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Lowndes County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- William Jones Lowndes
- Seat
- Columbus
- Largest city
- Columbus
- Total
- 516 sq mi (1,340 km )
- Land
- 506 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,346
- Density
- 116/sq mi (44.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- lowndescountyms .com
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 58879
- Area
- 1338
- Official website
- www.lowndescountygov.com
- Image
- Friendship Cemetery 264-001.JPG
- Households
- 22457
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- Commons category
- Lowndes County, Mississippi
- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- native label
- Lowndes County
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- per capita income
- 26439
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Lowndes County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 58,879. Its county seat is Columbus. The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes.
Lowndes County comprises the Columbus, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. Since the late 20th century, it has been designated as one of three counties in the Golden Triangle region of the state.
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