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State of Mississippi

Mississippi, abbreviated "MS", is in the East South Central region of the U.S. Its capital is Jackson.

There were 2,844,658 people in Mississippi as of the 2000 census.

The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on December 10, 1817.

Please explore the cities and towns of Mississippi, below.

200 Largest Mississippi Cities and Towns (population 563 and up)

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City or Town	Pop.	County
Aberdeen	6,415	Monroe
Ackerman	1,696	Choctaw
Amory	6,956	Monroe
Anguilla	907	Sharkey
Arcola	563	Washington
Ashland	577	Benton
Baldwyn	3,321	Lee
Batesville	7,113	Panola
Bay Springs	2,097	Jasper
Bay St. Louis	8,209	Hancock
Beaumont	977	Perry
Belmont	1,961	Tishomingo
Belzoni	2,663	Humphreys
Benoit	611	Bolivar
Biloxi	50,644	Harrison
Blue Mountain	670	Tippah
Bolton	629	Hinds
Booneville	8,625	Prentiss
Boyle	720	Bolivar
Brandon	16,436	Rankin
Brookhaven	9,861	Lincoln
Brooksville	1,182	Noxubee
Bruce	2,097	Calhoun
Bude	1,037	Franklin
Burnsville	1,034	Tishomingo
Byhalia	706	Marshall
Caledonia	1,015	Lowndes
Calhoun City	1,872	Calhoun
Canton	12,911	Madison
Carthage	4,637	Leake
Centreville	1,680	Wilkinson
Charleston	2,198	Tallahatchie
Clarksdale	20,645	Coahoma
Cleveland	13,841	Bolivar
Clinton	23,347	Hinds
Coffeeville	930	Yalobusha
Coldwater	1,674	Tate
Collins	2,683	Covington
Columbia	6,603	Marion
Columbus	25,944	Lowndes
Como	1,310	Panola
Corinth	14,054	Alcorn
Crawford	655	Lowndes
Crenshaw	916	Panola
Crowder	766	Quitman
Crystal Springs	5,873	Copiah
De Kalb	972	Kemper
Decatur	1,426	Newton
Derma	1,023	Calhoun
Drew	2,434	Sunflower
Duck Hill	746	Montgomery
Duncan	578	Bolivar
Durant	2,932	Holmes
Ecru	947	Pontotoc
Edwards	1,347	Hinds
Ellisville	3,465	Jones
Eupora	2,326	Webster
Farmington	1,810	Alcorn
Fayette	2,242	Jefferson
Flora	1,546	Madison
Florence	2,396	Rankin
Flowood	4,750	Rankin
Forest	5,987	Scott
Friars Point	1,480	Coahoma
Fulton	3,882	Itawamba
Gautier	11,681	Jackson
Gloster	1,073	Amite
Goodman	1,252	Holmes
Greenville	41,633	Washington
Greenwood	18,425	Leflore
Grenada	14,879	Grenada
Gulfport	71,127	Harrison
Gunnison	633	Bolivar
Guntown	1,183	Lee
Hattiesburg	44,779	Forrest
Hazlehurst	4,400	Copiah
Heidelberg	840	Jasper
Hernando	6,812	De Soto
Hickory Flat	565	Benton
Hollandale	3,437	Washington
Holly Springs	7,957	Marshall
Horn Lake	14,099	De Soto
Houston	4,079	Chickasaw
Indianola	12,066	Sunflower
Inverness	1,153	Sunflower
Isola	768	Humphreys
Itta Bena	2,208	Leflore
Iuka	3,059	Tishomingo
Jackson	184,256	Hinds
Jonestown	1,701	Coahoma
Kilmichael	830	Montgomery
Kosciusko	7,372	Attala
Lambert	1,967	Quitman
Laurel	18,393	Jones
Leakesville	1,026	Greene
Leland	5,502	Washington
Lexington	2,025	Holmes
Liberty	633	Amite
Long Beach	17,320	Harrison
Louisville	7,006	Winston
Lucedale	2,458	George
Lumberton	2,228	Lamar
Maben	803	Webster
Macon	2,461	Noxubee
Madison	14,692	Madison
Magee	4,200	Simpson
Magnolia	2,071	Pike
Mantachie	1,107	Itawamba
Marion	1,305	Lauderdale
Marks	1,551	Quitman
Mathiston	720	Webster
Mayersville	795	Issaquena
McComb	13,337	Pike
McLain	603	Greene
Mendenhall	2,555	Simpson
Meridian	39,968	Lauderdale
Merigold	664	Bolivar
Metcalfe	1,109	Washington
Monticello	1,726	Lawrence
Moorhead	2,573	Sunflower
Morton	3,482	Scott
Moss Point	15,851	Jackson
Mound Bayou	2,102	Bolivar
Mount Olive	893	Covington
Natchez	18,464	Adams
Nettleton	1,932	Itawamba
New Albany	7,607	Union
New Augusta	715	Perry
Newton	3,699	Newton
Oakland	586	Yalobusha
Ocean Springs	17,225	Jackson
Okolona	3,056	Chickasaw
Olive Branch	21,054	De Soto
Oxford	11,756	Lafayette
Pascagoula	26,200	Jackson
Pass Christian	6,579	Harrison
Pearl	21,961	Rankin
Pelahatchie	1,461	Rankin
Petal	7,579	Forrest
Philadelphia	7,303	Neshoba
Picayune	10,535	Pearl River
Pickens	1,325	Holmes
Plantersville	1,144	Lee
Pontotoc	5,253	Pontotoc
Poplarville	2,601	Pearl River
Port Gibson	1,840	Claiborne
Prentiss	1,158	Jefferson Davis
Purvis	2,164	Lamar
Quitman	2,463	Clarke
Raleigh	1,255	Smith
Raymond	1,664	Hinds
Richland	6,027	Rankin
Richton	1,038	Perry
Ridgeland	20,173	Madison
Ripley	5,478	Tippah
Rolling Fork	2,486	Sharkey
Rosedale	2,414	Bolivar
Roxie	569	Franklin
Ruleville	3,234	Sunflower
Saltillo	3,393	Lee
Sandersville	789	Jones
Sardis	2,038	Panola
Scooba	632	Kemper
Senatobia	6,682	Tate
Shannon	1,657	Lee
Shaw	2,312	Bolivar
Shelby	2,926	Bolivar
Shubuta	651	Clarke
Sidon	672	Carroll
Smithville	882	Monroe
Southaven	28,977	De Soto
Starkville	21,869	Oktibbeha
Stonewall	1,149	Clarke
Summit	1,428	Pike
Sumrall	1,005	Lamar
Sunflower	696	Sunflower
Taylorsville	1,341	Smith
Tchula	2,332	Holmes
Terry	664	Hinds
Tunica	1,132	Tunica
Tupelo	34,211	Lee
Tutwiler	1,364	Tallahatchie
Tylertown	1,910	Walthall
Union	2,021	Neshoba
Utica	966	Hinds
Vaiden	840	Carroll
Vardaman	1,065	Calhoun
Verona	3,334	Lee
Vicksburg	26,407	Warren
Walnut	754	Tippah
Water Valley	3,677	Yalobusha
Waveland	6,674	Hancock
Waynesboro	5,197	Wayne
Webb	587	Tallahatchie
Wesson	1,693	Copiah
West Point	12,145	Clay
Wiggins	3,849	Stone
Winona	5,482	Montgomery
Woodville	1,192	Wilkinson
Yazoo City	14,550	Yazoo

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	2,844,658	100%
Male	1,373,554	48.3%
Female	1,471,104	51.7%
Under 18	775,187	27.3%
18+	2,069,471	72.7%
65+	343,523	12.1%
Median Age	33.8
Average Family Size	3.14
White	1,746,099	61.4%
African-American	1,033,809	36.3%
Asian	18,626	0.7%
American Indian & Alaskan	11,652	0.4%
Other	13,784	0.5%
Mixed Race	20,021	0.7%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	39,569	1.4%

Rank	City or Town	Colleges	Students
1	Jackson Colleges	11	15,421
2	Hattiesburg Colleges	5	17,358
3	Gulfport Colleges	3	244
4	Laurel Colleges	2	164
5	Meridian Colleges	2	3,627
6	Summit Colleges	1	1,843
7	West Point Colleges	1	31
8	Poplarville Colleges	1	4,593
9	Booneville Colleges	1	3,339
10	Itta Bena Colleges	1	3,009
11	Fulton Colleges	1	5,871
12	Greenville Colleges	1	61
13	Natchez Colleges	1	850
14	Moorhead Colleges	1	3,006
15	Ripley Colleges	1	31
16	Ocean Springs Colleges	1	59
17	Raymond Colleges	1	9,941
18	Southaven Colleges	1	324
19	Corinth Colleges	1	24

Rank	City or Town
1	Jackson Hotels and Travel
2	Hattiesburg Hotels and Travel
3	Biloxi Hotels and Travel
4	Vicksburg Hotels and Travel
5	Tupelo Hotels and Travel
6	Meridian Hotels and Travel
7	Gulfport Hotels and Travel
8	Pearl Hotels and Travel
9	Tunica Hotels and Travel
10	Southaven Hotels and Travel
11	Ridgeland Hotels and Travel
12	Olive Branch Hotels and Travel
13	Natchez Hotels and Travel
14	Clinton Hotels and Travel
15	Moss Point Hotels and Travel
16	Grenada Hotels and Travel
17	Starkville Hotels and Travel
18	Columbus Hotels and Travel
19	Ocean Springs Hotels and Travel
20	Greenville Hotels and Travel

Rank	City or Town
1	Jackson Mortgages & Property
2	Southaven Mortgages & Property
3	Ridgeland Mortgages & Property
4	Biloxi Mortgages & Property
5	Hattiesburg Mortgages & Property
6	Tupelo Mortgages & Property
7	Flowood Mortgages & Property
8	Gulfport Mortgages & Property
9	Oxford Mortgages & Property
10	Ocean Springs Mortgages & Property
11	Winona Mortgages & Property
12	Long Beach Mortgages & Property
13	Olive Branch Mortgages & Property
14	Brandon Mortgages & Property
15	Corinth Mortgages & Property
16	Meridian Mortgages & Property
17	Columbus Mortgages & Property
18	Picayune Mortgages & Property
19	Petal Mortgages & Property
20	Forest Mortgages & Property

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