TABLE i
1998 ESTIMATED POPULATION AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM 1990 CENSUS POPULATION
MISSISSIPPI
1998 POPULATION PERCENT CHANGE SINCE 1990
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE TOTAL 2,752,092 1,719,483 1,032,609 7.0 5.3 9.9
ADAMS 34,225 16,713 17,512 -3.2 -7.3 1.1
ALCORN 32,716 28,607 4,109 3.1 1.8 13.0
AMITE 13,752 7,200 6,552 3.2 -1.0 8.2
ATTALA 18,404 10,642 7,762 -0.4 -4.2 5.4
BENTON 8,140 4,779 3,361 1.2 -1.8 5.8
BOLIVAR 40,318 14,045 26,273 -3.7 -8.0 -1.3
CALHOUN 14,822 10,541 4,281 -0.6 -2.7 5.0
CARROLL 9,995 5,775 4,220 8.2 3.9 14.8
CHICKASAW 18,013 10,588 7,425 -0.4 -4.3 5.7
CHOCTAW 9,385 6,355 3,030 3.5 0.6 10.1
CLAIBORNE 11,662 1,988 9,674 2.6 -0.3 3.2
CLARKE 18,231 11,535 6,696 5.3 2.0 11.6
CLAY 21,637 9,581 12,056 2.4 -2.1 6.4
COAHOMA 31,089 10,344 20,745 -1.8 -6.0 0.4
COPIAH 28,944 13,658 15,286 4.9 0.4 9.3
COVINGTON 17,802 11,116 6,686 7.7 3.9 14.7
DESOTO 96,897 82,754 14,143 42.7 40.6 56.3
FORREST 74,364 49,062 25,302 8.8 5.1 16.9
FRANKLIN 8,319 5,095 3,224 -0.7 -3.7 4.4
GEORGE 19,645 17,531 2,114 17.8 16.7 28.3
GREENE 11,766 8,869 2,897 15.1 10.9 30.4
GRENADA 22,427 12,524 9,903 4.0 -0.3 10.1
HANCOCK 40,327 35,988 4,339 27.0 25.7 38.4
HARRISON 177,981 133,624 44,357 7.6 4.7 17.5
HINDS 247,144 113,778 133,366 -2.9 -7.6 1.6
HOLMES 21,522 4,909 16,613 -0.4 -5.2 1.1
HUMPHREYS 11,344 3,416 7,928 -6.5 -11.4 -4.2
ISSAQUENA 1,629 665 964 -14.7 -20.2 -10.4
ITAWAMBA 21,072 19,400 1,672 5.3 4.3 17.7
JACKSON 130,910 99,974 30,936 13.6 10.9 23.1
JASPER 17,672 8,269 9,403 3.3 -1.7 8.0
JEFFERSON 8,427 1,104 7,323 -2.6 -6.8 -1.9
JEFF DAVIS 13,860 5,944 7,916 -1.4 -6.1 2.5
JONES 63,461 46,151 17,310 2.3 -0.1 9.3
KEMPER 10,575 4,271 6,304 2.1 -3.1 6.0
LAFAYETTE 34,555 24,097 10,458 8.6 4.1 20.6
LAMAR 36,888 31,809 5,079 21.2 19.6 32.8
LAUDERDALE 76,143 47,452 28,691 0.8 -2.6 6.9
LAWRENCE 13,053 8,412 4,641 4.8 1.3 11.6
LEAKE 19,372 11,185 8,187 5.1 0.9 11.4
LEE 74,637 57,008 17,629 13.8 11.2 23.1
LEFLORE 36,951 13,530 23,421 -1.0 -6.8 2.6
TABLE i - PAGE 2
1998 ESTIMATED POPULATION - MISSISSIPPI
1998 POPULATION PERCENT CHANGE SINCE 1990
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 31,771 21,467 10,304 4.9 1.4 13.0
LOWNDES 61,208 36,591 24,617 3.2 -0.4 9.1
MADISON 72,857 38,452 34,405 35.4 29.1 43.3
MARION 26,386 17,734 8,652 3.3 * 10.8
MARSHALL 32,296 15,124 17,172 6.4 1.9 10.6
MONROE 38,263 25,754 12,509 4.6 1.4 11.8
MONTGOMERY 12,425 6,670 5,755 0.3 -3.6 5.2
NESHOBA 27,653 18,278 9,375 11.5 7.9 19.4
NEWTON 21,516 14,026 7,490 6.0 2.4 13.6
NOXUBEE 12,366 3,674 8,692 -1.9 -7.2 0.5
OKTIBBEHA 39,291 23,439 15,852 2.4 -2.6 10.8
PANOLA 33,400 16,394 17,006 11.3 6.6 16.3
PEARL RIVER 46,862 39,236 7,626 21.0 19.3 30.9
PERRY 11,798 8,822 2,976 8.6 5.9 17.5
PIKE 37,920 19,616 18,304 2.8 -1.6 8.0
PONTOTOC 25,397 21,185 4,212 14.2 12.0 26.9
PRENTISS 24,295 21,056 3,239 4.4 2.8 15.6
QUITMAN 9,914 3,813 6,101 -5.5 -10.3 -2.2
RANKIN 109,613 88,440 21,173 25.8 22.8 40.0
SCOTT 25,001 14,865 10,136 3.6 0.2 8.9
SHARKEY 6,650 2,071 4,579 -5.9 -11.5 -3.1
SIMPSON 25,338 16,533 8,805 5.8 2.5 12.5
SMITH 15,296 11,622 3,674 3.4 0.9 11.9
STONE 13,166 9,980 3,186 22.5 19.3 33.4
SUNFLOWER 34,577 11,273 23,304 5.2 -2.9 9.6
TALLAHATCHIE 14,893 5,802 9,091 -2.1 -7.3 1.5
TATE 23,923 15,051 8,872 11.6 7.9 18.5
TIPPAH 21,031 17,207 3,824 7.7 5.9 16.9
TISHOMINGO 18,654 17,846 808 5.5 4.9 20.0
TUNICA 8,039 1,860 6,179 -1.5 -6.6 0.1
UNION 23,828 19,946 3,882 7.9 6.1 18.3
WALTHALL 14,369 7,924 6,445 0.1 -4.0 5.6
WARREN 49,404 28,668 20,736 3.2 -0.7 9.1
WASHINGTON 65,264 25,782 39,482 -3.9 -9.0 -0.3
WAYNE 20,368 12,543 7,825 4.4 0.3 11.6
WEBSTER 10,547 8,044 2,503 3.2 1.1 10.3
WILKINSON 9,174 2,811 6,363 -5.2 -10.0 -2.9
WINSTON 19,387 10,740 8,647 -0.2 -3.7 4.4
YALOBUSHA 12,366 7,409 4,957 2.8 -0.9 8.8
YAZOO 25,510 11,447 14,063 * -4.3 3.8
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT CHANGE.
