2,251 km2)
Holmes County	051	Lexington	1833	Formed from Yazoo County	David Holmes, first Governor of Mississippi	7004191980000000000♠19,198	7002756000000000000♠756 sq mi (7003195800000000000♠1,958 km2)
Humphreys County	053	Belzoni	1918	Formed from Holmes, Sunflower, Washington and Yazoo Counties	Benjamin G. Humphreys, Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi	7003937500000000000♠9,375	7002418000000000000♠418 sq mi (7003108300000000000♠1,083 km2)
Issaquena County	055	Mayersville	1844	Formed from Washington County	Native American word for "Deer River"	7003140600000000000♠1,406	7002413000000000000♠413 sq mi (7003107000000000000♠1,070 km2)
Itawamba County	057	Fulton	1836	Formed from Monroe County	Itawamba, Chickasaw chief	7004234010000000000♠23,401	7002532000000000000♠532 sq mi (7003137800000000000♠1,378 km2)
Jackson County	059	Pascagoula	1812	Formed from Un-Organized	Andrew Jackson, War of 1812 hero and seventh U.S. President	7005139668000000000♠139,668	7002727000000000000♠727 sq mi (7003188300000000000♠1,883 km2)
Jasper County	061	Bay Springs and Paulding	1833	Formed from Jones and Wayne Counties	William Jasper, Revolutionary War sergeant	7004170620000000000♠17,062	7002676000000000000♠676 sq mi (7003175100000000000♠1,751 km2)
Jefferson County	063	Fayette	1799	One of two original Counties (formerly Pickering)	Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. President and principal author of the Declaration of Independence	7003772600000000000♠7,726	7002519000000000000♠519 sq mi (7003134400000000000♠1,344 km2)
Jefferson Davis County	065	Prentiss	1906	Formed from Covington and Lawrence Counties	Jefferson Davis, C.S. President	7004124870000000000♠12,487	7002408000000000000♠408 sq mi (7003105700000000000♠1,057 km2)
Jones County	067	Laurel and Ellisville	1826	Formed from Covington and Wayne Counties (formerly Davis (1865-1869 (Civil War))	John Paul Jones, Revolutionary War naval captain	7004677610000000000♠67,761	7002694000000000000♠694 sq mi (7003179700000000000♠1,797 km2)
Kemper County	069	De Kalb	1833	Formed from Lowndes, Rankin and Wayne Counties	Reuben Kemper, American pioneer and revolutionary in Spanish Florida	7004104560000000000♠10,456	7002766000000000000♠766 sq mi (7003198400000000000♠1,984 km2)
Lafayette County	071	Oxford	1836	Formed from Monroe County	Marquis de la Fayette, French-born Revolutionary War general	7004473510000000000♠47,351	7002631000000000000♠631 sq mi (7003163400000000000♠1,634 km2)
Lamar County	073	Purvis	1904	Formed from Marion and Pearl River Counties	Lucius Q. C. Lamar, U.S. Senator from Mississippi and United States Secretary of the Interior	7004556580000000000♠55,658	7002497000000000000♠497 sq mi (7003128700000000000♠1,287 km2)
Lauderdale County	075	Meridian	1833	Formed from Rankin and Wayne Counties	James Lauderdale, War of 1812 colonel	7004802610000000000♠80,261	7002704000000000000♠704 sq mi (7003182300000000000♠1,823 km2)
Lawrence County	077	Monticello	1814	Formed from Marion County	James Lawrence, War of 1812 naval captain	7004129290000000000♠12,929	7002431000000000000♠431 sq mi (7003111600000000000♠1,116 km2)
Leake County	079	Carthage	1833	Formed from Madison and Rankin Counties	Walter Leake, Governor of Mississippi	7004238050000000000♠23,805	7002583000000000000♠583 sq mi (7003151000000000000♠1,510 km2)
Lee County	081	Tupelo	1866	Formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties	Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States	7004829100000000000♠82,910	7002450000000000000♠450 sq mi (7003116500000000000♠1,165 km2)
Leflore County	083	Greenwood	1871	Formed from Carroll and Sunflower Counties	Greenwood LeFlore, mixed-race advocate of citizenship for Native Americans and U.S. Senator from Mississippi	7004323170000000000♠32,317	7002592000000000000♠592 sq mi (7003153300000000000♠1,533 km2)
Lincoln County	085	Brookhaven	1870	Formed from Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence and Pike Counties	Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth U.S. President	7004348690000000000♠34,869	7002586000000000000♠586 sq mi (7003151800000000000♠1,518 km2)
Lowndes County	087	Columbus	1830	Formed from Monroe County and Un-Organized	William Jones Lowndes, U.S. Representative from South Carolina	7004597790000000000♠59,779	7002502000000000000♠502 sq mi (7003130000000000000♠1,300 km2)
Madison County	089	Canton	1828	Formed from Yazoo County	James Madison, fourth U.S. President	7004952030000000000♠95,203	7002719000000000000♠719 sq mi (7003186200000000000♠1,862 km2)
Marion County	091	Columbia	1811	Formed from Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties	Francis Marion, Revolutionary War general	7004270880000000000♠27,088	7002542000000000000♠542 sq mi (7003140400000000000♠1,404 km2)
Marshall County	093	Holly Springs	1836	Formed from Monroe County	John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States who shaped the Supreme Court's power	7004371440000000000♠37,144	7002706000000000000♠706 sq mi (7003182900000000000♠1,829 km2)
Monroe County	095	Aberdeen	1821	Formed from Un-Organized (Chickasaw Cession of 1816)	James Monroe, fifth U.S. President	7004369890000000000♠36,989	7002764000000000000♠764 sq mi (7003197900000000000♠1,979 km2)
Montgomery County	097	Winona	1871	Formed from Carroll and Choctaw Counties	Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War general	7004109250000000000♠10,925	7002407000000000000♠407 sq mi (7003105400000000000♠1,054 km2)
Neshoba County	099	Philadelphia	1833	Formed from Jones, Madison, Rankin and Wayne Counties	Native American word for "gray wolf"	7004296760000000000♠29,676	7002570000000000000♠570 sq mi (7003147600000000000♠1,476 km2)
Newton County	101	Decatur	1836	Formed from Neshoba County	Isaac Newton, English scientist	7004217200000000000♠21,720	7002578000000000000♠578 sq mi (7003149700000000000♠1,497 km2)
Noxubee County	103	Macon	1833	Formed from Lowndes and Rankin Counties	Native American for "stinking water"	7004115450000000000♠11,545	7002695000000000000♠695 sq mi (7003180000000000000♠1,800 km2)
Oktibbeha County	105	Starkville	1833	Formed from Lowndes County	Native American word for "bloody water"	7004476710000000000♠47,671	7002458000000000000♠458 sq mi (7003118600000000000♠1,186 km2)
Panola County	107	Batesville and Sardis	1836	Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties	Native American for "cotton"	7004347070000000000♠34,707	7002684000000000000♠684 sq mi (7003177200000000000♠1,772 km2)
Pearl River County	109	Poplarville	1890	Formed from Hancock and Marion Counties	Pearl River	7004558340000000000♠55,834	7002812000000000000♠812 sq mi (7003210300000000000♠2,103 km2)
Perry County	111	New Augusta	1820	Formed from Greene County	Oliver Hazard Perry, War of 1812 naval captain	7004122500000000000♠12,250	7002647000000000000♠647 sq mi (7003167600000000000♠1,676 km2)
Pike County	113	Magnolia	1815	Formed from Marion County	Zebulon Pike, western explorer	7004404040000000000♠40,404	7002409000000000000♠409 sq mi (7003105900000000000♠1,059 km2)
Pontotoc County	115	Pontotoc	1836	Formed from Monroe County	Native American for "land of hanging grapes"	7004299570000000000♠29,957	7002497000000000000♠497 sq mi (7003128700000000000♠1,287 km2)
Prentiss County	117	Booneville	1870	Formed from Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties	Seargent Smith Prentiss, U.S. Representative from Mississippi	7004252760000000000♠25,276	7002415000000000000♠415 sq mi (7003107500000000000♠1,075 km2)
Quitman County	119	Marks	1877	Formed from Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie and Tunica Counties	John A. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi	7003822300000000000♠8,223	7002405000000000000♠405 sq mi (7003104900000000000♠1,049 km2)
Rankin County	121	Brandon	1828	Formed from Hinds County	Christopher Rankin, U.S. Representative from Mississippi	7005141617000000000♠141,617	7002775000000000000♠775 sq mi (7003200700000000000♠2,007 km2)
Scott County	123	Forest	1833	Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties	Abram M. Scott, Governor of Mississippi	7004282640000000000♠28,264	7002609000000000000♠609 sq mi (7003157700000000000♠1,577 km2)
Sharkey County	125	Rolling Fork	1876	Formed from Issaquena, Warren and Washington Counties	William L. Sharkey, Mississippi Supreme Court justice	7003491600000000000♠4,916	7002428000000000000♠428 sq mi (7003110900000000000♠1,109 km2)
Simpson County	127	Mendenhall	1824	Formed from Copiah County	Josiah Simpson, first federal judge appointed in the state	7004275030000000000♠27,503	7002589000000000000♠589 sq mi (7003152600000000000♠1,526 km2)
Smith County	129	Raleigh	1833	Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties	David Smith, Revolutionary War major	7004164910000000000♠16,491	7002636000000000000♠636 sq mi (7003164700000000000♠1,647 km2)
Stone County	131	Wiggins	1916	Formed from Harrison County	John M. Stone, Governor of Mississippi	7004177860000000000♠17,786	7002445000000000000♠445 sq mi (7003115300000000000♠1,153 km2)
Sunflower County	133	Indianola	1844	Formed from Bolivar County	Sunflower River	7004294500000000000♠29,450	7002694000000000000♠694 sq mi (7003179700000000000♠1,797 km2)
Tallahatchie County	135	Charleston and Sumner	1833	Formed from Washington and Yazoo Counties	Tallahatchie River	7004153780000000000♠15,378	7002644000000000000♠644 sq mi (7003166800000000000♠1,668 km2)
Tate County	137	Senatobia	1873	Formed from DeSoto and Marshall Counties	Thomas Simpson Tate, the county's original settler	7004288860000000000♠28,886	7002404000000000000♠404 sq mi (7003104600000000000♠1,046 km2)
Tippah County	139	Ripley	1836	Formed from Monroe County	Native American word for "cut off"	7004222320000000000♠22,232	7002458000000000000♠458 sq mi (7003118600000000000♠1,186 km2)
Tishomingo County	141	Iuka	1836	Formed from Monroe County	Chief Tishomingo, Chickasaw leader	7004195930000000000♠19,593	7002424000000000000♠424 sq mi (7003109800000000000♠1,098 km2)
Tunica County	143	Tunica	1836	Formed from Washington County and Un-Organized	Tunica Native Americans	7004107780000000000♠10,778	7002455000000000000♠455 sq mi (7003117800000000000♠1,178 km2)
Union County	145	New Albany	1870	Formed from Lee, Pontotoc and Tippah Counties	Reunion of Confederacy with the United States	7004271340000000000♠27,134	7002416000000000000♠416 sq mi (7003107700000000000♠1,077 km2)
Walthall County	147	Tylertown	1912	Formed from Marion and Pike Counties	Edward Walthall, U.S. Senator from Mississippi	7004154430000000000♠15,443	7002404000000000000♠404 sq mi (7003104600000000000♠1,046 km2)
Warren County	149	Vicksburg	1809	Formed from Claiborne County	Joseph Warren, Revolutionary War general	7004487730000000000♠48,773	7002587000000000000♠587 sq mi (7003152000000000000♠1,520 km2)
Washington County	151	Greenville	1827	Formed from Warren and Yazoo Counties	George Washington, first U.S. President	7004511370000000000♠51,137	7002724000000000000♠724 sq mi (7003187500000000000♠1,875 km2)
Wayne County	153	Waynesboro	1809	Formed from Washington County (AL)	Anthony Wayne, Revolutionary War general	7004207470000000000♠20,747	7002810000000000000♠810 sq mi (7003209800000000000♠2,098 km2)
Webster County	155	Walthall	1874	Formed from Chickasaw, Choctaw and Montegomery Counties (formerly Sumner County)	Daniel Webster, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and giant of Nineteenth Century politics	7004102530000000000♠10,253	7002423000000000000♠423 sq mi (7003109600000000000♠1,096 km2)
Wilkinson County	157	Woodville	1802	Formed from Adams County	James Wilkinson, Revolutionary War general	7003987800000000000♠9,878	7002677000000000000♠677 sq mi (7003175300000000000♠1,753 km2)
Winston County	159	Louisville	1833	Formed from Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties	Louis Winston, Mississippi Supreme Court justice	7004191980000000000♠19,198	7002607000000000000♠607 sq mi (7003157200000000000♠1,572 km2)
Yalobusha County	161	Water Valley and Coffeeville	1833	Formed from Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties	Native American for "tadpole place"	7004126780000000000♠12,678	7002467000000000000♠467 sq mi (7003121000000000000♠1,210 km2)
Yazoo County	163	Yazoo City	1823	Formed from Hinds County	Yazoo Native Americans	7004280650000000000♠28,065	7002920000000000000♠920 sq mi (7003238300000000000♠2,383 km2)

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