| Population, April 1, 1990 | Population, April 1, 2000 | Numeric Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Percent Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Land Area (square miles), 2000 | Persons Per Square Mile, 1990 | Persons Per Square Mile, 2000 |
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United States | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 32,712,033 | 13.2% | 3,537,438.4 | 70.3 | 79.6 |
Appalachian Region | 21,727,579 | 23,642,578 | 1,914,999 | 8.8% | 204,812.1 | 106.1 | 115.4 |
Mississippi | 2,573,216 | 2,844,658 | 271,442 | 10.5% | 46,907.0 | 54.8 | 60.6 |
Appalachian Mississippi | 565,014 | 615,452 | 50,438 | 8.9% | 12,393.1 | 45.6 | 49.7 |
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County |
Alcorn | 31,722 | 34,558 | 2,836 | 8.9% | 399.9 | 79.3 | 86.4 |
Benton | 8,046 | 8,026 | -20 | -0.2% | 406.8 | 19.8 | 19.7 |
Calhoun | 14,908 | 15,069 | 161 | 1.1% | 586.5 | 25.4 | 25.7 |
Chickasaw | 18,085 | 19,440 | 1,355 | 7.5% | 501.6 | 36.1 | 38.8 |
Choctaw | 9,071 | 9,758 | 687 | 7.6% | 419.1 | 21.6 | 23.3 |
Clay | 21,120 | 21,979 | 859 | 4.1% | 408.6 | 51.7 | 53.8 |
Itawamba | 20,017 | 22,770 | 2,753 | 13.8% | 532.3 | 37.6 | 42.8 |
Kemper | 10,356 | 10,453 | 97 | 0.9% | 766.1 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
Lee | 65,581 | 75,755 | 10,174 | 15.5% | 449.6 | 145.8 | 168.5 |
Lowndes | 59,308 | 61,586 | 2,278 | 3.8% | 502.3 | 118.1 | 122.6 |
Marshall | 30,361 | 34,993 | 4,632 | 15.3% | 706.3 | 43.0 | 49.5 |
Monroe | 36,582 | 38,014 | 1,432 | 3.9% | 764.2 | 47.9 | 49.7 |
Montgomery | 12,388 | 12,189 | -199 | -1.6% | 406.8 | 30.4 | 30.0 |
Noxubee | 12,604 | 12,548 | -56 | -0.4% | 694.8 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
Oktibbeha | 38,375 | 42,902 | 4,527 | 11.8% | 457.7 | 83.8 | 93.7 |
Panola | 29,996 | 34,274 | 4,278 | 14.3% | 684.2 | 43.8 | 50.1 |
Pontotoc | 22,237 | 26,726 | 4,489 | 20.2% | 497.4 | 44.7 | 53.7 |
Prentiss | 23,278 | 25,556 | 2,278 | 9.8% | 414.9 | 56.1 | 61.6 |
Tippah | 19,523 | 20,826 | 1,303 | 6.7% | 457.9 | 42.6 | 45.5 |
Tishomingo | 17,683 | 19,163 | 1,480 | 8.4% | 424.1 | 41.7 | 45.2 |
Union | 22,085 | 25,362 | 3,277 | 14.8% | 415.4 | 53.2 | 61.0 |
Webster | 10,222 | 10,294 | 72 | 0.7% | 422.5 | 24.2 | 24.4 |
Winston | 19,433 | 20,160 | 727 | 3.7% | 607.0 | 32.0 | 33.2 |
Yalobusha | 12,033 | 13,051 | 1,018 | 8.5% | 467.1 | 25.8 | 27.9 |