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Tunica County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Tunica-Biloxi tribe
- Seat
- Tunica
- Largest town
- Tunica Resorts
- Total
- 481 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Land
- 455 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Water
- 26 sq mi (67 km ) 5.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,819
- Density
- 21.5/sq mi (8.30/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .tunicacountymississippi .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tunica County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,782. Its county seat is Tunica. The county is named for the Tunica Native Americans. Most migrated to central Louisiana during the colonial period.
Tunica County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tunica County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.