Population in Mississippi by County

Total population.

U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-year 2020-2024 · Updated November 2026

Mississippi

2,946,779

Counties

82

Highest

Hinds

218,533

Lowest

Issaquena

928

All Mississippi counties, ranked

# Counties Population
1 Hinds 218,533
2 Harrison 210,891
3 DeSoto 191,301
4 Rankin 158,854
5 Jackson 145,249
6 Madison 111,647
7 Lee 83,034
8 Forrest 78,272
9 Lauderdale 71,504
10 Jones 66,472
11 Lamar 65,713
12 Lafayette 58,327
13 Lowndes 57,838
14 Pearl River 57,458
15 Oktibbeha 51,771
16 Hancock 46,167
17 Warren 43,020
18 Washington 42,765
19 Pike 39,602
20 Lincoln 34,877
21 Alcorn 34,289
22 Marshall 33,979
23 Monroe 33,747
24 Panola 32,808
25 Pontotoc 31,550
26 Bolivar 29,534
27 Neshoba 28,932
28 Adams 28,803
29 Tate 28,321
30 Union 28,122
31 Copiah 27,855
32 Scott 27,718
33 Leflore 27,141
34 Simpson 25,691
35 Prentiss 25,184
36 George 25,170
37 Yazoo 24,835
38 Sunflower 24,333
39 Marion 24,193
40 Itawamba 24,036
41 Tippah 21,523
42 Leake 21,319
43 Grenada 21,217
44 Newton 21,093
45 Coahoma 20,540
46 Wayne 19,718
47 Stone 18,894
48 Tishomingo 18,660
49 Clay 18,383
50 Covington 18,148
51 Winston 17,536
52 Attala 17,526
53 Chickasaw 16,915
54 Holmes 16,191
55 Jasper 16,059
56 Clarke 15,314
57 Smith 14,132
58 Walthall 13,839
59 Greene 13,615
60 Calhoun 12,922
61 Amite 12,565
62 Yalobusha 12,419
63 Lawrence 11,786
64 Tallahatchie 11,764
65 Perry 11,449
66 Jefferson Davis 11,117
67 Noxubee 10,025
68 Webster 9,972
69 Carroll 9,686
70 Montgomery 9,602
71 Tunica 9,475
72 Kemper 8,729
73 Claiborne 8,582
74 Wilkinson 8,162
75 Choctaw 8,118
76 Franklin 7,622
77 Benton 7,589
78 Humphreys 7,395
79 Jefferson 7,068
80 Quitman 5,774
81 Sharkey 3,872
82 Issaquena 928

About this dataset

Total population. Source: ACS 5-year 2020-2024 Data Profile, variable DP05_0001E. Values in people.

Source
U.S. Census Bureau
Citation
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles (2020-2024), DP05_0001E
Vintage
ACS 5-year 2020-2024
License
Public domain (U.S. Census Bureau)
Unit
people
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Last loaded
November 2026

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