Mississippi statistical areas

The U.S. State of Mississippi currently has 27 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas, and 17 micropolitan statistical areas in Mississippi.[1] As of 2023, the most populous statistical area in the state is Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS CSA, comprising the metro area of its capital and largest city, Jackson.

Background

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

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The 27 United States statistical areas and 82 counties of the State of Mississippi[a]

Combined statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] Core-based statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] County 2023 population (est.)[3]
Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS CSA 687,257 Jackson, MS MSA 610,257 Hinds County, Mississippi 214,870
Rankin County, Mississippi 160,417
Madison County, Mississippi 112,511
Copiah County, Mississippi 27,664
Scott County, Mississippi 27,507
Yazoo County, Mississippi 25,796
Simpson County, Mississippi 25,715
Holmes County, Mississippi 15,777
Vicksburg, MS μSA 42,298 Warren County, Mississippi 42,298
Brookhaven, MS μSA 34,702 Lincoln County, Mississippi 34,702
none Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA 421,916 Harrison County, Mississippi 210,612
Jackson County, Mississippi 146,389
Hancock County, Mississippi 46,159
Stone County, Mississippi 18,756
Memphis-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR CSA 1,377,852
292,380 (MS)
Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA 1,335,674
272,303 (MS)
Shelby County, Tennessee 910,042
DeSoto County, Mississippi 193,247
Tipton County, Tennessee 62,015
Crittenden County, Arkansas 47,139
Fayette County, Tennessee 44,175
Marshall County, Mississippi 34,123
Tate County, Mississippi 28,261
Tunica County, Mississippi 9,234
Benton County, Mississippi 7,438
Forrest City, AR μSA 22,101 St. Francis County, Arkansas 22,101
Clarksdale, MS μSA 20,007 Coahoma County, Mississippi 20,007
Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS CSA 238,003 Hattiesburg, MS MSA 155,740 Forrest County, Mississippi 78,208
Lamar County, Mississippi 66,217
Perry County, Mississippi 11,315
Laurel, MS μSA 82,263 Jones County, Mississippi 66,250
Jasper County, Mississippi 16,013
Tupelo-Corinth, MS CSA 166,162 Tupelo, MS μSA 132,027 Lee County, Mississippi 82,799
Prentiss County, Mississippi 25,135
Itawamba County, Mississippi 24,093
Corinth, MS μSA 34,135 Alcorn County, Mississippi 34,135
Starkville-Columbus, MS CSA 128,388 Columbus, MS μSA 67,197 Lowndes County, Mississippi 57,283
Noxubee County, Mississippi 9,914
Starkville, MS μSA 61,191 Oktibbeha County, Mississippi 51,203
Webster County, Mississippi 9,988
none Meridian, MS μSA 85,755 Lauderdale County, Mississippi 70,527
Clarke County, Mississippi 15,228
Oxford, MS μSA 70,853 Lafayette County, Mississippi 58,467
Yalobusha County, Mississippi 12,386
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA 1,340,591
57,978 (MS)
New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA 962,165 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana 421,777
Orleans Parish, Louisiana 364,136
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana 50,620
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana 44,463
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana 39,592
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana 22,386
St. James Parish, Louisiana 19,191
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA MSA 275,583 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana 275,583
Picayune, MS μSA 57,978 Pearl River County, Mississippi 57,978
Bogalusa, LA μSA 44,865 Washington Parish, Louisiana 44,865
none McComb, MS μSA 53,257 Pike County, Mississippi 39,394
Walthall County, Mississippi 13,863
Greenville, MS μSA 41,946 Washington County, Mississippi 41,946
Greenwood, MS μSA 35,913 Leflore County, Mississippi 26,378
Carroll County, Mississippi 9,535
Natchez, MS-LA μSA 53,375
35,687 (MS)
Adams County, Mississippi 28,746
Concordia Parish, Louisiana 17,688
Jefferson County, Mississippi 6,941
Grenada, MS μSA 30,665 Grenada County, Mississippi 21,065
Montgomery County, Mississippi 9,600
Cleveland, MS μSA 28,968 Bolivar County, Mississippi 28,968
none Monroe County, Mississippi 33,609
Panola County, Mississippi 32,669
Pontotoc County, Mississippi 31,535
Neshoba County, Mississippi 28,789
Union County, Mississippi 28,284
George County, Mississippi 25,619
Sunflower County, Mississippi 24,468
Marion County, Mississippi 24,224
Tippah County, Mississippi 21,287
Leake County, Mississippi 21,258
Newton County, Mississippi 21,019
Wayne County, Mississippi 19,803
Tishomingo County, Mississippi 18,507
Clay County, Mississippi 18,206
Covington County, Mississippi 18,059
Winston County, Mississippi 17,416
Attala County, Mississippi 17,359
Chickasaw County, Mississippi 16,866
Smith County, Mississippi 14,099
Greene County, Mississippi 13,601
Calhoun County, Mississippi 12,685
Amite County, Mississippi 12,442
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 11,837
Lawrence County, Mississippi 11,741
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi 10,969
Claiborne County, Mississippi 8,617
Kemper County, Mississippi 8,584
Choctaw County, Mississippi 8,088
Wilkinson County, Mississippi 8,058
Franklin County, Mississippi 7,610
Humphreys County, Mississippi 7,216
Quitman County, Mississippi 5,546
Sharkey County, Mississippi 3,336
Issaquena County, Mississippi 1,256
State of Mississippi 2,939,690

Primary statistical areas

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Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 27 statistical areas of Mississippi, 15 are PSAs comprising six combined statistical areas, one metropolitan statistical area, and eight micropolitan statistical areas.

The 15 primary statistical areas of the State of Mississippi[b]

2020 rank Primary statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS CSA 687,257 −1.76% 699,597 +0.20% 698,226
2 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA 421,916 +1.36% 416,259 +7.15% 388,488
3 Memphis-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR CSA (MS) 292,380 +2.25% 285,948 +4.77% 272,940
4 Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS CSA 238,003 +0.21% 237,504 +4.32% 227,665
5 Tupelo-Corinth, MS CSA 166,162 −0.47% 166,954 −1.00% 168,644
6 Starkville-Columbus, MS CSA 128,388 −1.90% 130,878 +1.26% 129,248
7 Meridian, MS μSA 85,755 −3.21% 88,599 −8.65% 96,993
8 Oxford, MS μSA 70,853 +3.75% 68,294 +13.77% 60,029
9 New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA (MS) 57,978 +3.26% 56,145 +0.56% 55,834
10 McComb, MS μSA 53,257 −1.75% 54,208 −2.93% 55,847
11 Greenville, MS μSA 41,946 −6.62% 44,922 −12.15% 51,137
12 Greenwood, MS μSA 35,913 −6.32% 38,337 −10.67% 42,914
13 Natchez, MS-LA μSA (MS) 35,687 −3.02% 36,798 −8.06% 40,023
14 Grenada, MS μSA 30,665 −2.50% 31,451 −4.20% 32,831
15 Cleveland, MS μSA 28,968 −6.51% 30,985 −9.25% 34,145
Memphis-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR CSA 1,377,852 −0.87% 1,389,905 +0.77% 1,379,238
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA 1,340,591 −2.39% 1,373,453 +6.23% 1,292,868
Natchez, MS-LA μSA 53,375 −3.80% 55,485 −8.81% 60,845

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
  2. ^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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