AREA AND POPULATION OF MISSISSIPPI BY COUNTIES.
| County | Map Index. |
County Seat. | Area in square miles. |
Population. | |
| 1890. | 1900. | ||||
| Adams | C 8 | Natchez | 428 | 26,031 | 30,111 |
| Alcorn | H 1 | Corinth | 402 | 13,115 | 14,987 |
| Amite | D 8 | Liberty | 708 | 18,198 | 20,708 |
| Attala | G 4 | Kosciusko | 707 | 22,213 | 26,248 |
| Benton | C 1 | Ashland | 409 | 10,585 | 10,510 |
| Bolivar | D 3 | Rosedale | 913 | 29,980 | 35,427 |
| Calhoun | G 3 | Pittsboro | 588 | 14,688 | 16,512 |
| Carroll | E 4 | Vaiden | 612 | 18,773 | 22,116 |
| Chickasaw | G 3 | Houston | 507 | 19,891 | 19,892 |
| Choctaw | G 4 | Chester | 372 | 10,847 | 13,036 |
| Claiborne | D 7 | Port Gibson | 505 | 14,516 | 20,787 |
| Clarke | H 6 | Quitman | 664 | 15,826 | 17,741 |
| Clay | H 3 | Westpoint | 399 | 18,607 | 19,563 |
| Coahoma | D 2 | Clarksdale | 592 | 18,342 | 26,293 |
| Copiah | D 7 | Hazlehurst | 748 | 30,233 | 34,395 |
| Covington | F 7 | Williamshurg | 577 | 8,299 | 13,076 |
| De Soto | E 1 | Hernando | 551 | 24,183 | 24,751 |
| Franklin | D 8 | Meadville | 555 | 10,424 | 13,678 |
| Greene | H 8 | Leakesville | 819 | 3,906 | 6,795 |
| Grenada | F 3 | Grenada | 435 | 14,974 | 14,112 |
| Hancock | G 9 | Bay St. Louis | 611 | 8,318 | 11,886 |
| Harrison | H 9 | Mississippi city | 982 | 12,481 | 21,002 |
| Hinds | E 6 | Raymond & Jackson | 847 | 39,279 | 52,577 |
| Holmes | E 4 | Lexington | 825 | 30,970 | 36,828 |
| Issaquena | D 5 | Mayersville | 473 | 12,318 | 10,400 |
| Itawamba | J 2 | Fulton | 536 | 11,708 | 13,544 |
| Jackson | J 9 | Scranton | 1,073 | 11,251 | 16,513 |
| Jasper | G 6 | Paulding | 647 | 14,785 | 15,394 |
| Jefferson | C 7 | Fayette | 519 | 18,947 | 21,292 |
| Jones | G 7 | Ellisville | 674 | 8,333 | 17,846 |
| Kemper | H 5 | Dekalb | 704 | 17,961 | 20,492 |
| Lafayette | G 2 | Oxford | 673 | 20,553 | 22,110 |
| Lauderdale | H 6 | Meridian | 677 | 29,661 | 38,150 |
| Lawrence | E 7 | Monticello | 638 | 12,318 | 15,103 |
| Leake | F 5 | Carthage | 561 | 14,803 | 17,360 |
| Lee | H 2 | Tupelo | 449 | 20,040 | 21,956 |
| Leflore | E 3 | Greenwood | 578 | 16,869 | 23,834 |
| Lincoln | D 7 | Brookhaven | 574 | 17,912 | 21,552 |
| Lowndes | J 4 | Columbus | 504 | 27,047 | 29,095 |
| Madison | E 5 | Canton | 714 | 27,381 | 32,493 |
| Marion | F 8 | Purvis & Columbia | 1,095 | 9,532 | 13,501 |
| Marshall | F 1 | Holly Springs | 707 | 26,043 | 27,674 |
| Monroe | H 3 | Aberdeen | 762 | 30,730 | 31,216 |
| Montgomery | F 3 | Winona | 391 | 14,459 | 16,536 |
| Neshoba | G 5 | Philadelphia | 543 | 11,146 | 12,726 |
| Newton | G 6 | Decatur | 561 | 16,625 | 19,708 |
| Noxubee | H 4 | Macon | 659 | 27,338 | 30,846 |
| Oktibbeha | H 4 | Starkville | 435 | 17,694 | 20,183 |
| Panola | E 2 | Sardis & Batesville | 699 | 26,977 | 29,027 |
| Pearl River | F 9 | Poplarville | 663 | 2,957 | 6,697 |
| Perry | G 8 | Hattiesburg & Augusta. | 1,091 | 6,494 | 14,682 |
| Pike | E 8 | Magnolia | 697 | 21,203 | 27,545 |
| Pontotoc | G 2 | Pontotoc | 496 | 14,940 | 18,274 |
| Prentiss | H 1 | Booneville | 420 | 13,679 | 15,788 |
| Quitman | E 2 | Belen | 409 | 3,286 | 5,435 |
| Rankin | E 6 | Brandon | 777 | 17,922 | 20,955 |
| Scott | F 6 | Forest | 584 | 11,740 | 14,316 |
| Sharkey | D 5 | Rolling Fork | 438 | 8,382 | 12,178 |
| Simpson | E 7 | Westville | 578 | 10,138 | 12,800 |
| Smith | F 7 | Raleigh | 610 | 10,635 | 13,055 |
| Sunflower | D 4 | Indianola | 703 | 9,384 | 16,084 |
| Tallahatchie | E 3 | Charleston | 636 | 14,361 | 19,600 |
| Tate | E 1 | Senatobia | 407 | 19,253 | 20,618 |
| Tippah | H 1 | Ripley | 456 | 12,951 | 12,983 |
| Tishomingo | E 2 | Iuka | 433 | 9,302 | 10,134 |
| Tunica | E 1 | Tunica | 449 | 12,158 | 16,479 |
| Union | G 1 | New Albany | 418 | 15,606 | 16,522 |
| Warren | D 6 | Vicksburg | 601 | 33,164 | 40,912 |
| Washington | D 4 | Greenville | 925 | 40,414 | 49,216 |
| Wayne | H 7 | Waynesboro | 788 | 9,817 | 12,539 |
| Webster | G 3 | Walthall | 409 | 12,060 | 13,619 |
| Wilkinson | C 8 | Woodville | 664 | 17,592 | 21,453 |
| Winston | G 4 | Louisville | 577 | 12,089 | 14,124 |
| Yalobusha | F 2 | Coffeeville & Water Valley | 501 | 16,629 | 19,742 |
| Yazoo | F 5 | Yazoo City | 1,018 | 36,394 | 43,948 |
