TABLE i
2000 CENSUS POPULATION AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM 1990 CENSUS POPULATION
MISSISSIPPI
POPULATION PERCENT CHANGE SINCE 1990
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE TOTAL 2,844,658 1,746,099 1,098,559 10.5 6.9 16.9
ADAMS 34,340 15,809 18,531 -2.9 -12.3 6.9
ALCORN 34,558 30,193 4,365 8.9 7.5 20.0
AMITE 13,599 7,673 5,926 2.0 5.5 -2.1
ATTALA 19,661 11,470 8,191 6.4 3.2 11.2
BENTON 8,026 4,954 3,072 -0.2 1.7 -3.3
BOLIVAR 40,633 13,507 27,126 -3.0 -11.5 1.9
CALHOUN 15,069 10,460 4,609 1.1 -3.4 13.0
CARROLL 10,769 6,749 4,020 16.6 21.4 9.3
CHICKASAW 19,440 11,060 8,380 7.5 0.0 19.3
CHOCTAW 9,758 6,638 3,120 7.6 5.0 13.4
CLAIBORNE 11,831 1,796 10,035 4.0 -9.9 7.0
CLARKE 17,955 11,580 6,375 3.7 2.4 6.2
CLAY 21,979 9,411 12,568 4.1 -3.9 10.9
COAHOMA 30,622 8,965 21,657 -3.3 -18.5 4.8
COPIAH 28,757 13,747 15,010 4.2 1.1 7.3
COVINGTON 19,407 12,307 7,100 17.4 15.0 21.8
DESOTO 107,199 91,950 15,249 57.8 56.2 68.5
FORREST 72,604 46,717 25,887 6.3 0.1 19.6
FRANKLIN 8,448 5,305 3,143 0.8 0.3 1.8
GEORGE 19,144 17,110 2,034 14.8 13.9 23.4
GREENE 13,299 9,681 3,618 30.1 21.0 62.9
GRENADA 23,263 13,474 9,789 7.9 7.2 8.9
HANCOCK 42,967 38,752 4,215 35.3 35.4 34.4
HARRISON 189,601 138,692 50,909 14.6 8.7 34.9
HINDS 250,800 93,584 157,216 -1.4 -24.0 19.8
HOLMES 21,609 4,424 17,185 * -14.5 4.6
HUMPHREYS 11,206 3,045 8,161 -7.6 -21.0 -1.4
ISSAQUENA 2,274 826 1,448 19.1 -0.8 34.6
ITAWAMBA 22,770 21,055 1,715 13.8 13.2 20.7
JACKSON 131,420 99,026 32,394 14.0 9.9 28.9
JASPER 18,149 8,433 9,716 6.0 0.3 11.6
JEFFERSON 9,740 1,272 8,468 12.6 7.3 13.4
JEFF DAVIS 13,962 5,816 8,146 -0.6 -8.1 5.5
JONES 64,958 46,192 18,766 4.7 * 18.5
KEMPER 10,453 4,080 6,373 0.9 -7.4 7.1
LAFAYETTE 38,744 27,838 10,906 21.7 20.2 25.7
LAMAR 39,070 33,342 5,728 28.4 25.4 49.8
LAUDERDALE 78,161 47,013 31,148 3.4 -3.5 16.0
LAWRENCE 13,258 8,875 4,383 6.4 6.9 5.4
LEAKE 20,940 11,755 9,185 13.6 6.0 25.0
LEE 75,755 55,800 19,955 15.5 8.8 39.3
LEFLORE 37,947 11,384 26,563 1.6 -21.6 16.4
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2000 CENSUS POPULATION - MISSISSIPPI
POPULATION PERCENT CHANGE SINCE 1990
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 33,166 23,010 10,156 9.5 8.7 11.4
LOWNDES 61,586 34,775 26,811 3.8 -5.3 18.8
MADISON 74,674 45,021 29,653 38.8 51.1 23.5
MARION 25,595 17,138 8,457 0.2 -3.4 8.3
MARSHALL 34,993 16,925 18,068 15.2 14.0 16.4
MONROE 38,014 25,991 12,023 3.9 2.4 7.5
MONTGOMERY 12,189 6,613 5,576 -1.6 -4.4 1.9
NESHOBA 28,684 18,788 9,896 15.7 10.9 26.0
NEWTON 21,838 14,197 7,641 7.6 3.6 15.9
NOXUBEE 12,548 3,700 8,848 -0.4 -6.5 2.3
OKTIBBEHA 42,902 25,167 17,735 11.8 4.6 23.9
PANOLA 34,274 17,302 16,972 14.3 12.5 16.1
PEARL RIVER 48,621 41,596 7,025 25.6 26.5 20.6
PERRY 12,138 9,245 2,893 11.7 10.9 14.2
PIKE 38,940 19,955 18,985 5.6 0.1 12.0
PONTOTOC 26,726 22,557 4,169 20.2 19.2 25.6
PRENTISS 25,556 21,940 3,616 9.8 7.1 29.1
QUITMAN 10,117 3,083 7,034 -3.6 -27.5 12.7
RANKIN 115,327 93,450 21,877 32.3 29.7 44.6
SCOTT 28,423 16,258 12,165 17.8 9.6 30.7
SHARKEY 6,580 1,932 4,648 -6.9 -17.4 -1.7
SIMPSON 27,639 17,796 9,843 15.4 10.4 25.7
SMITH 16,182 12,316 3,866 9.4 6.9 17.8
STONE 13,622 10,818 2,804 26.7 29.4 17.4
SUNFLOWER 34,369 9,927 24,442 4.6 -14.5 15.0
TALLAHATCHIE 14,903 5,904 8,999 -2.0 -5.6 0.5
TATE 25,370 17,211 8,159 18.4 23.4 9.0
TIPPAH 20,826 17,046 3,780 6.7 4.9 15.5
TISHOMINGO 19,163 18,192 971 8.4 6.9 44.3
TUNICA 9,227 2,541 6,686 13.0 27.6 8.3
UNION 25,362 21,156 4,206 14.8 12.5 28.2
WALTHALL 15,156 8,277 6,879 5.6 0.3 12.8
WARREN 49,644 27,288 22,356 3.7 -5.5 17.6
WASHINGTON 62,977 21,393 41,584 -7.3 -24.5 5.0
WAYNE 21,216 13,004 8,212 8.7 4.0 17.1
WEBSTER 10,294 7,983 2,311 0.7 0.4 1.8
WILKINSON 10,312 3,219 7,093 6.6 3.1 8.2
WINSTON 20,160 11,141 9,019 3.7 -0.1 8.9
YALOBUSHA 13,051 7,891 5,160 8.5 5.5 13.3
YAZOO 28,149 12,593 15,556 10.4 5.3 14.8
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT CHANGE.
