Census Data for Merit

As far as we can tell, Merit 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 Merit, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Mendenhall
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mendenhall is located in Simpson County
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• D'Lo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • D'Lo is located in Simpson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
• Braxton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Braxton is located in Simpson County
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• Magee
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Magee is located in Simpson County
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• Puckett
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Puckett is located in Rankin County
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• New Hebron
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • New Hebron is located in Lawrence County
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• Georgetown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Georgetown is located in Copiah County
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• Mount Olive
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
• Florence
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Florence is located in Rankin County
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• Mize
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Mize is located in Smith County
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• Polkville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Polkville is located in Smith County
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• Prentiss
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County
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  • Silver Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Silver Creek is located in Lawrence County
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  • Raleigh
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Raleigh is located in Smith County
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  • Brandon
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Brandon is located in Rankin County
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Simpson County ...

Merit is located in Simpson County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Merit ...

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 Simpson County or the community of Merit:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Merit:
  • GNIS ID for Merit: 692068
  • GNIS ID for Simpson County: 695784
  • 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: 127 (Simpson County)
  • Place Code: 46760 (Merit)
  • State & County Code: 28/127 (Mississippi / Simpson County)
  • State & Place Code: 28/46760 (Mississippi / Merit)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Merit 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 Merit.