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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Time Zone (North America)">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Time Zone (North America)">CDT</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">metropolitan statistical area</a> (MSA) in southeastern <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> that covers three counties - <a href="/wiki/Forrest_County,_Mississippi" title="Forrest County, Mississippi">Forrest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Mississippi" title="Perry County, Mississippi">Perry</a>. The MSA's principal city is <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a>. The 2010 census placed the Hattiesburg MSA's population at 162,410, though estimates as of 2019 indicate the population has increased to 168,849.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is part of the geographical region known as the <a href="/wiki/Pine_Belt_(Mississippi)" title="Pine Belt (Mississippi)">Pine Belt</a>, famous for its abundance of <a href="/wiki/Longleaf_pine" title="Longleaf pine">longleaf pine</a> trees. The Hattiesburg MSA is part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg-Laurel_Combined_Statistical_Area" title="Hattiesburg-Laurel Combined Statistical Area">Hattiesburg-Laurel Combined Statistical Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties">Counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hattiesburg_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_County,_Mississippi" title="Forrest County, Mississippi">Forrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Mississippi" title="Perry County, Mississippi">Perry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hattiesburg_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 123,812 people, 45,999 households, and 31,372 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 72.13% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 25.96% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.20% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.65% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.02% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.36% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.69% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.18% of the population. </p><p>The median income for a household in the MSA was $30,746, and the median income for a family was $37,731. Males had a median income of $30,221 versus $20,464 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the MSA was $15,615. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid 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href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>126,130</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>143,340</td><td></td><td>13.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>162,410</td><td></td><td>13.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2019 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">168,849</td><td></td><td>4.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.census.gov/data.html">https://www.census.gov/data.html</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hattiesburg_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 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title="Beaumont, Mississippi">Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a> (principal city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberton,_Mississippi" title="Lumberton, Mississippi">Lumberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Augusta,_Mississippi" title="New Augusta, Mississippi">New Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petal,_Mississippi" title="Petal, Mississippi">Petal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi">Purvis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richton,_Mississippi" title="Richton, Mississippi">Richton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumrall,_Mississippi" title="Sumrall, Mississippi">Sumrall</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hattiesburg_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Census-designated 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfport%E2%80%93Biloxi_metropolitan_area" title="Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area">Gulfport-Biloxi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hattiesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis (TN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascagoula_metropolitan_area" title="Pascagoula metropolitan area">Pascagoula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi#Major_cities_and_towns" title="Mississippi">Larger cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfport,_Mississippi" title="Gulfport, Mississippi">Gulfport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southaven,_Mississippi" title="Southaven, Mississippi">Southaven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_smaller_cities_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="List of smaller cities in Mississippi">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_St._Louis,_Mississippi" title="Bay St. Louis, Mississippi">Bay St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon,_Mississippi" title="Brandon, Mississippi">Brandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_Mississippi" title="Brookhaven, Mississippi">Brookhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Mississippi" title="Canton, Mississippi">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksdale,_Mississippi" title="Clarksdale, Mississippi">Clarksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Mississippi" title="Cleveland, Mississippi">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Mississippi" title="Clinton, Mississippi">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Mississippi" title="Columbus, Mississippi">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corinth,_Mississippi" title="Corinth, Mississippi">Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautier,_Mississippi" title="Gautier, Mississippi">Gautier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Mississippi" title="Greenville, Mississippi">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi" title="Greenwood, Mississippi">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi" title="Grenada, Mississippi">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_Lake,_Mississippi" title="Horn Lake, Mississippi">Horn Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianola,_Mississippi" title="Indianola, Mississippi">Indianola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itta_Bena,_Mississippi" title="Itta Bena, Mississippi">Itta Bena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iuka,_Mississippi" title="Iuka, Mississippi">Iuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel,_Mississippi" title="Laurel, Mississippi">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_Mississippi" title="Long Beach, Mississippi">Long Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Mississippi" title="Louisville, Mississippi">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Mississippi" title="Madison, Mississippi">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magee,_Mississippi" title="Magee, Mississippi">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McComb,_Mississippi" title="McComb, Mississippi">McComb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendenhall,_Mississippi" title="Mendenhall, Mississippi">Mendenhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian,_Mississippi" title="Meridian, Mississippi">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Point,_Mississippi" title="Moss Point, Mississippi">Moss Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchez,_Mississippi" title="Natchez, Mississippi">Natchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi" title="Ocean Springs, Mississippi">Ocean Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Branch,_Mississippi" title="Olive Branch, Mississippi">Olive Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Mississippi" title="Oxford, Mississippi">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascagoula,_Mississippi" title="Pascagoula, Mississippi">Pascagoula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pass_Christian,_Mississippi" title="Pass Christian, Mississippi">Pass Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl,_Mississippi" title="Pearl, Mississippi">Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picayune,_Mississippi" title="Picayune, Mississippi">Picayune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgeland,_Mississippi" title="Ridgeland, Mississippi">Ridgeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starkville,_Mississippi" title="Starkville, Mississippi">Starkville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica,_Mississippi" title="Tunica, Mississippi">Tunica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupelo,_Mississippi" title="Tupelo, Mississippi">Tupelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi" title="Vicksburg, Mississippi">Vicksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waveland,_Mississippi" title="Waveland, Mississippi">Waveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="West Hattiesburg, Mississippi">West Hattiesburg (Oak Grove)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Mississippi" title="West Point, Mississippi">West Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazoo_City,_Mississippi" title="Yazoo City, Mississippi">Yazoo City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Mississippi" title="List of counties in Mississippi">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Mississippi" title="Adams County, Mississippi">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcorn_County,_Mississippi" title="Alcorn County, Mississippi">Alcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amite_County,_Mississippi" title="Amite County, Mississippi">Amite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attala_County,_Mississippi" title="Attala County, Mississippi">Attala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Mississippi" title="Benton County, Mississippi">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar_County,_Mississippi" title="Bolivar County, Mississippi">Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Mississippi" title="Calhoun County, Mississippi">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Mississippi" title="Carroll County, Mississippi">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_County,_Mississippi" title="Chickasaw County, Mississippi">Chickasaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_County,_Mississippi" title="Choctaw County, Mississippi">Choctaw</a></li> <li><a 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