 george county is a county located in the u.s. state of mississippi. as of the 2010 census, the population was 22,578. its county seat is lucedale. the county is named for james z. george, us senator from mississippi. it is a dry county. george county is included in the gulfport-biloxi-pascagoula, ms metropolitan statistical area. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.0%) is water. ===major highways=== *20px u.s. highway 98 *20px mississippi highway 26 *20px mississippi highway 57 *20px mississippi highway 63 ===adjacent counties=== *greene county (north) *mobile county, alabama (east) *jackson county (south) *stone county (west) *perry county (northwest) ===national protected area=== *de soto national forest (part) ==demographics== {{uscensuspop |1910= 6599 |1920= 5564 |1930= 7523 |1940= 8704 |1950= 10012 |1960= 11098 |1970= 12459 |1980= 15927 |1990= 16673 |2000= 19144 |2010= 22578 |estyear=2013 |estimate=23159 |footnote=u.s. decennial census1790-1960 1900-1990{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ms190090.txt|
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