The State of Mississippi has a total of twenty micropolitan areas that are fully or partially located in the state. 27 of the state's 82 counties are considered by the United States Census Bureau as micropolitan. As of the 2000 Census, these counties had a combined population of 1,001,735 (35.2% of the state's total population). Based on a July 1, 2008 population estimate, that figure had declined to 998,992 (33.8% of the state's total population).[1]
Micropolitan areas
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1 - part of the Columbus-Starkville-West Point combined statistical area
2 - part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Hammond combined statistical area
3 - part of the Jackson-Yazoo City combined statistical area
Population statistics
| Micropolitan Statistical Area | July 1, 2009 Estimate |
2000 Census |
Growth Rate (2000–2009) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven | 34,234 | 33,166 | 5.02% |
| Clarksdale | 26,936 | 30,622 | -12.04% |
| Cleveland | 36,766 | 40,633 | -9.52% |
| Columbus | 59,658 | 61,586 | -3.13% |
| Corinth | 35,822 | 34,558 | 3.66% |
| Greenville | 54,616 | 62,977 | -13.28% |
| Greenwood | 44,841 | 48,716 | -7.95% |
| Grenada | 23,046 | 23,263 | -0.93% |
| Indianola | 29,610 | 34,369 | -13.85% |
| Laurel | 85,716 | 83,107 | 3.14% |
| McComb | 234,568 | 210,875 | 9.58% |
| Meridian | 106,139 | 106,569 | -0.40% |
| Natchez | 49,711 | 54,587 | -8.93% |
| Oxford | 43,975 | 38,744 | 13.50% |
| Picayune | 57,860 | 48,621 | 19.00% |
| Starkville | 44,544 | 42,902 | 3.83% |
| Tupelo | 134,161 | 125,251 | 7.11% |
| Vicksburg | 48,175 | 49,644 | -2.96% |
| West Point | 20,722 | 21,979 | -5.72% |
| Yazoo City | 27,981 | 28,149 | -0.60% |
See also
- List of metropolitan areas in Mississippi
- List of cities in Mississippi
- List of towns and villages in Mississippi
- Mississippi census statistical areas
- Table of United States primary census statistical areas (PCSA)
- Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas (CSA)
- Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA)
- Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA)
References
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
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