Amid population growth surge, Southaven preps to redistrict wards
“We also want to draw these lines where you have as much fairness and equal population in all the wards since our city has had tremendous population growth in the last decade,” Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite said of the redistricting. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
From 2010 to 2020, the DeSoto County city’s population grew from less than 49,000 residents to almost 55,000. In 2000, Southaven’s population was around 29,000.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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