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Counties of Mississippi

Mississippi has 82 counties. Harrison County is the largest with 217,136 residents in 2025. 29 of the 82 gained residents between 2020 and 2025 by the Census Bureau's estimates.

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Counties of Mississippi: 2025 estimate, change since 2020, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Harrison County217,136+4.1%982$59,479$212,200
Hinds County211,888−7.0%967$49,402$159,900
DeSoto County197,918+6.8%941$85,297$269,600
Rankin County162,181+3.3%1037$79,357$237,400
Jackson County147,666+3.1%1443$66,201$193,100
Madison County116,298+6.6%726$83,441$311,100
Lee County83,731+0.5%1023$67,863$199,500
Forrest County79,034+1.1%521$53,640$168,000
Lauderdale County70,317−3.6%725$50,817$133,300
Lamar County67,403+5.0%817$70,909$224,700
Jones County66,496−1.1%820$52,216$143,100
Lafayette County59,597+6.8%615$67,185$315,400
Pearl River County59,363+5.7%516$58,135$182,300
Lowndes County57,346−2.6%618$53,812$164,100
Oktibbeha County51,896+0.2%513$46,695$237,700
Hancock County46,873+1.8%518$67,708$224,200
Warren County41,759−6.6%513$59,401$156,400
Washington County40,446−10.0%919$42,165$104,000
Pike County38,712−4.0%511$43,814$110,800
Lincoln County35,012+0.3%310$51,119$155,800
Marshall County34,654+2.7%810$53,458$167,900
Alcorn County34,569−0.5%710$51,260$142,100
Monroe County33,318−2.5%811$51,866$120,800
Panola County32,691−1.6%711$45,945$127,800
Pontotoc County32,096+2.9%76$51,484$157,100
Adams County30,061+1.8%310$43,644$108,700
Neshoba County28,732−1.2%58$57,013$100,000
Tate County28,725+2.3%56$69,704$209,000
Union County28,459+2.4%46$55,505$163,400
Bolivar County28,262−8.8%199$39,585$130,000
Scott County28,073+0.3%68$48,786$106,700
Copiah County27,497−3.1%58$49,089$114,100
George County26,331+8.1%36$59,758$166,900
Leflore County25,686−9.9%68$35,277$101,200
Simpson County25,498−1.7%49$56,381$122,200
Prentiss County25,284+1.1%68$49,724$122,500
Itawamba County24,152+1.2%46$55,546$142,400
Marion County24,001−1.8%36$45,110$122,800
Yazoo County22,947−14.2%57$39,295$153,800
Sunflower County22,893−11.3%87$39,956$100,300
Leake County21,662+1.8%66$50,728$116,800
Tippah County21,389−2.0%66$52,542$124,100
Newton County20,960−1.5%76$50,540$106,300
Grenada County20,868−3.5%37$48,804$132,200
Coahoma County19,849−7.2%107$37,461$90,300
Wayne County19,807+0.1%47$37,619$91,100
Stone County19,654+7.2%25$61,413$161,100
Tishomingo County18,639−1.1%77$53,040$145,100
Clay County18,238−2.1%25$43,125$129,100
Covington County17,898−2.4%35$45,051$105,100
Winston County17,473−1.3%25$53,031$124,600
Attala County17,100−4.4%46$51,639$104,600
Chickasaw County16,730−2.2%55$43,586$109,800
Jasper County15,785−3.6%47$48,660$107,100
Holmes County15,465−9.1%76$32,538$80,400
Clarke County15,102−3.3%65$46,108$118,100
Smith County13,991−1.6%55$60,916$112,600
Walthall County13,928+0.3%15$48,905$126,600
Greene County13,707+1.3%44$54,276$92,700
Calhoun County12,643−4.7%75$43,125$90,300
Amite County12,487−1.9%44$37,222$100,800
Yalobusha County12,375−0.9%44$49,151$122,300
Lawrence County11,819−1.7%33$43,531$100,000
Perry County11,577+0.6%43$49,634$124,000
Jefferson Davis County10,941−3.4%24$38,548$90,100
Tallahatchie County10,877−14.5%54$37,466$82,300
Webster County10,167+2.4%53$58,789$120,100
Noxubee County9,798−4.7%33$33,833$90,800
Montgomery County9,354−4.7%44$41,748$126,800
Carroll County9,226−7.8%33$59,327$109,600
Tunica County8,819−9.9%64$39,364$175,900
Kemper County8,600−4.3%42$46,431$99,600
Claiborne County8,058−11.8%43$31,897$82,700
Choctaw County8,048−2.4%43$50,919$117,200
Wilkinson County7,582−11.7%33$35,311$90,000
Benton County7,502−1.9%43$46,016$105,100
Franklin County7,491−2.4%33$52,939$101,900
Humphreys County7,001−10.1%43$33,731$87,800
Jefferson County6,825−6.0%14$38,305$81,300
Quitman County5,364−13.1%73$32,412$69,600
Sharkey County3,097−18.5%62$40,000$98,000
Issaquena County1,263−5.5%31$31,429$110,800

Source: PEP Vintage 2025 (CO-EST2025); American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) · Census population estimates

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