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Issaquena County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Founded
- January 23, 1844
- Seat
- Mayersville
- Largest town
- Mayersville
- Total
- 441 sq mi (1,140 km )
- Land
- 413 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Water
- 28 sq mi (73 km ) 6.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,263
- Density
- 3.24/sq mi (1.25/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Issaquena County (/ˌɪsəˈkwiːnə/, ISS-ə-KWEEN-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,338, making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Its county seat is Mayersville. With a per-capita income of $24,489, Issaquena County is, by that measure, the third-poorest county in the United States.
Issaquena County is located in the Mississippi Delta region. The Mississippi River flows along the entire western boundary of the county, and many of the earliest communities were river ports.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Issaquena County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.