MS · GEOID 28055

Issaquena County area

Issaquena County, Mississippi covers 441.4 square miles: 413 square miles of land and 28.4 square miles of water.

Official Census measurements2026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area413 mi²
Water area28.4 mi²
Total area441.4 mi²
National land rank#2448

County outline

Generalized outline of Issaquena County, Mississippi
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Issaquena County is located

Issaquena County highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 93.6% of Issaquena County’s measured area and water for 6.4%. Its combined area converts to 1,143.3 square kilometers or approximately 282,510 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land412.981,069.613264,307.2
Water28.44273.66418,202.9
Total441.4221,143.278282,510.1

How Issaquena County compares

By original Census land area, Issaquena County ranks #73 of 82 in Mississippi and #2448 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.728 times the Mississippi county-equivalent median of 567 square miles. It accounts for 0.9% of the combined county land area in the state.

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What stands out about Issaquena County?

Issaquena County has more land than 774 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Issaquena County413 mi²
Mississippi median567 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Issaquena County at #2,383 nationally by total area, 65 places closer to the top than its land rank. The water assigned to this geography moves it ahead of some county equivalents with more land.

Its water share is 6.4%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 5.3 percentage points higher. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Issaquena County in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#2447Frederick County, Virginia413.1Compare
#2448Issaquena County, Mississippi413This county
#2449Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut412.8Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 32.755539, -91.003535. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 1,069,614,268 m²; AWATER: 73,664,788 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How many acres of land are in Issaquena County?

The land measurement converts to approximately 264,307 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 282,510 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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