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Fastest growing, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties ranked by population growth from the 1990 census to 2000. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS –

01DeSoto County, MSMS197,918+57.9%–

02Madison County, MSMS116,298+38.8%–

03Hancock County, MSMS46,873+35.3%–

04Rankin County, MSMS162,181+32.3%–

05Greene County, MSMS13,707+30.1%–

06Lamar County, MSMS67,403+28.4%–

07Stone County, MSMS19,654+26.7%–

08Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+25.6%–

09Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+21.7%–

10Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+20.2%–

11Issaquena County, MSMS1,263+19.1%–

12Tate County, MSMS28,725+18.4%–

13Scott County, MSMS28,073+17.8%–

14Covington County, MSMS17,898+17.4%–

15Carroll County, MSMS9,226+16.6%–

16Neshoba County, MSMS28,732+15.7%–

17Lee County, MSMS83,731+15.5%–

18Simpson County, MSMS25,498+15.4%–

19Marshall County, MSMS34,654+15.3%–

20Union County, MSMS28,459+14.8%–

21George County, MSMS26,331+14.8%–

22Harrison County, MSMS217,136+14.7%–

23Panola County, MSMS32,691+14.3%–

24Jackson County, MSMS147,666+14.0%–

25Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+13.8%–

26Leake County, MSMS21,662+13.6%–

27Tunica County, MSMS8,819+13.0%–

28Jefferson County, MSMS6,825+12.6%–

29Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+11.8%–

30Perry County, MSMS11,577+11.7%–

31Yazoo County, MSMS22,947+10.4%–

32Prentiss County, MSMS25,284+9.8%–

33Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+9.5%–

34Smith County, MSMS13,991+9.4%–

35Alcorn County, MSMS34,569+8.9%–

36Wayne County, MSMS19,807+8.7%–

37Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375+8.5%–

38Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639+8.4%–

39Grenada County, MSMS20,868+7.9%–

40Newton County, MSMS20,960+7.6%–

41Choctaw County, MSMS8,048+7.6%–

42Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730+7.5%–

43Tippah County, MSMS21,389+6.7%–

44Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582+6.6%–

45Lawrence County, MSMS11,819+6.4%–

46Attala County, MSMS17,100+6.4%–

47Forrest County, MSMS79,034+6.3%–

48Jasper County, MSMS15,785+6.0%–

49Walthall County, MSMS13,928+5.6%–

50Pike County, MSMS38,712+5.6%–

51Jones County, MSMS66,496+4.7%–

52Sunflower County, MSMS22,893+4.6%–

53Copiah County, MSMS27,497+4.2%–

54Clay County, MSMS18,238+4.1%–

55Claiborne County, MSMS8,058+4.1%–

56Monroe County, MSMS33,318+3.9%–

57Lowndes County, MSMS57,346+3.8%–

58Winston County, MSMS17,473+3.7%–

59Clarke County, MSMS15,102+3.7%–

60Warren County, MSMS41,759+3.7%–

61Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317+3.4%–

62Amite County, MSMS12,487+2.0%–

63Leflore County, MSMS25,686+1.6%–

64Calhoun County, MSMS12,643+1.1%–

65Kemper County, MSMS8,600+0.9%–

66Franklin County, MSMS7,491+0.8%–

67Webster County, MSMS10,167+0.7%–

68Marion County, MSMS24,001+0.2%–

69Holmes County, MSMS15,465+0.0%–

70Benton County, MSMS7,502-0.2%–

71Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-0.4%–

72Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-0.6%–

73Hinds County, MSMS211,888-1.4%–

74Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-1.6%–

75Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-2.0%–

76Adams County, MSMS30,061-2.9%–

77Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-3.0%–

78Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-3.3%–

79Quitman County, MSMS5,364-3.6%–

80Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-6.9%–

81Washington County, MSMS40,446-7.3%–

82Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-7.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS