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Yazoo County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Founded
- January 21, 1823
- Named after
- Yazoo River
- Seat
- Yazoo City
- Largest city
- Yazoo City
- Total
- 934.159 sq mi (2,419.46 km )
- Land
- 922.339 sq mi (2,388.85 km )
- Water
- 11.820 sq mi (30.61 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,947
- Density
- 27.971/sq mi (10.800/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- yazoocounty.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Yazoo City
- Capital
- Yazoo City
- Population
- 26743
- Area
- 934
- Shares border with
- Attala County
- Official website
- www.yazoocounty.net
- Image
- Ricks Memorial Library Yazoo.jpg
- Households
- 8577
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- Commons category
- Yazoo County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Yazoo County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1823-01-21
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Yazoo County
- per capita income
- 17341
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Yazoo County, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Yazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,743, and was estimated to be 22,947 in 2025. The county seat is Yazoo City. It is named for the Yazoo River, which forms its western border. Its name is said to come from a Choctaw language word meaning "River of Death".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yazoo County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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