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Population per Square Mile in Mississippi, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Mississippi, ranked. The highest is DeSoto County at 401.6 and the lowest is Issaquena County at 2.2.

Mississippi: 62.8 · United States: n/a · median county in Mississippi: 42.4

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#County Population per Square Mile
1DeSoto County401.6
2Harrison County367.6
3Hinds County251.2
4Rankin County204.8
5Jackson County200.9
6Lee County184.5
7Forrest County168.0
8Madison County156.3
9Lamar County132.3
10Lowndes County114.4
11Oktibbeha County113.0
12Lauderdale County101.6
13Hancock County97.4
14Pike County96.8
15Jones County95.7
16Lafayette County92.3
17Alcorn County85.7
18Warren County73.1
19Pearl River County70.8
20Tate County70.0
21Union County67.7
22Pontotoc County63.4
23Adams County62.3
24Prentiss County60.7
25Lincoln County59.5
26Washington County59.1
27George County52.6
28Neshoba County50.7
29Grenada County50.3
30Marshall County48.1
31Panola County47.9
32Tippah County47.0
33Leflore County45.7
34Scott County45.5
35Itawamba County45.1
36Clay County44.8
37Marion County44.6
38Monroe County44.1
39Tishomingo County44.0
40Covington County43.9
41Simpson County43.6
42Stone County42.4
43Coahoma County37.1
44Leake County36.6
45Newton County36.5
46Copiah County35.8
47Sunflower County34.9
48Walthall County34.3
49Bolivar County33.7
50Chickasaw County33.7
51Winston County28.9
52Lawrence County27.4
53Jefferson Davis County27.2
54Yazoo County26.9
55Yalobusha County26.6
56Wayne County24.3
57Attala County23.8
58Jasper County23.7
59Webster County23.7
60Montgomery County23.6
61Smith County22.2
62Clarke County22.1
63Calhoun County22.0
64Holmes County21.4
65Tunica County20.9
66Choctaw County19.4
67Greene County19.1
68Benton County18.7
69Tallahatchie County18.2
70Humphreys County17.7
71Perry County17.7
72Claiborne County17.6
73Amite County17.2
74Carroll County15.4
75Noxubee County14.4
76Quitman County14.3
77Jefferson County13.6
78Franklin County13.5
79Wilkinson County12.0
80Kemper County11.4
81Sharkey County9.0
82Issaquena County2.2

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

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

Mississippi ranks 35th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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