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Welcome to Wayne County ...

Time Zone: Wayne County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Waynesboro is the Seat for Wayne County.

Wayne County was founded in 1809.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Wayne had a population of 20,183 people. This is a decrease of 2.84% since the last Census (which gave a population of 20,772 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Wayne represented 0.7% of the total population of Mississippi.

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.