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County	NACo Member	2000 Population	Square Miles	County Seat	Founded
Adams		34,340	460	Natchez	1799
Alcorn		34,558	400	Corinth	1870
Amite		13,599	730	Liberty	1809
Attala		19,661	735	Kosciusko	1833
Benton		8,026	407	Ashland	1870
Bolivar		40,633	876	Cleveland	1836
Calhoun		15,069	587	Pittsboro	1852
Carroll		10,769	628	Carrollton	1833
Chickasaw		19,440	502	Houston	1836
Choctaw		9,758	419	Ackerman	1833
Claiborne		11,831	487	Port Gibson	1802
Clarke		17,955	691	Quitman	1812
Clay		21,979	409	West Point	1872
Coahoma		30,622	554	Clarksdale	1836
Copiah		28,757	777	Hazlehurst	1823
Covington		19,407	414	Collins	1819
De Soto		107,199	478	Hernando	1836
Forrest		72,604	467	Hattiesburg	1906
Franklin		8,448	565	Meadville	1809
George		19,144	478	Lucedale	1811
Greene		13,299	713	Leakesville	1811
Grenada		23,263	422	Grenada	1870
Hancock		42,967	477	Bay Saint Louis	1812
Harrison		189,601	581	Gulfport	1841
Hinds		250,800	869	Jackson	1821
Holmes		21,609	756	Lexington	1833
Humphreys		11,206	418	Belzoni	1918
Issaquena		2,274	413	Mayersville	1844
Itawamba		22,770	532	Fulton	1836
Jackson		131,420	727	Pascagoula	1812
Jasper		18,149	676	Bay Springs	1833
Jefferson		9,740	519	Fayette	1799
Jefferson Davis		13,962	408	Prentiss	1906
Jones		64,958	694	Laurel	1826
Kemper		10,453	766	De Kalb	1833
Lafayette		38,744	631	Oxford	1836
Lamar		39,070	497	Purvis	1904
Lauderdale		78,161	704	Meridian	1833
Lawrence		13,258	431	Monticello	1814
Leake		20,940	583	Carthage	1833
Lee		75,755	450	Tupelo	1866
Leflore		37,947	592	Greenwood	1871
Lincoln		33,166	586	Brookhaven	1870
Lowndes		61,586	502	Columbus	1830
Madison		74,674	719	Canton	1828
Marion		25,595	542	Columbia	1811
Marshall		34,993	706	Holly Springs	1836
Monroe		38,014	764	Aberdeen	1821
Montgomery		12,189	407	Winona	1871
Neshoba		28,684	570	Philadelphia	1833
Newton		21,838	578	Decatur	1836
Noxubee		12,548	695	Macon	1833
Oktibbeha		42,902	458	Starkville	1833
Panola		34,274	684	Batesville	1836
Pearl River		48,621	812	Poplarville	1890
Perry		12,138	647	New Augusta	1820
Pike		38,940	409	Magnolia	1815
Pontotoc		26,726	497	Pontotoc	1836
Prentiss		25,556	415	Booneville	1870
Quitman		10,117	405	Marks	1877
Rankin		115,327	775	Brandon	1828
Scott		28,423	609	Forest	1833
Sharkey		6,580	428	Rolling Fork	1876
Simpson		27,639	589	Mendenhall	1824
Smith		16,182	636	Raleigh	1833
Stone		13,622	445	Wiggins	1916
Sunflower		34,369	694	Indianola	1844
Tallahatchie		14,903	644	Charleston	1833
Tate		25,370	404	Senatobia	1873
Tippah		20,826	458	Ripley	1836
Tishomingo		19,163	424	Iuka	1836
Tunica		9,227	455	Tunica	1836
Union		25,362	416	New Albany	1870
Walthall		15,156	404	Tylertown	1910
Warren		49,644	587	Vicksburg	1809
Washington		62,977	724	Greenville	1827
Wayne		21,216	810	Waynesboro	1809
Webster		10,294	423	Walthall	1874
Wilkinson		10,312	677	Woodville	1802
Winston		20,160	607	Louisville	1833
Yalobusha		13,051	467	Water Valley	1833
Yazoo		28,149	920	Yazoo City	1823

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