Mississippi State is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Oktibbeha County is a county in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census the population was 51,788. The county seat is Starkville. The county's name is derived from a Choctaw word meaning "icy creek". T ...
, United States. It is the official designated name for the area encompassing
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi, Un ...
, which lies partly in the nearby incorporated municipality of
Starkville. The population at the 2020 census was 4,968.
United States Postal Service designation is "Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762".
Demographics
2020 census
References
External links
*Coordinates and Maps:
Census-designated places in Mississippi
Mississippi State University
Census-designated places in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
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