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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_K%C5%ABn_(Mississippi)" title="Kemper Kūn (Mississippi) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kemper Kūn (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Кемпър (окръг, Мисисипи) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кемпър (окръг, Мисисипи)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County,_Mississippi" title="Kemper County, Mississippi – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Kemper County, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County" title="Kemper County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kemper County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County,_Mississippi" title="Kemper County, Mississippi – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kemper County, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County" title="Kemper County – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kemper County" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County" title="Kemper County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kemper County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemperi_maakond" title="Kemperi maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kemperi maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Kemper" title="Condado de Kemper – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Kemper" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Kemper" title="Kantono Kemper – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Kemper" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_konderria_(Mississippi)" title="Kemper konderria (Mississippi) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kemper konderria (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C" title="شهرستان کمپر، میسیسیپی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان کمپر، میسیسیپی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Kemper" title="Comté de Kemper – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Kemper" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A)" title="کمپر ٚ شأرستان (ميسيسيپي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کمپر ٚ شأرستان (ميسيسيپي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%90%ED%8D%BC%EA%B5%B0" title="켐퍼군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="켐퍼군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B4%D6%83%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%AB)" title="Քեմփեր շրջան (Միսսիսիպի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քեմփեր շրջան (Միսսիսիպի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF" title="কেম্পের কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="কেম্পের কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Kemper" title="Contea di Kemper – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Kemper" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_Comitatus" title="Kemper Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kemper Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_megye" title="Kemper megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kemper megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C)" title="کمپر شهرستان (می‌سی‌سی‌پی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کمپر شهرستان (می‌سی‌سی‌پی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_G%C3%B4ng_(Mississippi)" title="Kemper Gông (Mississippi) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Kemper Gông (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County" title="Kemper County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kemper County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E5%B7%9E)" title="ケンパー郡 (ミシシッピ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ケンパー郡 (ミシシッピ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Кемпер (гуо, Миссисипи) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Кемпер (гуо, Миссисипи)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County" title="Kemper County – Norwegian Bokmål" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Кемпер (округ, Миссисипи) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кемпер (округ, Миссисипи)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County" title="Kemper County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kemper County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_County,_Mississippi" title="Kemper County, 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kemper County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The Kemper Project power plant."><img alt="The Kemper Project power plant." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png/220px-Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png/330px-Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png/440px-Kemper_County_Coal_Gasification_Plant.png 2x" data-file-width="2033" data-file-height="1352" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Kemper_Project" title="Kemper Project">Kemper Project</a> power plant.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi"><img alt="Map of Mississippi highlighting Kemper County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="1191" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mississippi_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mississippi's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Mississippi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Mississippi_in_United_States.svg/300px-Mississippi_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Mississippi_in_United_States.svg/450px-Mississippi_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Mississippi_in_United_States.svg/600px-Mississippi_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Mississippi's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&params=32.76_N_88.65_W_type:city(8988)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°46′N</span> <span class="longitude">88°39′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.76°N 88.65°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.76; -88.65</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png 1.5x, //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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1833</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Kemper" title="Reuben Kemper">Reuben Kemper</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/De_Kalb,_Mississippi" title="De Kalb, Mississippi">De Kalb</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest Town</th><td class="infobox-data">De Kalb</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">767 sq mi (1,990 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">766 sq mi (1,980 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.8 sq mi (2 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.1%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,988</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">12/sq mi (4.5/km<sup>2</sup>)</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%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</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%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Mississippi's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kempercounty.ms">www<wbr />.kempercounty<wbr />.ms</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kemper County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located on the central eastern border of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 8,988.<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> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/De_Kalb,_Mississippi" title="De Kalb, Mississippi">De Kalb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is named in honor of <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Kemper" title="Reuben Kemper">Reuben Kemper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is part of the <a href="/wiki/Meridian,_Mississippi" title="Meridian, Mississippi">Meridian</a>, MS <a href="/wiki/Meridian_micropolitan_area" title="Meridian micropolitan area">Micropolitan Statistical Area</a>. In 2010 the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved construction of the <a href="/wiki/Kemper_Project" title="Kemper Project">Kemper Project</a>, designed to use "clean coal" to produce electricity for 23 counties in the eastern part of the state. As of February 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, it was not completed and had cost overruns. It is designed as a model project to use gasification and carbon-capture technologies at this scale.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/East_Mississippi_Community_College" title="East Mississippi Community College">East Mississippi Community College</a> is located in Kemper County in the town of <a href="/wiki/Scooba,_Mississippi" title="Scooba, Mississippi">Scooba</a>, at the junction of <a href="/wiki/US_45" class="mw-redirect" title="US 45">US 45</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Highway_16" title="Mississippi Highway 16">Mississippi Highway 16</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the wake of the county's founding, Abel Mastin Key served as the first circuit clerk.<sup id="cite_ref-Key-Family_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Key-Family-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Land in the area was developed in the 19th century by white planters for cotton cultivation using enslaved African Americans. Blacks have comprised the majority of the county population since before the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. The county continues to be largely rural. </p><p>After the American Civil War and <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction</a>, racial violence increased as whites struggled to regain power over the majority population of <a href="/wiki/Freedmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedmen">freedmen</a> and to suppress their voting. In the period from 1877 to 1950, Kemper County had 24 documented <a href="/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States" title="Lynching in the United States">lynchings of African Americans</a>, the third-highest of Mississippi counties. <a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Mississippi" title="Carroll County, Mississippi">Hinds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leflore_County,_Mississippi" title="Leflore County, Mississippi">Leflore</a> counties had 29 and 48 lynchings, respectively, in this period.<sup id="cite_ref-eji_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eji-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This form of racial terrorism was at its height in the decades around the turn of the 20th century,<sup id="cite_ref-eji_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eji-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which followed the state's <a href="/wiki/Disfranchisement_after_Reconstruction_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era">disenfranchisement of most blacks</a> in 1890 through creating barriers to voter registration. </p><p>In 1877 the <a href="/wiki/Chisolm_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Chisolm Massacre">Chisolm Massacre</a> occurred, the murder by a mob of a judge, his children, and two of their friends while they were in protective custody in jail. </p><p>In 1890, blacks made up the majority of the county' population: 10,084 blacks to 7,845 whites.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They generally worked as <a href="/wiki/Sharecropping" title="Sharecropping">sharecroppers</a> or tenant farmers. Often illiterate, many of the sharecroppers were at a disadvantage in the annual accounting that was done by the landowners. Sometimes the planters had grocery stores on their property and required the sharecroppers to buy all their goods there, adding to their debt. </p><p>Beginning in late December 1906, there were several days of racial terror in the county. After violent incidents on the railroad between conductors and black passengers, whites attacked blacks at the rural towns of <a href="/wiki/Wahalak,_Mississippi" title="Wahalak, Mississippi">Wahalak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scooba,_Mississippi" title="Scooba, Mississippi">Scooba</a>; by December 27, whites had killed a total of 13 blacks in rioting.<sup id="cite_ref-riot_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pens_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pens-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The events started with a physical confrontation between a conductor and an African-American man on a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_%26_Ohio_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile & Ohio Railroad">Mobile & Ohio Railroad</a> train. The conductor was cut, and he fatally shot two black men. George Simpson, another African American thought to be involved, escaped from the train. When captured in Wahalak by a posse, he killed a white <a href="/wiki/Constable" title="Constable">constable</a> and was quickly lynched by the other whites.<sup id="cite_ref-riot_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As reported by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, </p> <blockquote><p>Not satisfied with the punishment of this man, the whites immediately set out to strike terror into the negroes, who had been getting defiant of late. They found two sons of Simpson and lynched them, filling their bodies with bullets. Two other negroes who had behaved defiantly were treated in similar fashion.<sup id="cite_ref-riot_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Whites worried about blacks gathering to take revenge at Wahalak, where they had already been abused by lynchings. Local authorities called for state militia. Their commanding officer took his troops away from Wahalak, although there was still unrest, because he felt they were not being treated properly.<sup id="cite_ref-riot_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the day on December 26, white men in Scooba had killed another five black men. The county sheriff arrested several whites for these murders, and called for the state militia to go to Scooba. "All the men killed at Scooba today are said to be innocent of any crime, having been shot down merely as a matter of revenge by the rough whites."<sup id="cite_ref-riot_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There had been a conflict on another train, in which a black man mortally shot a conductor, George Harrison. The yardmaster shot and killed the African American. The rioting by whites in Scooba started after Harrison died.<sup id="cite_ref-riot_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governor <a href="/wiki/James_K._Vardaman" title="James K. Vardaman">James K. Vardaman</a> went to Scooba with militia to establish control. He left a force of 20 there commanded by Adjutant General Fridge and returned to the state capital on the evening of December 27. That day the body of another murdered African-American man was found in the woods, bringing the total killed in Scooba to six.<sup id="cite_ref-pens_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pens-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934, three African-American suspects in Kemper County were repeatedly whipped in order to force them to confess to murder. In <i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Mississippi" title="Brown v. Mississippi">Brown v. Mississippi</a></i> (1936), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled such forced confessions violated the <a href="/wiki/Due_Process_Clause" title="Due Process Clause">Due Process Clause</a> of the Fourteenth Amendment, and were inadmissible at trial.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The peak of population in the rural county was in 1930. Mechanization of agriculture decreased the need for farm labor. From 1940 to 1970, the population declined markedly, as may be seen on the table below, as people moved to other areas for work. This was also the period of the second wave of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a>, when 5 million African Americans moved out of the South to the North and especially to the West Coast, where the defense industry had many jobs, beginning during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-brookings.edu_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brookings.edu-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 767 square miles (1,990 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 766 square miles (1,980 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.1%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/20px-US_45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/30px-US_45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/40px-US_45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_45" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 45">U.S. Highway 45</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Circle_sign_16.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Circle_sign_16.svg/20px-Circle_sign_16.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Circle_sign_16.svg/30px-Circle_sign_16.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Circle_sign_16.svg/40px-Circle_sign_16.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Highway_16" title="Mississippi Highway 16">Mississippi Highway 16</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Circle_sign_21.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Circle_sign_21.svg/20px-Circle_sign_21.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Circle_sign_21.svg/30px-Circle_sign_21.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Circle_sign_21.svg/40px-Circle_sign_21.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Highway_21" title="Mississippi Highway 21">Mississippi Highway 21</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Circle_sign_39.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Circle_sign_39.svg/20px-Circle_sign_39.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Circle_sign_39.svg/30px-Circle_sign_39.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Circle_sign_39.svg/40px-Circle_sign_39.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Highway_39" title="Mississippi Highway 39">Mississippi Highway 39</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noxubee_County,_Mississippi" title="Noxubee County, Mississippi">Noxubee County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County,_Alabama" title="Sumter County, Alabama">Sumter County, Alabama</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Mississippi" title="Lauderdale County, Mississippi">Lauderdale County</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshoba_County,_Mississippi" title="Neshoba County, Mississippi">Neshoba County</a> (west)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_County,_Mississippi" title="Winston County, Mississippi">Winston County</a> (northwest)</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=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>7,663</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>12,517</td><td></td><td>63.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>11,682</td><td></td><td>−6.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>12,920</td><td></td><td>10.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>15,719</td><td></td><td>21.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>17,961</td><td></td><td>14.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>20,492</td><td></td><td>14.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>20,348</td><td></td><td>−0.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>19,619</td><td></td><td>−3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>21,881</td><td></td><td>11.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>21,867</td><td></td><td>−0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>15,893</td><td></td><td>−27.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>12,277</td><td></td><td>−22.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>10,233</td><td></td><td>−16.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>10,148</td><td></td><td>−0.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>10,356</td><td></td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>10,453</td><td></td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>10,456</td><td></td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>8,988</td><td></td><td>−14.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">8,584</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−4.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2013<sup id="cite_ref-QF_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Kemper County Racial Composition<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Num. </th> <th>Perc. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> </td> <td>2,812 </td> <td>31.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> </td> <td>5,486 </td> <td>61.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </td> <td>460 </td> <td>5.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </td> <td>156 </td> <td>1.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td><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> </td> <td>67 </td> <td>0.75% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 United States Census</a>, there were 8,988 people, 3,611 households, and 2,201 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a>, there were 10,456 people living in the county. 60.1% were <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 35.3% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 3.7% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.1% of some other race and 0.7% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">of two or more races</a>. 0.5% were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (of any race). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><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_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 10,453 people, 3,909 households, and 2,787 families living in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 14 people per square mile (5.4 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 6 units per square mile (2.3 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 58.13% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 39.03% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 2.06% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.08% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.11% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 3,909 households, out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.70% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 20.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.40% under the age of 18, 12.50% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.30 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $23,998, and the median income for a family was $30,248. Males had a median income of $24,431 versus $18,199 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $11,985. About 21.20% of families and 26.00% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 35.30% of those under age 18 and 26.70% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_school_districts">Public school districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Public school districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kemper_County_School_District" title="Kemper County School District">Kemper County School District</a></li></ul> <p>Kemper County is within the service area of the <a href="/wiki/East_Mississippi_Community_College" title="East Mississippi Community College">East Mississippi Community College</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-Coursecat0709p3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coursecat0709p3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main campus of EMCC, including the college system's administrative headquarters, is in the Scooba Campus in <a href="/wiki/Scooba,_Mississippi" title="Scooba, Mississippi">Scooba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Coursecat0709p8_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coursecat0709p8-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is governed by a five-member elected Board of Supervisors, who are elected from single-member districts. The County Sheriff, Chancery Clerk, Circuit Clerk, and Tax Assessor are also elected to office. </p><p>Kemper County generally votes for candidates of the Democratic Party; the Republican presidential nominee has won it only four times in the past century. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Kemper County, Mississippi<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2024 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,691 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,381 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.27%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2020 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,787 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,887 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.02%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">57 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,778 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.33% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,827 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,789 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.41% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,239 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.11%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,935 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.05% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,256 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2004 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,109 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,465 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.55%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,915 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,311 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.24%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1996 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,439 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,048 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">209 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,830 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,243 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">288 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,128 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.25%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,069 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.85% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,354 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.83%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,089 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,822 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.05% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,601 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.59%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,680 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.38% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,436 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">44 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,748 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>75.25%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">837 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22.92% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">67 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1968 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">167 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">655 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,530 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>75.48%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1964 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,185 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>91.96%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">191 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1960 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">193 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">931 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">587 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1956 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">173 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.49% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,586 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>87.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1952 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">372 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,593 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>81.07%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FF7F00"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">98 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,390 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>91.63%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1944 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,345 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>97.32%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,422 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>97.13%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0.54% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,477 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>99.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1932 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,420 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>98.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1928 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">141 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.03% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,421 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>90.97%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1924 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">56 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5.79% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">911 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>94.21%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1920 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">129 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8.31% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,397 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>90.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1916 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">71 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">939 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>91.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="1912 United States presidential election in Mississippi">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">828 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>90.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.81% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electric_power_plant">Electric power plant</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Electric power plant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kemper_Project" title="Kemper Project">Kemper Project</a></div> <p>In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Public_Service_Commission" title="Mississippi Public Service Commission">Mississippi Public Service Commission</a> approved the construction of a <a href="/wiki/Lignite" title="Lignite">lignite</a> <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> plant in Kemper County to be financed by electricity customers in twenty-three southeastern Mississippi counties being served by <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Power" title="Mississippi Power">Mississippi Power Company</a>. It is designed as a model project to use gasification and carbon-capture technologies at this scale.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The plant was strongly opposed by former <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> State Chairman <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Reed" title="Clarke Reed">Clarke Reed</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Mississippi" title="Greenville, Mississippi">Greenville</a>, who favored a less-expensive <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>-fueled plant. Reed called the project "... a horrible thing." He said it would be a political issue that could be used against Republicans for years.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kemper Project was scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2016, more than two years behind schedule. Its cost increased to $6.6 billion—three times original cost estimate.<sup id="cite_ref-Amy2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amy2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of February 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the project was still not in service, and the cost had increased to $7.1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/De_Kalb,_Mississippi" title="De Kalb, Mississippi">De Kalb</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scooba,_Mississippi" title="Scooba, Mississippi">Scooba</a></li></ul> <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=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogue_Chitto,_Mississippi" title="Bogue Chitto, Mississippi">Bogue Chitto</a> (mostly in <a href="/wiki/Neshoba_County,_Mississippi" title="Neshoba County, Mississippi">Neshoba County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porterville,_Mississippi" title="Porterville, Mississippi">Porterville</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cullum,_Mississippi" title="Cullum, Mississippi">Cullum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Mills,_Mississippi" title="Electric Mills, Mississippi">Electric Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow,_Mississippi" title="Moscow, Mississippi">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Mississippi" title="Preston, Mississippi">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucarnoochee,_Mississippi" title="Sucarnoochee, Mississippi">Sucarnoochee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamola,_Mississippi" title="Tamola, Mississippi">Tamola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahalak,_Mississippi" title="Wahalak, Mississippi">Wahalak</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghost_town">Ghost town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ghost town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binnsville,_Mississippi" title="Binnsville, Mississippi">Binnsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minden,_Mississippi" title="Minden, Mississippi">Minden</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Briggs" title="Eddie Briggs">Eddie Briggs</a>, 28th Lt. Governor of Mississippi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Brown_(American_football)" title="Bud Brown (American football)">Bud Brown</a>, former pro football player, was born in <a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="DeKalb, Mississippi">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Hopper" title="Clay Hopper">Clay Hopper</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampson_Jackson" title="Sampson Jackson">Sampson Jackson</a>, served in the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">Mississippi State Senate</a>, was born in <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Mississippi" title="Preston, Mississippi">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Pettus" title="John J. Pettus">John J. Pettus</a>, 23rd Governor of Mississippi, previously represented Kemper County in the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">Mississippi House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">Mississippi State Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devonta_Pollard" title="Devonta Pollard">Devonta Pollard</a>, professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.H._Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="J.H. Rush">J.H. Rush</a>, who founded the first private hospital in <a href="/wiki/Meridian,_Mississippi" title="Meridian, Mississippi">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Stennis" title="John C. Stennis">John C. Stennis</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> from 1947 to 1988, was born in Kemper County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kemper_County,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Kemper_County,_Mississippi" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Kemper County, Mississippi">National Register of Historic Places listings in Kemper County, Mississippi</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/profile/Kemper_County,_Mississippi?g=0500000US28069">"Census - Geography Profile: Kemper County, Mississippi"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 9,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Census+-+Geography+Profile%3A+Kemper+County%2C+Mississippi&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.census.gov%2Fprofile%2FKemper_County%2C_Mississippi%3Fg%3D0500000US28069&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKemper+County%2C+Mississippi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GR6_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx">"Find a County"</a>. National Association of Counties. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 7,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Find+a+County&rft.pub=National+Association+of+Counties&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naco.org%2FCounties%2FPages%2FFindACounty.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKemper+County%2C+Mississippi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGannett,_Henry1905" class="citation book cs1">Gannett, Henry (1905). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States</i></a>. Govt. Print. Off. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n172">173</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Origin+of+Certain+Place+Names+in+the+United+States&rft.pages=173&rft.pub=Govt.+Print.+Off.&rft.date=1905&rft.au=Gannett%2C+Henry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKemper+County%2C+Mississippi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Guardian-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Guardian_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guardian_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldenberg2014" class="citation news cs1">Goldenberg, Suzanne (March 12, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/12/kemper-us-power-plant-coal-carbon">"Can Kemper become the first US power plant to use 'clean coal'?"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Can+Kemper+become+the+first+US+power+plant+to+use+%27clean+coal%27%3F&rft.date=2014-03-12&rft.aulast=Goldenberg&rft.aufirst=Suzanne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2014%2Fmar%2F12%2Fkemper-us-power-plant-coal-carbon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKemper+County%2C+Mississippi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Key-Family-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Key-Family_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLane2009" class="citation book cs1">Lane, Mrs. Julian C. (June 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=S_8HvAfI0LoC"><i>Key and Allied Families</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 2,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Key+and+Allied+Families&rft.place=Statesboro%2C+Georgia&rft.pages=276&rft.pub=Clearfield&rft.date=2009-06&rft.isbn=9780806349770&rft.aulast=Lane&rft.aufirst=Mrs.+Julian+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DS_8HvAfI0LoC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKemper+County%2C+Mississippi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-eji-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eji_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eji_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-supplement-by-county.pdf"><i>Lynching in America</i>, 3rd edition</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged October 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, Supplement by County, p. 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msgw.org/kemper/resources/images/history1.jpg">Robert Lowry and Andrew McCardle, Chapter XXXVIII: "Kemper County"</a>, <i>A History/ Mississippi</i>, R.H. 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Mississippi, 1891, at Mississippi GenWeb</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-riot-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-riot_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-riot_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-riot_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-riot_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-riot_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-riot_8-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/122606race-ra.html">"Whites in Race War Kill Blacks Blindly/ Innocent Negroes Shot in the Mississippi Trouble"</a>, <i>New York Times</i>, December 26, 1906; accessed March 20, 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pens-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pens_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pens_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075911/00546/1x">"Situation in Scooba Is Now Under Full Control"</a>, <i>Pensacola Journal</i> (front page), <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>, The December 28, 1906; March 20, 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcMillen1990" class="citation book cs1">McMillen, Neil R. 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0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Mississippi highlighting Kemper County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg/62px-Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg/93px-Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg/124px-Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Kemper_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="1191" /></span><figcaption>Map of Mississippi highlighting Kemper County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated 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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 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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 href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Mississippi" title="Claiborne County, Mississippi">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Mississippi" title="Clarke County, Mississippi">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Mississippi" title="Clay County, Mississippi">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coahoma_County,_Mississippi" title="Coahoma County, Mississippi">Coahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copiah_County,_Mississippi" title="Copiah County, Mississippi">Copiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington_County,_Mississippi" title="Covington County, Mississippi">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Mississippi" title="DeSoto County, Mississippi">DeSoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_County,_Mississippi" title="Forrest County, Mississippi">Forrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Mississippi" title="Franklin County, Mississippi">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_County,_Mississippi" title="George 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