Mississippi

Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817 as the 20th state. Mississippi Territory was created in 1798.

  • 1800 – 1810 federal censuses lost.
  • 1820 federal census extant for all counties.
  • 1830 federal census extant for all counties except Pike.
  • 1840 – 1850 federal censuses extant for all counties.
  • 1860 federal census extant for all counties except Hancock, Sunflower, and Washington.
  • 1870 – 1940 federal censuses extant for all counties except for 1890.
Adams Alcorn Amite Attala
Benton Bolivar Calhoun Carroll
Chickasaw Choctaw Claiborne Clarke
Clay Coahoma Copiah Covington
De Soto Forrest Franklin George
Greene Grenada Hancock Harrison
Hinds Holmes Humphreys Issaquena
Itawamba Jackson Jasper Jefferson
Jefferson Davis Jones Kemper Lafayette
Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Leake
Lee Leflore Lincoln Lowndes
Madison Marion Marshall Monroe
Montgomery Neshoba Newton Noxubee
Oktibbeha Panola Pearl River Perry
Pike Pontotoc Prentiss Quitman
Rankin Scott Sharkey Simpson
Smith Stone Sunflower Tallahatchie
Tate Tippah Tishomingo Tunica
Union Walthall Warren Washington
Wayne Webster Wilkinson Winston
Yalobusha Yazoo