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Tunica County
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county in Mississippi, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tunica County is referenced by 648 other articles, and connects out to Mississippi, African Americans and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MS.
It sits within the topics 1836 establishments in Mississippi, Black Belt (U.S. region) and Counties in the Memphis metropolitan area.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9782
- Area
- 1245
- Official website
- www.tunicacounty.com
- Image
- TUNICA HISTORIC DISTRICT, TUNICA COUNTY, MS.jpg
- Households
- 3964
Show 5 more facts
- water as percent of area
- 5.4
- Commons category
- Tunica County, Mississippi
- native label
- Tunica County
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- per capita income
- 17197
Sources (10)
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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.