Bolivar County, Mississippi
42 public bodies govern here, 3 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 29,534
- Median household income
- $39,585
- ±4,860
- Unemployed
- 7.1%
- 808 of 11,372 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 77.9%
- 9,286 of 11,915 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Bolivar | 30,308 (2021) | Po Box 698, Cleveland | — |
Cities, towns and villages 15
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Cleveland | 10,909 (2021) | Po Box 1439, Cleveland | Website |
| City of Mound Bayou | 1,502 (2021) | Po Box 680, Mound Bayou | — |
| City of Rosedale | 1,552 (2021) | Po Box 370, Rosedale | — |
| City of Shaw | 1,437 (2021) | Po Box 679, Shaw | — |
| City of Shelby | 1,975 (2021) | Po Box 43, Shelby | — |
| Town of Alligator | 112 (2021) | Po Box 26, Alligator | — |
| Town of Benoit | 359 (2021) | Po Box 66, Benoit | — |
| Town of Beulah | 244 (2021) | Po Box 68, Beulah | — |
| Town of Boyle | 521 (2021) | Po Box 367, Boyle | — |
| Town of Duncan | 272 (2021) | Po Box 215, Duncan | — |
| Town of Gunnison | 292 (2021) | 404 Main St, Gunnison | — |
| Town of Merigold | 371 (2021) | Po Box 348, Merigold | — |
| Town of Pace | 181 (2021) | Po Box 216, Pace | — |
| Town of Renova | 697 (2021) | 5 Second St, Cleveland | — |
| Town of Winstonville | 149 (2021) | Po Box 151, Winstonville | Website |
Special districts 26
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Pen Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Bogue Hasty Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Bolivar County Drainage District 10 | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Bolivar County Drainage District 11 | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Bolivar County Drainage District 12 | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Bolivar County Drainage District 7 | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Bolivar County Drainage District 8 | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Central Drainage District | Drainage | 121 N. Jackson Street, Starkville | — |
| Christmas Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 370, Rosedale | Website |
| Clear Creek Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1377, Cleveland | — |
| Huspuckena Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Jones Bayou Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Laban Bayou Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1377, Cleveland | — |
| Lane Bayou Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1377, Cleveland | — |
| Lead Bayou Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 298, Cleveland | — |
| Merigold Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| New Porter Bayou Water Management District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Northern Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Shaw Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 1208, Cleveland | — |
| Turn Bayou Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 238, Cleveland | — |
| Mound Bayou City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | 504 Banks Ave, Mound Bayou | — |
| Shelby City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 247, Shelby | — |
| Deer Creek Water Management District | Other multi-function districts | Po Box 932, Greenville | — |
| Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Commission | Sea and inland port facilities | Po Box 460, Rosedale | Website |
| Bolivar County Soil Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 406 N Martin Luther King Dr, Cleveland | — |
| Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District | Water supply utility | Po Box 129, Stoneville | Website |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
Cleveland School District
School district10 schools
305 MERRITT DRIVE, Cleveland, MS, 38732
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
North Bolivar Consolidated
School district3 schools
204 N Edrwards St., Mound Bayou, MS, 38762
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
West Bolivar Consolidated School District
School district5 schools
909 Highway 8, Rosedale, MS, 38769
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Clarksdale Farmers Market (231 Delta Avenue Clarksdale) · Crossroads Farmers' Market (Clarksdale)
Indianola Open Air Market (200 Second Street - BB King Museum Indianola)
Greenville Farmers Market (726 Washington Ave. - corner of Washington Ave. & North Street Greenville)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.