(CO-99-1) County Population Estimates for July 1, 1999 and Population Change for July 1, 1998 to July 1, 1999 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Contact: Demographic Call Center Staff, 1-866-758-1060 Internet Release Date: March 9, 2000 Numeric Percent Population Population 7/1/99 7/1/98 Change Change FIPS State/County Code and Area Name Estimate Estimate 1998-99 1998-99 28 Mississippi........................ 2,768,619 2,751,335 17,284 0.6 28001 Adams County, MS................... 33,657 34,141 -484 -1.4 28003 Alcorn County, MS.................. 33,080 32,755 325 1.0 28005 Amite County, MS................... 13,906 13,852 54 0.4 28007 Attala County, MS.................. 18,338 18,325 13 0.1 28009 Benton County, MS.................. 8,091 8,086 5 0.1 28011 Bolivar County, MS................. 39,826 40,185 -359 -0.9 28013 Calhoun County, MS................. 14,891 14,891 0 0.0 28015 Carroll County, MS................. 9,967 9,989 -22 -0.2 28017 Chickasaw County, MS............... 18,121 18,039 82 0.5 28019 Choctaw County, MS................. 9,366 9,401 -35 -0.4 28021 Claiborne County, MS............... 11,596 11,513 83 0.7 28023 Clarke County, MS.................. 18,445 18,239 206 1.1 28025 Clay County, MS.................... 21,657 21,622 35 0.2 28027 Coahoma County, MS................. 31,094 31,277 -183 -0.6 28029 Copiah County, MS.................. 28,892 28,827 65 0.2 28031 Covington County, MS............... 17,889 17,723 166 0.9 28033 DeSoto County, MS.................. 102,131 97,110 5,021 5.2 28035 Forrest County, MS................. 74,927 74,484 443 0.6 28037 Franklin County, MS................ 8,160 8,287 -127 -1.5 28039 George County, MS.................. 20,185 19,600 585 3.0 28041 Greene County, MS.................. 12,630 12,745 -115 -0.9 28043 Grenada County, MS................. 22,450 22,408 42 0.2 28045 Hancock County, MS................. 41,518 40,271 1,247 3.1 28047 Harrison County, MS................ 178,567 177,194 1,373 0.8 28049 Hinds County, MS................... 245,737 247,262 -1,525 -0.6 28051 Holmes County, MS.................. 21,562 21,513 49 0.2 28053 Humphreys County, MS............... 11,214 11,318 -104 -0.9 28055 Issaquena County, MS............... 1,635 1,636 -1 -0.1 28057 Itawamba County, MS................ 21,085 21,093 -8 -0.0 28059 Jackson County, MS................. 133,120 130,799 2,321 1.8 28061 Jasper County, MS.................. 18,110 17,666 444 2.5 28063 Jefferson County, MS............... 8,385 8,451 -66 -0.8 28065 Jefferson Davis County, MS......... 13,770 13,815 -45 -0.3 28067 Jones County, MS................... 63,054 63,616 -562 -0.9 28069 Kemper County, MS.................. 10,487 10,573 -86 -0.8 28071 Lafayette County, MS............... 34,914 34,756 158 0.5 28073 Lamar County, MS................... 38,127 37,041 1,086 2.9 28075 Lauderdale County, MS.............. 75,978 76,107 -129 -0.2 28077 Lawrence County, MS................ 13,066 12,999 67 0.5 28079 Leake County, MS................... 19,602 19,437 165 0.8 28081 Lee County, MS..................... 75,211 74,621 590 0.8 28083 Leflore County, MS................. 36,816 37,241 -425 -1.1 28085 Lincoln County, MS................. 32,105 31,859 246 0.8 28087 Lowndes County, MS................. 60,527 61,045 -518 -0.8 28089 Madison County, MS................. 74,562 72,879 1,683 2.3 28091 Marion County, MS.................. 26,538 26,404 134 0.5 28093 Marshall County, MS................ 32,323 32,170 153 0.5 28095 Monroe County, MS.................. 38,230 38,105 125 0.3 28097 Montgomery County, MS.............. 12,394 12,402 -8 -0.1 28099 Neshoba County, MS................. 27,639 27,502 137 0.5 28101 Newton County, MS.................. 21,741 21,597 144 0.7 28103 Noxubee County, MS................. 12,497 12,413 84 0.7 28105 Oktibbeha County, MS............... 39,765 39,635 130 0.3 28107 Panola County, MS.................. 33,913 33,326 587 1.8 28109 Pearl River County, MS............. 47,969 46,833 1,136 2.4 28111 Perry County, MS................... 12,039 11,858 181 1.5 28113 Pike County, MS.................... 37,910 37,835 75 0.2 28115 Pontotoc County, MS................ 25,685 25,307 378 1.5 28117 Prentiss County, MS................ 24,497 24,356 141 0.6 28119 Quitman County, MS................. 9,780 9,858 -78 -0.8 28121 Rankin County, MS.................. 112,348 109,600 2,748 2.5 28123 Scott County, MS................... 24,911 25,015 -104 -0.4 28125 Sharkey County, MS................. 6,543 6,602 -59 -0.9 28127 Simpson County, MS................. 25,375 25,295 80 0.3 28129 Smith County, MS................... 15,431 15,268 163 1.1 28131 Stone County, MS................... 13,488 13,225 263 2.0 28133 Sunflower County, MS............... 33,257 33,537 -280 -0.8 28135 Tallahatchie County, MS............ 14,587 14,787 -200 -1.4 28137 Tate County, MS.................... 24,417 23,973 444 1.9 28139 Tippah County, MS.................. 21,069 21,016 53 0.3 28141 Tishomingo County, MS.............. 18,742 18,660 82 0.4 28143 Tunica County, MS.................. 7,935 8,041 -106 -1.3 28145 Union County, MS................... 24,121 23,861 260 1.1 28147 Walthall County, MS................ 14,211 14,391 -180 -1.3 28149 Warren County, MS.................. 49,148 49,357 -209 -0.4 28151 Washington County, MS.............. 64,265 65,173 -908 -1.4 28153 Wayne County, MS................... 20,637 20,297 340 1.7 28155 Webster County, MS................. 10,633 10,585 48 0.5 28157 Wilkinson County, MS............... 9,042 9,158 -116 -1.3 28159 Winston County, MS................. 19,253 19,286 -33 -0.2 28161 Yalobusha County, MS............... 12,627 12,416 211 1.7 28163 Yazoo County, MS................... 25,208 25,500 -292 -1.1