Philadelphia, Mississippi

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The 2000 Census showed that Philadelphia had a population of 7,303 people^<1>. This represents 0.26% of the total population of Mississippi, making it the state's 47th 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
44	Petal	S	98 mi [157.7 km]	10,575	39.53% increase
45	Byram	SW	77 mi [123.9 km]	---
46	Kosciusko	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	7,371	---
-47-	Philadelphia			7,977	9.23% increase
48	Batesville	NW	115 mi [185.1 km]	7,880	10.78% increase
49	Louisville	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	6,604	5.74% decrease
50	Amory	NE	91 mi [146.5 km]	7,262	4.4% increase

Philadelphia had 3,302 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Philadelphia has an area^<4> of 10.61 square miles [27.49 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Philadelphia had a 2000 population density of 688 people per square mile [265.7 people/km²], making it the state's 120th most densely populated area.

Neshoba County

The city of Philadelphia is located in Neshoba County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 28,715 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 7,303 people, Philadelphia contained 25.43% of the Neshoba County total.

In addition, where the community of Philadelphia has a population density of 688 people per square mile [265.7 people/km²], Neshoba County averages 50.4 people per square mile [19.45 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Neshoba County (QF-28099).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Neshoba County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Attala	QF-28007	NW	19,671	0.13% increase
	Kemper	QF-28069	E	9,967	4.4% decrease
	Lauderdale	QF-28075	SE	78,180	0.13% increase
	Leake	QF-28079	W	22,844	9.14% increase
	Newton	QF-28101	S	22,355	2.31% increase
	Scott	QF-28123	SW	28,850	1.58% increase
	Winston	QF-28159	N	19,575	2.94% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia.

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) Philadelphia. 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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