Aberdeen, Mississippi

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The 2000 Census showed that Aberdeen had a population of 6,415 people^<1>. This represents 0.23% of the total population of Mississippi, making it the state's 56th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
53	Waveland	S	249 mi [400.7 km]	5,249	21.35% decrease
54	Columbia	S	192 mi [309 km]	6,567	0.55% decrease
55	Pass Christian	S	245 mi [394.3 km]	3,993	39.31% decrease
-56-	Aberdeen			6,089	5.08% decrease
57	Richland	SW	144 mi [231.7 km]	7,258	20.42% increase
58	Forest	SW	114 mi [183.5 km]	5,972	0.25% decrease
59	Crystal Springs	SW	164 mi [263.9 km]	5,950	1.31% increase

Aberdeen had 2,730 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Aberdeen has an area^<4> of 10.71 square miles [27.75 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Aberdeen had a 2000 population density of 598 people per square mile [231.2 people/km²], making it the state's 143rd most densely populated area.

Monroe County

The city of Aberdeen is located in Monroe County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 38,002 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 6,415 people, Aberdeen contained 16.88% of the Monroe County total.

In addition, where the community of Aberdeen has a population density of 598 people per square mile [231.2 people/km²], Monroe County averages 49.73 people per square mile [19.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Monroe County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Aberdeen and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Aberdeen. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Aberdeen.

A Census Quickfact is available for Monroe County (QF-28095).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Monroe County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lowndes	QF-28087	S	59,284	3.61% decrease
	Clay	QF-28025	SW	20,860	5.06% decrease
	Chickasaw	QF-28017	W	18,826	2.99% decrease
	Lee	QF-28081	N	81,139	6.82% increase
	Itawamba	QF-28057	N	23,175	1.43% increase
	Lamar (AL)	QF-01075	E	14,295	10.13% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Aberdeen:

Aberdeen is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Aberdeen.

The Commemorative Quarter for Mississippi<6>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Aberdeen. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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