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Jones County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- John Paul Jones
- Seat
- Laurel and Ellisville
- Largest city
- Laurel
- Total
- 700 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 695 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Water
- 4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 66,496
- Density
- 96.8/sq mi (37.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 3rd , 4th
- Website
- jonescounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Jefferson Davis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Laurel
- Capital
- Laurel
- Population
- 67246
- Area
- 1812
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Headquarters
- Laurel
- Official website
- jonescounty.com
- Image
- Jones County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 24855
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- native label
- Jones County
- Commons category
- Jones County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Jones County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1826-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jones County, Mississippi
- different from
- Jones County
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- per capita income
- 23355
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Encyclopedic overview
Jones County is in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,246. Its county seats are Laurel and Ellisville.
Jones County is part of the Laurel micropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jones County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.