Hattiesburg metropolitan area

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Principal city	Hattiesburg
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in southeastern Mississippi that covers three counties - Forrest, Lamar, and Perry. The MSA's principal city is Hattiesburg. The 2010 census placed the Hattiesburg MSA's population at 162,410, though estimates as of 2019 indicate the population has increased to 168,849.^[1] The area is part of the geographical region known as the Pine Belt, famous for its abundance of longleaf pine trees. The Hattiesburg MSA is part of the larger Hattiesburg-Laurel Combined Statistical Area.