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Median Age in Mississippi, by County

Median Age for every county in Mississippi, ranked. The highest is Issaquena County at 49.8 and the lowest is Oktibbeha County at 25.5.

Mississippi: 38.6 · United States: 38.9 · median county in Mississippi: 39.6

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#County Median Age
1Issaquena County49.8
2Amite County49.2
3Carroll County48.6
4Hancock County46.6
5Jefferson Davis County46.0
6Benton County44.5
7Smith County43.5
8Perry County43.4
9Tishomingo County43.4
10Choctaw County43.2
11Jefferson County43.1
12Winston County42.8
13Yalobusha County42.6
14Clarke County42.4
15Montgomery County42.2
16Franklin County42.1
17Adams County42.0
18Calhoun County42.0
19Jasper County41.9
20Marshall County41.9
21Monroe County41.7
22Pearl River County41.6
23Lincoln County41.5
24Walthall County41.4
25Quitman County41.2
26Lawrence County41.0
27Wilkinson County40.9
28Marion County40.8
29Warren County40.8
30Kemper County40.6
31Simpson County40.6
32Greene County40.5
33Leake County40.3
34Jackson County40.1
35Noxubee County40.1
36Alcorn County40.0
37Tippah County40.0
38Clay County39.8
39Lauderdale County39.7
40Tallahatchie County39.7
41Webster County39.7
42Copiah County39.6
43Humphreys County39.6
44Rankin County39.6
45Stone County39.5
46Attala County39.4
47Panola County39.4
48Wayne County39.4
49Grenada County39.2
50Madison County39.1
51Itawamba County38.6
52Newton County38.6
53Yazoo County38.6
54Harrison County38.5
55Tate County38.5
56Chickasaw County38.4
57Sharkey County38.4
58Union County38.3
59Prentiss County38.1
60Washington County38.0
61Jones County37.9
62Pike County37.9
63Lamar County37.7
64Lowndes County37.6
65Bolivar County37.5
66Lee County37.5
67Neshoba County37.4
68Covington County37.3
69DeSoto County37.3
70Sunflower County37.1
71Hinds County36.9
72George County36.3
73Holmes County36.3
74Tunica County36.3
75Coahoma County35.9
76Pontotoc County35.9
77Scott County35.9
78Claiborne County35.1
79Leflore County34.7
80Forrest County32.0
81Lafayette County30.7
82Oktibbeha County25.5

Half of residents are older than this and half are younger.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Mississippi ranks 35th of 52 states for median age.

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