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Rankin County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Founded
- February 4, 1828
- Named after
- Christopher Rankin
- Seat
- Brandon
- Largest city
- Pearl
- Total
- 806 sq mi (2,090 km )
- Land
- 775 sq mi (2,010 km )
- Water
- 31 sq mi (80 km ) 3.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 162,181
- Density
- 203/sq mi (78.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .rankincounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Christopher Rankin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Brandon
- Capital
- Brandon
- Population
- 157031
- Area
- 2088
- Shares border with
- Copiah County
- Official website
- www.rankincounty.org
- Image
- Rankin County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 56640
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- Commons category
- Rankin County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Rankin County, Mississippi
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rankin County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1828-02-04
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rankin County, Mississippi
- water as percent of area
- 3.8
- native label
- Rankin County
- topic has template
- Template:Rankin County, Mississippi
- per capita income
- 32106
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Encyclopedic overview
Rankin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The western border of the county is formed by the Pearl River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 157,031, making it the fourth-most populous county in Mississippi. The county seat is Brandon, and the largest city is Pearl. The county is named in honor of Christopher Rankin, a Mississippi Congressman who served from 1819 to 1826.
Rankin County is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county includes several of the Jackson metropolitan area's eastern suburbs, including Pearl, Brandon, Flowood, Richland, and Florence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rankin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.