Mississippi — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions23
Athletic Sections7
Concepts (12)
Mississippi
Local NameMississippi
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameLegislature
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesJackson, Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg, Biloxi
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Supervisors
SubdivisionsCities, Towns, Villages
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Aldermen
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor
SubdivisionsNo
Town
Local NameTown
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Aldermen
Executive TitleMayor
Executive RequiredNo
Legislative CommitteesNo
Village
Local NameVillage
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Aldermen
Executive RequiredNo
Legislative CommitteesNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Education
Classification
Local NameClassification
Parent Org NameMHSAA
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Circuit Court District
Local NameCircuit Court District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (1)
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttp://www.gisonline.ms.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MDEQ/OpenData/MapServer/15
ProviderState of Mississippi enterprise GIS
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer — this is actually a national US-counties reference layer mounted on MS's server (unfiltered count 3,141); query WHERE STATE_NAME='Mississippi' to scope it
Noteverified 82 counties once filtered, exact match.
Field mapping (2)
NAMEname
CNTY FIPS (Or FIPS)attributes.county_fips
Municipalities
Urlhttp://www.gisonline.ms.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MDEQ/OpenData/MapServer/51
Providersame enterprise GIS host, layer "Cities and Towns (Boundaries)"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Notefiltered to MS returns 329, vs. ~298 actual municipalities — this is Census "populated places" (incorporated places + unincorporated CDPs combined), with no field for city/town/village legal tier. No live MS-specific source (MARIS or Secretary of State) carrying the legal classification was found — flagged as a real gap.
Field mapping (3)
PLACE NAMEname
PLACE FIPSCODEjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "census_geoid")
GNIS IDjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "gnis")
School Districts
Statusno live MS-specific school-district GIS layer found (MARIS's own page 404'd; www.maris.state.ms.us doesn't resolve via DNS)
Fallbackhttps://services1.arcgis.com/Ua5sjt3LWTPigjyD/arcgis/rest/services/School_Districts_Current/FeatureServer/0 (national NCES EDGE layer, filter STATEFP='28') — verified 137 districts, close match to ~138.
Educational Region
Statusconfirmed to exist but no GIS/API — directory/PD site only
Note6 regional consortia (DAAIS, EMCED, GCEIC, NMEC, SMEC, SRESA), MDE-coordinated, hub at msresaservices.com — an events/PD calendar site with no boundary layer, directory API, or structured dataset.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS from the counties source above.