Moorhead, Mississippi

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The 2000 Census showed that Moorhead had a population of 2,573 people^<1>. This represents 0.09% of the total population of Mississippi, making it the state's 89th 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
86	Collins	SE	135 mi [217.3 km]	2,765	3.06% increase
87	Belzoni	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	2,432	8.67% decrease
88	Poplarville	S	188 mi [302.6 km]	3,003	15.46% increase
-89-	Moorhead			2,342	8.98% decrease
90	Mendenhall	S	109 mi [175.4 km]	2,553	---
91	Rolling Fork	SW	43 mi [69.2 km]	2,082	16.25% decrease
92	Quitman	SE	142 mi [228.5 km]	2,320	5.81% decrease

Moorhead had 720 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Moorhead has an area^<4> of 1.29 square miles [3.35 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Moorhead had a 2000 population density of 1,988 people per square mile [767 people/km²], making it the state's 15th most densely populated area.

Sunflower County

The city of Moorhead is located in Sunflower County.

The county had a population of 34,232 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,573 people, Moorhead contained 7.52% of the Sunflower County total.

In addition, where the community of Moorhead has a population density of 1,988 people per square mile [767 people/km²], Sunflower County averages 49.34 people per square mile [19.05 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Sunflower County (QF-28133).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Sunflower County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bolivar	QF-28011	NW	37,195	8.09% decrease
	Coahoma	QF-28027	N	27,272	10.73% decrease
	Humphreys	QF-28053	S	10,089	9.38% decrease
	Leflore	QF-28083	E	35,185	6.99% decrease
	Tallahatchie	QF-28135	NE	13,027	12.37% decrease
	Washington	QF-28151	SW	55,079	12.14% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Moorhead 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 Moorhead.

The Commemorative Quarter for Mississippi<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Moorhead. 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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