County
| FIPS Code
[1] | County seat
[2] | Established
[2] | Origin
| Etymolgy
| Population
[2] | Area
[2] | Map
|
| Adams County | 001 | Natchez | 1799 | One of two original counties | John Adams | &0000000000034340.00000034,340 | &0000000000000460.000000460 sq mi
(&0000000000001191.0000001,191 km2) |  |
| Alcorn County | 003 | Corinth | 1870 | Formed from Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties | James L. Alcorn | &0000000000034558.00000034,558 | &0000000000000400.000000400 sq mi
(&0000000000001036.0000001,036 km2) |  |
| Amite County | 005 | Liberty | 1809 | Formed from Wilkinson County | Amite River | &0000000000013599.00000013,599 | &0000000000000730.000000730 sq mi
(&0000000000001891.0000001,891 km2) |  |
| Attala County | 007 | Kosciusko | 1833 | Formed from Madison County | A fictional Native American heroine from an early 19th-century novel by François-René de Chateaubriand. | &0000000000019661.00000019,661 | &0000000000000735.000000735 sq mi
(&0000000000001904.0000001,904 km2) |  |
| Benton County | 009 | Ashland | 1870 | Formed from Marshall and Tippah Counties | Thomas Hart Benton | &0000000000008026.0000008,026 | &0000000000000407.000000407 sq mi
(&0000000000001054.0000001,054 km2) |  |
| Bolivar County | 011 | Cleveland and Rosedale | 1836 | Formed from Tallahatchie and Washington Counties | Simon Bolivar | &0000000000040633.00000040,633 | &0000000000000876.000000876 sq mi
(&0000000000002269.0000002,269 km2) |  |
| Calhoun County | 013 | Pittsboro | 1852 | Formed from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties | John C. Calhoun | &0000000000015069.00000015,069 | &0000000000000587.000000587 sq mi
(&0000000000001520.0000001,520 km2) |  |
| Carroll County | 015 | Carrollton | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Charles Carroll | &0000000000010769.00000010,769 | &0000000000000628.000000628 sq mi
(&0000000000001627.0000001,627 km2) |  |
| Chickasaw County | 017 | Houston | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County and Un-Organized | Chickasaw Native Americans | &0000000000019440.00000019,440 | &0000000000000502.000000502 sq mi
(&0000000000001300.0000001,300 km2) |  |
| Choctaw County | 019 | Ackerman | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Madison, Monroe and Yazoo Counties | Choctaw Native Americans | &0000000000009758.0000009,758 | &0000000000000419.000000419 sq mi
(&0000000000001085.0000001,085 km2) |  |
| Claiborne County | 021 | Port Gibson | 1802 | Formed from Jefferson (Pickering) County | William C. C. Claiborne | &0000000000011831.00000011,831 | &0000000000000487.000000487 sq mi
(&0000000000001261.0000001,261 km2) |  |
| Clarke County | 023 | Quitman | 1833 | Formed from Wayne County | Joshua G. Clark | &0000000000017955.00000017,955 | &0000000000000691.000000691 sq mi
(&0000000000001790.0000001,790 km2) |  |
| Clay County | 025 | West Point | 1871 | Formed from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe and Oktibbeha Counties (formally (Colfax County) | Henry Clay | &0000000000021979.00000021,979 | &0000000000000409.000000409 sq mi
(&0000000000001059.0000001,059 km2) |  |
| Coahoma County | 027 | Clarksdale | 1836 | Formed from Un-Organized | derives from Native American word meaning red panther | &0000000000030622.00000030,622 | &0000000000000554.000000554 sq mi
(&0000000000001435.0000001,435 km2) |  |
| Copiah County | 029 | Hazlehurst | 1823 | Formed from Franklin and Hinds Counties | derives from Native American word meaning calling panther | &0000000000028757.00000028,757 | &0000000000000777.000000777 sq mi
(&0000000000002012.0000002,012 km2) |  |
| Covington County | 031 | Collins | 1819 | Formed from Lawrence and Wayne Counties | Leonard Covington | &0000000000019407.00000019,407 | &0000000000000414.000000414 sq mi
(&0000000000001072.0000001,072 km2) |  |
| DeSoto County | 033 | Hernando | 1836 | Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties | Hernando de Soto | &0000000000107199.000000107,199 | &0000000000000478.000000478 sq mi
(&0000000000001238.0000001,238 km2) |  |
| Forrest County | 035 | Hattiesburg | 1906 | Formed from Perry County | Nathan B. Forrest | &0000000000072604.00000072,604 | &0000000000000467.000000467 sq mi
(&0000000000001210.0000001,210 km2) |  |
| Franklin County | 037 | Meadville | 1809 | Formed from Adams County | Benjamin Franklin | &0000000000008448.0000008,448 | &0000000000000565.000000565 sq mi
(&0000000000001463.0000001,463 km2) |  |
| George County | 039 | Lucedale | 1910 | Formed from Greene and Jackson Counties | James Z. George | &0000000000019144.00000019,144 | &0000000000000478.000000478 sq mi
(&0000000000001238.0000001,238 km2) |  |
| Greene County | 041 | Leakesville | 1811 | Formed from Wayne County | Nathanael Greene | &0000000000013299.00000013,299 | &0000000000000713.000000713 sq mi
(&0000000000001847.0000001,847 km2) |  |
| Grenada County | 043 | Grenada | 1870 | Formed from Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Counties | Spanish province Grenada | &0000000000023263.00000023,263 | &0000000000000422.000000422 sq mi
(&0000000000001093.0000001,093 km2) |  |
| Hancock County | 045 | Bay Saint Louis | 1812 | Formed from Un-Organized | John Hancock | &0000000000042967.00000042,967 | &0000000000000477.000000477 sq mi
(&0000000000001235.0000001,235 km2) |  |
| Harrison County | 047 | Gulfport and Biloxi | 1841 | Formed from Hancock County | William Henry Harrison | &0000000000189601.000000189,601 | &0000000000000581.000000581 sq mi
(&0000000000001505.0000001,505 km2) |  |
| Hinds County | 049 | Jackson | 1821 | Formed from Un-Organized (Choctaw Cession of 1820) | Thomas Hinds | &0000000000250800.000000250,800 | &0000000000000869.000000869 sq mi
(&0000000000002251.0000002,251 km2) |  |
| Holmes County | 051 | Lexington | 1833 | Formed from Yazoo County | David Holmes | &0000000000021609.00000021,609 | &0000000000000756.000000756 sq mi
(&0000000000001958.0000001,958 km2) |  |
| Humphreys County | 053 | Belzoni | 1918 | Formed from Holmes, Sunflower, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Benjamin G. Humphreys | &0000000000011206.00000011,206 | &0000000000000418.000000418 sq mi
(&0000000000001083.0000001,083 km2) |  |
| Issaquena County | 055 | Mayersville | 1844 | Formed from Washington County | Native American word for Deer River | &0000000000002274.0000002,274 | &0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi
(&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km2) |  |
| Itawamba County | 057 | Fulton | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Itawamba (Indian Chief) | &0000000000022770.00000022,770 | &0000000000000532.000000532 sq mi
(&0000000000001378.0000001,378 km2) |  |
| Jackson County | 059 | Pascagoula | 1812 | Formed from Un-Organized | Andrew Jackson | &0000000000131420.000000131,420 | &0000000000000727.000000727 sq mi
(&0000000000001883.0000001,883 km2) |  |
| Jasper County | 061 | Bay Springs | 1833 | Formed from Jones and Wayne Counties | William Jasper | &0000000000018149.00000018,149 | &0000000000000676.000000676 sq mi
(&0000000000001751.0000001,751 km2) |  |
| Jefferson County | 063 | Fayette | 1799 | One of two original Counties (formally Pickering) | Thomas Jefferson | &0000000000009740.0000009,740 | &0000000000000519.000000519 sq mi
(&0000000000001344.0000001,344 km2) |  |
| Jefferson Davis County | 065 | Prentiss | 1906 | Formed from Covington and Lawrence Counties | Jefferson Davis | &0000000000013962.00000013,962 | &0000000000000408.000000408 sq mi
(&0000000000001057.0000001,057 km2) |  |
| Jones County | 067 | Laurel | 1826 | Formed from Covington and Wayne Counties (formally Davis (1865-1869 (Civil War)) | John Paul Jones | &0000000000064958.00000064,958 | &0000000000000694.000000694 sq mi
(&0000000000001797.0000001,797 km2) |  |
| Kemper County | 069 | De Kalb | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Rankin and Wayne Counties | Reuben Kemper | &0000000000010453.00000010,453 | &0000000000000766.000000766 sq mi
(&0000000000001984.0000001,984 km2) |  |
| Lafayette County | 071 | Oxford | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Marquis de la Fayette | &0000000000038744.00000038,744 | &0000000000000631.000000631 sq mi
(&0000000000001634.0000001,634 km2) |  |
| Lamar County | 073 | Purvis | 1904 | Formed from Marion and Pearl River Counties | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | &0000000000039070.00000039,070 | &0000000000000497.000000497 sq mi
(&0000000000001287.0000001,287 km2) |  |
| Lauderdale County | 075 | Meridian | 1833 | Formed from Rankin and Wayne Counties | James Lauderdale | &0000000000078161.00000078,161 | &0000000000000704.000000704 sq mi
(&0000000000001823.0000001,823 km2) |  |
| Lawrence County | 077 | Monticello | 1814 | Formed from Marion County | James Lawrence | &0000000000013258.00000013,258 | &0000000000000431.000000431 sq mi
(&0000000000001116.0000001,116 km2) |  |
| Leake County | 079 | Carthage | 1833 | Formed from Madison and Rankin Counties | Walter Leake | &0000000000020940.00000020,940 | &0000000000000583.000000583 sq mi
(&0000000000001510.0000001,510 km2) |  |
| Lee County | 081 | Tupelo | 1866 | Formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties | Robert E. Lee | &0000000000075755.00000075,755 | &0000000000000450.000000450 sq mi
(&0000000000001165.0000001,165 km2) |  |
| Leflore County | 083 | Greenwood | 1871 | Formed from Carroll and Sunflower Counties | Greenwood LeFlore | &0000000000037947.00000037,947 | &0000000000000592.000000592 sq mi
(&0000000000001533.0000001,533 km2) |  |
| Lincoln County | 085 | Brookhaven | 1870 | Formed from Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence and Pike Counties | Abraham Lincoln | &0000000000033166.00000033,166 | &0000000000000586.000000586 sq mi
(&0000000000001518.0000001,518 km2) |  |
| Lowndes County | 087 | Columbus | 1830 | Formed from Monroe County and Un-Organized | William Jones Lowndes | &0000000000061586.00000061,586 | &0000000000000502.000000502 sq mi
(&0000000000001300.0000001,300 km2) |  |
| Madison County | 089 | Canton | 1828 | Formed from Yazoo County | James Madison | &0000000000074674.00000074,674 | &0000000000000719.000000719 sq mi
(&0000000000001862.0000001,862 km2) |  |
| Marion County | 091 | Columbia | 1811 | Formed from Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties | Francis Marion | &0000000000025595.00000025,595 | &0000000000000542.000000542 sq mi
(&0000000000001404.0000001,404 km2) |  |
| Marshall County | 093 | Holly Springs | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | John Marshall | &0000000000034993.00000034,993 | &0000000000000706.000000706 sq mi
(&0000000000001829.0000001,829 km2) |  |
| Monroe County | 095 | Aberdeen | 1821 | Formed from Un-Organized (Chickasaw Cession of 1816) | James Monroe | &0000000000038014.00000038,014 | &0000000000000764.000000764 sq mi
(&0000000000001979.0000001,979 km2) |  |
| Montgomery County | 097 | Winona | 1871 | Formed from Carroll and Choctaw Counties | Richard Montgomery | &0000000000012189.00000012,189 | &0000000000000407.000000407 sq mi
(&0000000000001054.0000001,054 km2) |  |
| Neshoba County | 099 | Philadelphia | 1833 | Formed from Jones, Madison, Rankin and Wayne Counties | Native American word for grey wolf | &0000000000028684.00000028,684 | &0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi
(&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km2) |  |
| Newton County | 101 | Decatur | 1836 | Formed from Neshoba County | Isaac Newton | &0000000000021838.00000021,838 | &0000000000000578.000000578 sq mi
(&0000000000001497.0000001,497 km2) |  |
| Noxubee County | 103 | Macon | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes and Rankin Counties | Native American for stinking water | &0000000000012548.00000012,548 | &0000000000000695.000000695 sq mi
(&0000000000001800.0000001,800 km2) |  |
| Oktibbeha County | 105 | Starkville | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes County | Native American word for bloody water | &0000000000042902.00000042,902 | &0000000000000458.000000458 sq mi
(&0000000000001186.0000001,186 km2) |  |
| Panola County | 107 | Batesville | 1836 | Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties | Native American for cotton | &0000000000034274.00000034,274 | &0000000000000684.000000684 sq mi
(&0000000000001772.0000001,772 km2) |  |
| Pearl River County | 109 | Poplarville | 1890 | Formed from Hancock and Marion Counties | Pearl River | &0000000000048621.00000048,621 | &0000000000000812.000000812 sq mi
(&0000000000002103.0000002,103 km2) |  |
| Perry County | 111 | New Augusta | 1820 | Formed from Greene County | Oliver Hazard Perry | &0000000000012138.00000012,138 | &0000000000000647.000000647 sq mi
(&0000000000001676.0000001,676 km2) |  |
| Pike County | 113 | Magnolia | 1815 | Formed from Marion County | Zebulon Pike | &0000000000038940.00000038,940 | &0000000000000409.000000409 sq mi
(&0000000000001059.0000001,059 km2) |  |
| Pontotoc County | 115 | Pontotoc | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Chief Pontotoc | &0000000000026726.00000026,726 | &0000000000000497.000000497 sq mi
(&0000000000001287.0000001,287 km2) |  |
| Prentiss County | 117 | Booneville | 1870 | Formed from Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties | Smith Prentiss | &0000000000025556.00000025,556 | &0000000000000415.000000415 sq mi
(&0000000000001075.0000001,075 km2) |  |
| Quitman County | 119 | Marks | 1877 | Formed from Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie and Tunica Counties | John A. Quitman | &0000000000010117.00000010,117 | &0000000000000405.000000405 sq mi
(&0000000000001049.0000001,049 km2) |  |
| Rankin County | 121 | Brandon | 1828 | Formed from Hinds County | Christopher Rankin | &0000000000115327.000000115,327 | &0000000000000775.000000775 sq mi
(&0000000000002007.0000002,007 km2) |  |
| Scott County | 123 | Forest | 1833 | Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties | Abram M. Scott | &0000000000028423.00000028,423 | &0000000000000609.000000609 sq mi
(&0000000000001577.0000001,577 km2) |  |
| Sharkey County | 125 | Rolling Fork | 1876 | Formed from Issaquena, Warren and Washington Counties | William L. Sharkey | &0000000000006580.0000006,580 | &0000000000000428.000000428 sq mi
(&0000000000001109.0000001,109 km2) |  |
| Simpson County | 127 | Mendenhall | 1824 | Formed from Copiah County | Josiah Simpson | &0000000000027639.00000027,639 | &0000000000000589.000000589 sq mi
(&0000000000001526.0000001,526 km2) |  |
| Smith County | 129 | Raleigh | 1833 | Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties | David Smith | &0000000000016182.00000016,182 | &0000000000000636.000000636 sq mi
(&0000000000001647.0000001,647 km2) |  |
| Stone County | 131 | Wiggins | 1916 | Formed from Harrison County | John M. Stone | &0000000000013622.00000013,622 | &0000000000000445.000000445 sq mi
(&0000000000001153.0000001,153 km2) |  |
| Sunflower County | 133 | Indianola | 1844 | Formed from Bolivar County | Sunflower River | &0000000000034369.00000034,369 | &0000000000000694.000000694 sq mi
(&0000000000001797.0000001,797 km2) |  |
| Tallahatchie County | 135 | Charleston | 1833 | Formed from Washington and Yazoo Counties | Tallahatchie River | &0000000000014903.00000014,903 | &0000000000000644.000000644 sq mi
(&0000000000001668.0000001,668 km2) |  |
| Tate County | 137 | Senatobia | 1873 | Formed from DeSoto and Marshall Counties | Thomas Simpson Tate | &0000000000025370.00000025,370 | &0000000000000404.000000404 sq mi
(&0000000000001046.0000001,046 km2) |  |
| Tippah County | 139 | Ripley | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Tippah wife of Pontotoc | &0000000000020826.00000020,826 | &0000000000000458.000000458 sq mi
(&0000000000001186.0000001,186 km2) |  |
| Tishomingo County | 141 | Iuka | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Chief Tishomingo | &0000000000019163.00000019,163 | &0000000000000424.000000424 sq mi
(&0000000000001098.0000001,098 km2) |  |
| Tunica County | 143 | Tunica | 1836 | Formed from Washington County and Un-Organized | Tunica Native Americans | &0000000000009227.0000009,227 | &0000000000000455.000000455 sq mi
(&0000000000001178.0000001,178 km2) |  |
| Union County | 145 | New Albany | 1870 | Formed from Lee, Pontotoc and Tippah Counties | Union | &0000000000025362.00000025,362 | &0000000000000416.000000416 sq mi
(&0000000000001077.0000001,077 km2) |  |
| Walthall County | 147 | Tylertown | 1912 | Formed from Marion and Pike Counties | Edward Walthall | &0000000000015156.00000015,156 | &0000000000000404.000000404 sq mi
(&0000000000001046.0000001,046 km2) |  |
| Warren County | 149 | Vicksburg | 1809 | Formed from Claiborne County | Joseph Warren | &0000000000049644.00000049,644 | &0000000000000587.000000587 sq mi
(&0000000000001520.0000001,520 km2) |  |
| Washington County | 151 | Greenville | 1827 | Formed from Warren and Yazoo Counties | George Washington | &0000000000062977.00000062,977 | &0000000000000724.000000724 sq mi
(&0000000000001875.0000001,875 km2) |  |
| Wayne County | 153 | Waynesboro | 1809 | Formed from Washington County (AL) | "Mad" Anthony Wayne | &0000000000021216.00000021,216 | &0000000000000810.000000810 sq mi
(&0000000000002098.0000002,098 km2) |  |
| Webster County | 155 | Walthall | 1874 | Formed from Chickasaw, Choctaw and Montegomery Counties (Formally Sumner County) | Daniel Webster | &0000000000010294.00000010,294 | &0000000000000423.000000423 sq mi
(&0000000000001096.0000001,096 km2) |  |
| Wilkinson County | 157 | Woodville | 1802 | Formed from Adams County | James Wilkinson | &0000000000010312.00000010,312 | &0000000000000677.000000677 sq mi
(&0000000000001753.0000001,753 km2) |  |
| Winston County | 159 | Louisville | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties | Louis Winston | &0000000000020160.00000020,160 | &0000000000000607.000000607 sq mi
(&0000000000001572.0000001,572 km2) |  |
| Yalobusha County | 161 | Water Valley | 1833 | Formed from Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Native American for tadpole place | &0000000000013051.00000013,051 | &0000000000000467.000000467 sq mi
(&0000000000001210.0000001,210 km2) |  |
| Yazoo County | 163 | Yazoo City | 1823 | Formed from Hinds County | Yazoo Native Americans | &0000000000028149.00000028,149 | &0000000000000920.000000920 sq mi
(&0000000000002383.0000002,383 km2) |  |
