Issaquena County

Issaquena County is a county located in the Mississippi Delta region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2010, the population was 1,406. In population, it is the smallest county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Mayersville. Issaquena is a Native American word which means Deer River. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 441.36 square miles (1,143.1 km), of which 413.06 square miles (1,069.8 km) (or 93.59%) is land and 28.30 square miles (73.3 km) (or 6.41%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,274 people, 726 households, and 509 families residing in the county. The population density was 5.15 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 877 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...