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Total Population in Mississippi, by County

Total Population for every county in Mississippi, ranked. The highest is Hinds County at 218,533 and the lowest is Issaquena County at 928.

Mississippi: 2,946,779 · United States: 334,922,499 · median county in Mississippi: 21,319

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#County Total Population
1Hinds County218,533
2Harrison County210,891
3DeSoto County191,301
4Rankin County158,854
5Jackson County145,249
6Madison County111,647
7Lee County83,034
8Forrest County78,272
9Lauderdale County71,504
10Jones County66,472
11Lamar County65,713
12Lafayette County58,327
13Lowndes County57,838
14Pearl River County57,458
15Oktibbeha County51,771
16Hancock County46,167
17Warren County43,020
18Washington County42,765
19Pike County39,602
20Lincoln County34,877
21Alcorn County34,289
22Marshall County33,979
23Monroe County33,747
24Panola County32,808
25Pontotoc County31,550
26Bolivar County29,534
27Neshoba County28,932
28Adams County28,803
29Tate County28,321
30Union County28,122
31Copiah County27,855
32Scott County27,718
33Leflore County27,141
34Simpson County25,691
35Prentiss County25,184
36George County25,170
37Yazoo County24,835
38Sunflower County24,333
39Marion County24,193
40Itawamba County24,036
41Tippah County21,523
42Leake County21,319
43Grenada County21,217
44Newton County21,093
45Coahoma County20,540
46Wayne County19,718
47Stone County18,894
48Tishomingo County18,660
49Clay County18,383
50Covington County18,148
51Winston County17,536
52Attala County17,526
53Chickasaw County16,915
54Holmes County16,191
55Jasper County16,059
56Clarke County15,314
57Smith County14,132
58Walthall County13,839
59Greene County13,615
60Calhoun County12,922
61Amite County12,565
62Yalobusha County12,419
63Lawrence County11,786
64Tallahatchie County11,764
65Perry County11,449
66Jefferson Davis County11,117
67Noxubee County10,025
68Webster County9,972
69Carroll County9,686
70Montgomery County9,602
71Tunica County9,475
72Kemper County8,729
73Claiborne County8,582
74Wilkinson County8,162
75Choctaw County8,118
76Franklin County7,622
77Benton County7,589
78Humphreys County7,395
79Jefferson County7,068
80Quitman County5,774
81Sharkey County3,872
82Issaquena County928

Everyone living in the area, from the 5-year American Community Survey.

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

Mississippi ranks 36th of 52 states for total population.

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