Lauderdale County, Mississippi Basics:
Lauderdale County Mississippi - Government Site
Population: 80,258
Area: 704 square miles
County seat: Meridian
Area code(s) in use: 601
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%
Median household income: $36,814
Persons in poverty: 23.4%
Home ownership rate: 67.0%
Mean travel time to work: 20.6 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Choctaw (AL) Clarke Jasper Kemper Neshoba Newton Sumter (AL)