Tunica
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town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Tunica
- Total
- 0.66 sq mi (1.72 km )
- Land
- 0.66 sq mi (1.72 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 194 ft (59 m)
- Density
- 1,545.9/sq mi (596.88/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 28-74760
- Website
- townoftunica.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Post office in Tunica, Mississippi. Tunica is a town in and the county seat of Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, near the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, Tunica had a population of 1,026. Until the early 1990s when casino gambling was introduced in the area, Tunica had been one of the most impoverished places in the United States. Despite this economic improvement, Tunica's population continues to decline from its peak in 1970.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tunica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.