The Jackson-Yazoo City Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties in central Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

. The statistical area consists of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area

Jackson metropolitan area

The Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi that covers five counties: Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, and Simpson. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 497,197...

 and the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the CSA had a population of 525,346. The Jackson-Yazoo City combined statistical area, consisting of the Jackson metropolitan area and Yazoo City micropolitan area, had a population of 567,122 inhabitants in the 2010 census.

Counties

• Copiah
  Copiah County, Mississippi
  As of the census of 2000, there were 28,757 people, 10,142 households, and 7,494 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 11,101 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...
  
  
• Hinds
  Hinds County, Mississippi
  As of the census of 2000, there were 250,800 people, 91,030 households, and 62,355 families residing in the county. The population density was 288 people per square mile . There were 100,287 housing units at an average density of 115 per square mile...
  
  
• Madison
  Madison County, Mississippi
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 74,674 people, 27,219 households, and 19,325 families residing in the county. The population density was 104 people per square mile . There were 28,781 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile...
  
  
• Rankin
  Rankin County, Mississippi
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 115,327 people, 42,089 households, and 31,145 families residing in the county. The population density was 149 people per square mile . There were 45,070 housing units at an average density of 58 per square mile...
  
  
• Simpson
  Simpson County, Mississippi
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 27,639 people, 10,076 households, and 7,385 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,307 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...
  
  
• Yazoo
  Yazoo County, Mississippi
  -National protected area:*Hillside National Wildlife Refuge *Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge-History:The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Yazoo County was established on January 21, 1823. It was the 19th county...
  
  

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

• Brandon
  Brandon, Mississippi
  Brandon is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 16,436 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rankin CountyBrandon is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
  
  
• Canton
  Canton, Mississippi
  Canton is a city in Madison County, Mississippi. The population was 12,911 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County, and situated in the northern part of the metropolitan area surrounding the state capital, Jackson....
  
  
• Clinton
  Clinton, Mississippi
  Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 23,347 at the 2000 United States Census.-History:...
  
  
• Madison
  Madison, Mississippi
  Madison is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, USA. The population was 14,691 at the 2000 census. The population is currently 16,930. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is currently the highest income city in the state...
  
  
• Pearl
  Pearl, Mississippi
  Pearl is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 21,961 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Ridgeland
  Ridgeland, Mississippi
  Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 20,173 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Yazoo City
  Yazoo City, Mississippi
  Yazoo City is a city in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle. It is the county seat of Yazoo County and the principal city of the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the...
  
   (Principal City)

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Byram CDP
  Byram, Mississippi
  Byram is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,386 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a census-designated place . It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was incorporated for a second time in its history on June 16, 2009.-History:Byram...
  
  
• Crystal Springs
  Crystal Springs, Mississippi
  Crystal Springs is a city in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,873 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Crystal Springs is located at ....
  
  
• Edwards
  Edwards, Mississippi
  Edwards is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,347 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  
• Flora
  Flora, Mississippi
  Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,546 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Flora is located at ....
  
  
• Florence
  Florence, Mississippi
  Florence is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,396. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Florence is located at ....
  
  
• Flowood
  Flowood, Mississippi
  Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,750 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Flowood is located at ....
  
  
• Hazlehurst
  Hazlehurst, Mississippi
  Hazlehurst is a city in and the county seat of Copiah County, Mississippi, United States, located about 30 miles south of the state capital Jackson along Interstate 55. The population was 4,400 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Magee
  Magee, Mississippi
  Magee is a city in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,200 at the 2000 census and was estimated to be near 5,019 as of February 2007. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  
• Mendenhall
• Pelahatchie
  Pelahatchie, Mississippi
  Pelahatchie is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,461 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.Pelahatchie means "Crooked Creek " in the Choctaw language.-Geography:...
  
  
• Raymond
  Raymond, Mississippi
  Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,664. Raymond is one of the two county seats of Hinds County and is the home of the main campus of Hinds Community College....
  
  
• Richland
  Richland, Mississippi
  Richland is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 6,027 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Richland is located at ....
  
  
• Wesson
  Wesson, Mississippi
  Wesson is a town in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,693 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Wesson is located at ....
  
  

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

• Beauregard
  Beauregard, Mississippi
  Beauregard is a village in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Beauregard is located at ....
  
  
• Bentonia
  Bentonia, Mississippi
  Bentonia is a town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 500 at the 2000 census. Some blues scholars maintain that there is a "Bentonia School" of blues singing and guitar-playing, and that "Bentonia-style" is a distinct style of Delta Blues, but Bentonia lies outside the...
  
  
• Bolton
  Bolton, Mississippi
  Bolton is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 629 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bolton is located at ....
  
  
• Braxton
  Braxton, Mississippi
  Braxton is a village in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 181 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Braxton is located at ....
  
  
• D'Lo
  D'Lo, Mississippi
  D'Lo is a town in Simpson County, Mississippi, along the Strong River. The population was 394 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Eden
  Eden, Mississippi
  Eden is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 126 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eden is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• Georgetown
  Georgetown, Mississippi
  Georgetown is a town in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 344 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Georgetown is located at ....
  
  
• Learned
  Learned, Mississippi
  Learned is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 50 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Learned is located at ....
  
  
• Puckett
  Puckett, Mississippi
  Puckett is a town/village in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 354 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  
• Satartia
  Satartia, Mississippi
  Satartia is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 68 at the 2000 census.Satartia is an American Indian word for pumpkin or "pumpkin patch," rumored to be due to the small gourds that grow around the area. It was founded in the mid-19th century and was famous for...
  
  
• Terry
  Terry, Mississippi
  Terry is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 664 at the 2000 census. It is located near Interstate 55, about 15 miles southwest of Jackson, Mississippi and located in Supervisors District Five of Hinds County...
  
  
• Utica
  Utica, Mississippi
  Utica is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 966 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the URJ Henry S...
  
  

Unincorporated places

Anding Anding, Mississippi Anding is an unincorporated community located in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. Anding is approximately east of Oil City and approximately north of BentoniaAnding has a zip code of 39040.... Benton Benton, Mississippi Benton is an unincorporated community in Yazoo County in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Mississippi Highway 433 divides the community. Benton is also served by the Zip Code 39039. Benton was the county seat of Yazoo County from 1829 to 1848. It is home to Benton Academy, one of only two major... Brownsville Brownsville, Mississippi Brownsville is an unincorporated community located on Mississippi Highway 22 in northern Hinds County, Mississippi. Brownsville is approximately southwest of Flora and approximately north of Bolton.... Camden Camden, Mississippi Camden is an unincorporated community located on Mississippi Highway 17 in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. Camden is approximately northeast of Sharon.Although unincorporated, Camden has a post office and a zip code of 39045.... Carpenter Carpenter, Mississippi Carpenter is a small unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. A former railroad town located seven miles from Utica in the extreme northwestern corner of the county, Carpenter was named for Joseph Neibert Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia... Dentville Fannin Gallman Gluckstadt Gluckstadt, Mississippi Gluckstadt is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The community is located along Interstate 55 in south central Madison County, between the cities of Canton and Madison. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.Gluckstadt was established in June... Harrisville Harrisville, Mississippi Harrisville is a small community located south of Florence, which is about 25 miles from Jackson in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States. It sits mainly on Highway 469 and connects to D'Lo and Pinola... Holly Bluff Holly Bluff, Mississippi The Village of Holly Bluff is a small unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta.Originally known as "Sharbrough's Landing" to river boat pilots the community was established by the Sharbrough family in 1877... Hopewell Johns

Leesburg Martinsville Oakley Piney Woods Piney Woods, Mississippi Piney Woods is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi . It is the site of the Piney Woods Country Life School, a historically African-American boarding school established in 1909.... Pinola Pocahontas Pocahontas, Mississippi Pocahontas is an unincorporated community located in northern Hinds County, Mississippi, on U.S. Highway 49. It is located 5 miles south of Flora, Mississippi and 9 miles north of Jackson, the state capital of Mississippi.Pocahontas has a postal code of 39702.... Sandhill Sharon Star Star, Mississippi Star, Mississippi, is a small unincorporated community in Rankin County, southeast of Jackson in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Its ZIP code is 39167, area code is 601 and local exchange is 845. The elevation is 423 feet. Star appears on the Star U.S. Geological Survey Map... Tinsley Tinsley, Mississippi Tinsley is an unincorporated community located in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. Tinsley is approximately south of Yazoo City and south of Oil City near U.S. Highway 49W.Carter has a zip code of 39194.... Vaughan Vaughan, Mississippi Vaughan is an unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It is 32 miles from the state capital of Jackson and 12 miles east of Benton... Whitfield

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 525,346 people, 189,734 households, and 134,348 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 52.57% White, 45.75% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.17% of the population.

The median income for a household in the CSA was $34,234, and the median income for a family was $40,613. Males had a median income of $32,167 versus $23,316 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the CSA was $16,580.

See also

• Mississippi census statistical areas
  Mississippi census statistical areas
  The United States Census Bureau has defined 3 Combined Statistical Areas , 5 Metropolitan Statistical Areas , and 20 Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the State of Mississippi. The following table describes these areas with the following information:*The name of the Combined Statistical Area , if...
  
  
• List of metropolitan areas in Mississippi
• List of micropolitan areas in Mississippi
• List of cities in Mississippi
• List of towns and villages in Mississippi
• List of census-designated places in Mississippi
• List of United States metropolitan areas