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Calhoun County, Mississippi

Use county population and geographic scope to frame a local business software brief. Estimate the size of the area you mean, then define the customers, data sources and workflow the software must support.

County FIPS28013Five-digit Census identifier
Population12,643July 1, 2025 estimate
Land area586.57 mi²2025 Gazetteer
Population per land mi²21.55Calculated from the cited population and land area

Identify the right place

Calhoun County is a county or county equivalent in Mississippi. Its five-digit FIPS code is 28013; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 1.39 square miles of water and a representative point at 33.936634, -89.337114. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.

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Business software planning checklist

  1. Define the exact service area and customer group.
  2. Name the systems and public sources the workflow depends on.
  3. Agree a measurable outcome and a small initial scope.

A geographic reference does not establish an office, a client engagement or a delivery commitment in this county.

Sources and interpretation

Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.

Population is an estimate, not a live count. Gazetteer land and water measures describe the geographic area; they do not measure service availability, households, businesses or market demand. Match the FIPS code and source vintage when joining another dataset.

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