How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 90.1°W, standard parallels 31°N and 34.2°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of Mississippi shows all 82 counties of Mississippi, from Adams to Yazoo, with Jackson, the capital, in Hinds County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 82 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Adams and 82 on Yazoo, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Mississippi outline map with every county
Yazoo County, in the Delta, is the largest county. The Mississippi River forms most of the western border. Its neighbors, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama, are drawn around it without numbers.
Start with the three counties on the Gulf coast, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson, then work north.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Mississippi have?
Eighty-two in the Census Bureau count, from Adams County to Yazoo County in alphabetical order.
What county is Jackson in?
Jackson stands in Hinds County, which is number 25 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Jackson beside it.
Which is the largest county in Mississippi?
Yazoo County, where the Delta meets the hills, north-west of Jackson. Hinds County, around Jackson, the capital, has the most people.
Which county of Mississippi has the most people?
Hinds County, around Jackson, has more people than any other county in Mississippi, and it holds the capital too.