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Fastest shrinking, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties with the steepest population decline from the 2020 census to 2025. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is -1.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Yazoo County, MS, up 41 places to #3.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01▲1Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-18.5%−11.6 pts

02▲2Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-14.5%−12.4 pts

03▲41Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-14.2%−24.6 pts

04▼3Quitman County, MSMS5,364-13.1%−9.6 pts

05▲7Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.9%−16.4 pts

06▲36Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-11.8%−15.8 pts

07▲1Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-11.7%−18.3 pts

08▼3Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-10.1%−2.4 pts

09▲2Washington County, MSMS40,446-10.0%−2.7 pts

10▲13Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.8%−22.9 pts

11▼1Leflore County, MSMS25,686-9.4%−11.0 pts

12▲1Holmes County, MSMS15,465-9.0%−9.1 pts

13▲9Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-8.8%−5.8 pts

14▲25Carroll County, MSMS9,226-7.7%−24.3 pts

15▼12Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-7.2%−3.9 pts

16▲15Hinds County, MSMS211,888-7.0%−5.5 pts

17▲11Warren County, MSMS41,759-6.6%−10.3 pts

18▲20Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-6.0%−18.6 pts

19▲24Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-5.6%−24.7 pts

20▼3Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-4.8%−3.2 pts

21▼6Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-4.7%−4.3 pts

22▼8Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-4.7%−5.8 pts

23▲3Attala County, MSMS17,100-4.4%−10.8 pts

24▼18Kemper County, MSMS8,600-4.3%−5.3 pts

25▲39Pike County, MSMS38,712-4.0%−9.6 pts

26▼1Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-3.7%−7.1 pts

27▲20Jasper County, MSMS15,785-3.6%−9.6 pts

28▲32Grenada County, MSMS20,868-3.5%−11.4 pts

29▼8Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-3.4%−2.7 pts

30▲3Clarke County, MSMS15,102-3.3%−7.0 pts

31▲18Copiah County, MSMS27,497-3.1%−7.3 pts

32▲27Lowndes County, MSMS57,346-2.6%−6.4 pts

33▼3Monroe County, MSMS33,318-2.5%−6.4 pts

34Covington County, MSMS17,898-2.4%−19.8 pts

35▲15Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-2.4%−10.0 pts

36▲5Franklin County, MSMS7,491-2.4%−3.2 pts

37▲20Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730-2.2%−9.7 pts

38▼18Clay County, MSMS18,238-2.1%−6.2 pts

39▲17Tippah County, MSMS21,389-2.0%−8.6 pts

40▼31Benton County, MSMS7,502-1.9%−1.6 pts

41▲11Amite County, MSMS12,487-1.8%−3.9 pts

42▼23Marion County, MSMS24,001-1.8%−2.0 pts

43▼3Simpson County, MSMS25,498-1.7%−17.1 pts

44▼12Lawrence County, MSMS11,819-1.6%−8.1 pts

45▲1Panola County, MSMS32,691-1.6%−15.8 pts

46▲9Newton County, MSMS20,960-1.6%−9.2 pts

47▼40Smith County, MSMS13,991-1.5%−10.9 pts

48▼19Winston County, MSMS17,473-1.4%−5.1 pts

49▲5Neshoba County, MSMS28,732-1.2%−16.9 pts

50▼2Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639-1.1%−9.5 pts

51▲12Jones County, MSMS66,496-1.1%−5.8 pts

52▲6Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375-0.8%−9.3 pts

53▼18Alcorn County, MSMS34,569-0.5%−9.4 pts

54▼9Wayne County, MSMS19,807+0.1%−8.6 pts

55▲21Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+0.2%−11.6 pts

56▲6Scott County, MSMS28,073+0.3%−17.5 pts

57▲8Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+0.3%−9.2 pts

58▼40Walthall County, MSMS13,928+0.3%−5.3 pts

59▲7Lee County, MSMS83,731+0.5%−15.0 pts

60▼23Perry County, MSMS11,577+0.6%−11.1 pts

61Prentiss County, MSMS25,284+1.1%−8.7 pts

62▲11Forrest County, MSMS79,034+1.1%−5.2 pts

63▲5Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+1.2%−12.5 pts

64▼28Greene County, MSMS13,707+1.3%−28.8 pts

65▼38Adams County, MSMS30,061+1.8%+4.6 pts

66▲8Hancock County, MSMS46,873+1.8%−33.5 pts

67▼51Leake County, MSMS21,662+1.8%−11.8 pts

68▼15Tate County, MSMS28,725+2.4%−16.0 pts

69▼18Webster County, MSMS10,167+2.4%+1.7 pts

70▼1Union County, MSMS28,459+2.5%−12.4 pts

71▼47Marshall County, MSMS34,654+2.7%−12.6 pts

72Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+2.9%−17.3 pts

73▼3Jackson County, MSMS147,666+3.1%−11.0 pts

74▲3Rankin County, MSMS162,181+3.3%−29.0 pts

75▲3Harrison County, MSMS217,136+4.1%−10.6 pts

76▲5Lamar County, MSMS67,403+5.0%−23.5 pts

77▼10Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+5.7%−19.9 pts

78▲1Madison County, MSMS116,298+6.6%−32.3 pts

79▲3Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+6.8%−15.0 pts

80DeSoto County, MSMS197,918+6.8%−51.1 pts

81▼10Stone County, MSMS19,654+7.2%−19.5 pts

82▼7George County, MSMS26,331+8.1%−6.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES