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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.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES