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Tate County, Mississippi

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County FIPS28137Five-digit Census identifier
Population28,725July 1, 2025 estimate
Land area404.76 mi²2025 Gazetteer
Population per land mi²70.97Calculated from the cited population and land area

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Tate County is a county or county equivalent in Mississippi. Its five-digit FIPS code is 28137; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 6.21 square miles of water and a representative point at 34.649553, -89.943105. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.

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Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.

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