Booneville, Mississippi

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The 2000 Census showed that Booneville had a population of 8,625 people^<1>. This represents 0.3% of the total population of Mississippi, making it the state's 39th 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
36	Gautier	S	293 mi [471.5 km]	16,306	39.59% increase
37	Picayune	S	292 mi [469.9 km]	11,787	11.88% increase
38	Brookhaven	SW	238 mi [383 km]	13,296	34.83% increase
-39-	Booneville			8,749	1.44% increase
40	Bay Saint Louis	S	303 mi [487.6 km]	8,052	1.91% decrease
41	Holly Springs	W	50 mi [80.5 km]	7,994	0.46% increase
42	D'Iberville	S	291 mi [468.3 km]	7,928	4.21% increase

Booneville had 3,625 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Booneville has an area^<4> of 25.69 square miles [66.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Booneville had a 2000 population density of 335.8 people per square mile [129.6 people/km²].

Prentiss County

The city of Booneville is located in Prentiss County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 25,592 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 8,625 people, Booneville contained 33.7% of the Prentiss County total.

In addition, where the community of Booneville has a population density of 335.8 people per square mile [129.6 people/km²], Prentiss County averages 61.7 people per square mile [23.81 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Booneville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Booneville. 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 Booneville.

A Census Quickfact is available for Prentiss County (QF-28117).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Prentiss County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alcorn	QF-28003	N	35,673	3.08% increase
	Itawamba	QF-28057	S	23,175	1.43% increase
	Tippah	QF-28139	NW	21,210	1.67% increase
	Tishomingo	QF-28141	NE	18,947	1.1% decrease
	Union	QF-28145	W	27,212	6.67% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Booneville 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 Booneville.

The Commemorative Quarter for Mississippi<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Booneville. 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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