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Rankin County

county in Mississippi, United States
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Summary

Rankin County is a county of Mississippi[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of county of mississippi entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (549 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mississippi[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Brandon[5]
  • Shares border with: Madison County[6], Simpson County[7], Scott County[8], Smith County[9], Hinds County[10], Copiah County[11]
  • Named after: Christopher Rankin[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Brandon[13]
  • Commons category: Rankin County, Mississippi[14]
  • Inception: February 4, 1828[15]
  • Coordinate location: 32.26, -89.95[16]
  • Official website: http://www.rankincounty.org[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rankin County, Mississippi[18]
  • Population: 141,617[19], 142,094[20], 143,659[21], 145,173[22], 146,767[23], 149,039[24], 157,031[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Rankin County, Mississippi[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rankin County, Mississippi[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rankin County, Mississippi[28]
  • Number of households: 56,640[29]
  • Native label: Rankin County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109149[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rankin County, Mississippi[32]
  • Area: 2088[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.8[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Rankin County, Mississippi[35]
  • Per capita income: 32,106[36]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Rankin County, Mississippi.tab[37]

Why It Matters

Rankin County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Mississippi United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1828-02-04T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
    Located in → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Brandon
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Rankin County, Mississippi.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States preside"
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