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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%+169%

02Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-14.5%+616%

03Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-14.2%−237%

04Quitman County, MSMS5,364-13.1%+270%

05Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.9%−359%

06Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-11.8%−391%

07Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-11.7%−279%

08Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-10.1%+32%

09Washington County, MSMS40,446-10.0%+37%

10Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.8%−176%

11Leflore County, MSMS25,686-9.4%−677%

12Holmes County, MSMS15,465-9.0%−39114%

13Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-8.8%+196%

14Carroll County, MSMS9,226-7.7%−147%

15Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-7.2%+119%

16Hinds County, MSMS211,888-7.0%+386%

17Warren County, MSMS41,759-6.6%−280%

18Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-6.0%−148%

19Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-5.6%−129%

20Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-4.8%+197%

21Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-4.7%+966%

22Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-4.7%−535%

23Attala County, MSMS17,100-4.4%−169%

24Kemper County, MSMS8,600-4.3%−561%

25Pike County, MSMS38,712-4.0%−172%

26Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-3.7%−206%

27Jasper County, MSMS15,785-3.6%−159%

28Grenada County, MSMS20,868-3.5%−144%

29Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-3.4%+430%

30Clarke County, MSMS15,102-3.3%−189%

31Copiah County, MSMS27,497-3.1%−173%

32Lowndes County, MSMS57,346-2.6%−168%

33Monroe County, MSMS33,318-2.5%−164%

34Covington County, MSMS17,898-2.4%−114%

35Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-2.4%−132%

36Franklin County, MSMS7,491-2.4%−383%

37Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730-2.2%−129%

38Clay County, MSMS18,238-2.1%−153%

39Tippah County, MSMS21,389-2.0%−129%

40Benton County, MSMS7,502-1.9%+658%

41Amite County, MSMS12,487-1.8%−190%

42Marion County, MSMS24,001-1.8%−1002%

43Simpson County, MSMS25,498-1.7%−111%

44Lawrence County, MSMS11,819-1.6%−126%

45Panola County, MSMS32,691-1.6%−111%

46Newton County, MSMS20,960-1.6%−120%

47Smith County, MSMS13,991-1.5%−116%

48Winston County, MSMS17,473-1.4%−136%

49Neshoba County, MSMS28,732-1.2%−108%

50Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639-1.1%−113%

51Jones County, MSMS66,496-1.1%−124%

52Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375-0.8%−110%

53Alcorn County, MSMS34,569-0.5%−106%

54Wayne County, MSMS19,807+0.1%−98%

55Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+0.2%−98%

56Scott County, MSMS28,073+0.3%−98%

57Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+0.3%−97%

58Walthall County, MSMS13,928+0.3%−94%

59Lee County, MSMS83,731+0.5%−97%

60Perry County, MSMS11,577+0.6%−95%

61Prentiss County, MSMS25,284+1.1%−89%

62Forrest County, MSMS79,034+1.1%−82%

63Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+1.2%−91%

64Greene County, MSMS13,707+1.3%−96%

65Adams County, MSMS30,061+1.8%−162%

66Hancock County, MSMS46,873+1.8%−95%

67Leake County, MSMS21,662+1.8%−87%

68Tate County, MSMS28,725+2.4%−87%

69Webster County, MSMS10,167+2.4%+245%

70Union County, MSMS28,459+2.5%−83%

71Marshall County, MSMS34,654+2.7%−82%

72Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+2.9%−86%

73Jackson County, MSMS147,666+3.1%−78%

74Rankin County, MSMS162,181+3.3%−90%

75Harrison County, MSMS217,136+4.1%−72%

76Lamar County, MSMS67,403+5.0%−83%

77Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+5.7%−78%

78Madison County, MSMS116,298+6.6%−83%

79Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+6.8%−69%

80DeSoto County, MSMS197,918+6.8%−88%

81Stone County, MSMS19,654+7.2%−73%

82George County, MSMS26,331+8.1%−45%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES