From the AP...
JACKSON, Miss. -- New U.S. Census Bureau figures show Mississippi's voting-age and overall population counts rose slightly between 2008 and 2009.
The estimates, which are current as of July 1, 2009, show the number of Mississippians 18 and older increased by 12,356, or 0.56 percent.
The bureau's estimate of the state's voting-age population in 2008 was 2,171,898, compared to 2,184,254 for 2009.
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The 2009 voting age population represented 74 percent of the overall population, as it did in 2008.
Mississippi's overall population rose from 2,938,618 to 2,951,996, the bureau estimated, an increase of 13,378, or 0.45 percent.
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