Census Data for Benson

As far as we can tell, Benson has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Benson, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Ellisville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ellisville is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
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• Laurel
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Laurel is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
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• Petal
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Petal is located in Forrest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
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• Soso
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Soso is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
• Hattiesburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hattiesburg is located in Forrest County
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• Seminary
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Seminary is located in Covington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary
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• Sandersville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandersville is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
• Collins
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Collins is located in Covington County
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• Richton
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Richton is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richton
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• Sumrall
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumrall is located in Lamar County
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• Taylorsville
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylorsville is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
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• New Augusta
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Augusta is located in Perry County
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  • Heidelberg
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Heidelberg is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
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  • Bay Springs
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Bay Springs is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Springs
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Springs <1>
  • Mize
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mize is located in Smith County
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Jones County ...

Benson is located in Jones County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Jones County.

Miscellaneous Information for Benson ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Jones County or the community of Benson:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Benson:
  • GNIS ID for Benson: 691697
  • GNIS ID for Jones County: 695757
  • GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 28 (Mississippi)
  • County Code: 067 (Jones County)
  • Place Code: 05240 (Benson)
  • State & County Code: 28/067 (Mississippi / Jones County)
  • State & Place Code: 28/05240 (Mississippi / Benson)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Benson is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Benson.