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Highest homeownership rate, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties with the highest share of owner-occupied housing units (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 74.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Jefferson County, MS, up 33 places to #7.

Highest homeownership rate by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPOWNER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000
01Smith County, MSMS13,99187.4%+0.6 pts
02▲15Benton County, MSMS7,50286.0%+1.7 pts
03▲11Wayne County, MSMS19,80785.3%+0.3 pts
04▲5Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94184.5%−0.1 pts
05▲2Carroll County, MSMS9,22683.7%−1.1 pts
06▲5Lawrence County, MSMS11,81983.5%−0.7 pts
07▲33Jefferson County, MSMS6,82582.9%+2.6 pts
08▼3Amite County, MSMS12,48782.4%−3.7 pts
09▲4Clarke County, MSMS15,10282.3%−2.0 pts
10▼8Greene County, MSMS13,70782.2%−4.9 pts
11▼5Jasper County, MSMS15,78582.1%−4.5 pts
12▼4George County, MSMS26,33182.1%−4.1 pts
13▼9Franklin County, MSMS7,49181.7%−4.4 pts
14▼4Perry County, MSMS11,57781.5%−3.0 pts
15▲10Simpson County, MSMS25,49881.4%+0.3 pts
16Stone County, MSMS19,65480.7%−0.6 pts
17▲7Pearl River County, MSMS59,36380.4%+0.6 pts
18▼15Walthall County, MSMS13,92880.3%−3.0 pts
19▲11Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63979.5%+0.7 pts
20▲11Choctaw County, MSMS8,04879.4%−1.8 pts
21▲14Hancock County, MSMS46,87379.2%−0.3 pts
22▼2Marshall County, MSMS34,65479.1%−1.3 pts
23▼4Newton County, MSMS20,96079.1%−2.8 pts
24▼6Kemper County, MSMS8,60079.0%−4.8 pts
25▼2Itawamba County, MSMS24,15279.0%−3.5 pts
26▼5Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58278.4%−4.9 pts
27▲11Neshoba County, MSMS28,73278.1%−1.5 pts
28▲9DeSoto County, MSMS197,91877.9%−1.3 pts
29▼17Covington County, MSMS17,89877.5%−7.4 pts
30▲21Prentiss County, MSMS25,28477.5%−0.4 pts
31▼16Marion County, MSMS24,00177.2%−3.2 pts
32▼4Rankin County, MSMS162,18176.8%−0.3 pts
33Leake County, MSMS21,66276.7%−5.2 pts
34▲9Claiborne County, MSMS8,05876.5%−3.7 pts
35▼13Monroe County, MSMS33,31876.3%−2.7 pts
36▼10Webster County, MSMS10,16776.1%−2.3 pts
37▼3Tate County, MSMS28,72576.0%−2.3 pts
38▲11Montgomery County, MSMS9,35475.8%−1.2 pts
39▲2Attala County, MSMS17,10075.3%−2.4 pts
40▲7Jones County, MSMS66,49675.1%−1.7 pts
41▼12Lincoln County, MSMS35,01274.9%−3.1 pts
42▲4Tippah County, MSMS21,38974.8%−3.4 pts
43▼4Union County, MSMS28,45974.7%−3.0 pts
44▼17Copiah County, MSMS27,49774.4%−5.5 pts
45▲7Noxubee County, MSMS9,79873.0%−6.5 pts
46▼4Winston County, MSMS17,47373.0%−6.7 pts
47▲10Jackson County, MSMS147,66672.7%−1.9 pts
48▲6Calhoun County, MSMS12,64372.0%−4.3 pts
49▼5Scott County, MSMS28,07371.3%−7.0 pts
50▲5Clay County, MSMS18,23871.3%−2.2 pts
51▼19Madison County, MSMS116,29871.3%+0.5 pts
52▼7Panola County, MSMS32,69171.1%−6.8 pts
53▲5Lee County, MSMS83,73170.8%+1.6 pts
54▼1Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73070.3%−7.6 pts
55▲8Warren County, MSMS41,75969.9%+1.7 pts
56▼6Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09669.8%−8.1 pts
57▲8Lamar County, MSMS67,40369.5%−6.2 pts
58▼22Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37569.3%−9.6 pts
59▲3Adams County, MSMS30,06168.1%−2.2 pts
60▲1Alcorn County, MSMS34,56967.8%−5.7 pts
61▼2Pike County, MSMS38,71266.8%−7.6 pts
62▲5Grenada County, MSMS20,86866.6%−2.6 pts
63▲1Sharkey County, MSMS3,09766.5%+1.0 pts
64▼8Issaquena County, MSMS1,26366.0%−0.9 pts
65▲4Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31765.1%−2.7 pts
66▲2Quitman County, MSMS5,36464.7%−3.9 pts
67▼19Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87764.5%−11.7 pts
68▲8Lafayette County, MSMS59,59763.8%+3.2 pts
69▲6Bolivar County, MSMS28,26262.6%+1.6 pts
70▲2Harrison County, MSMS217,13662.2%−0.5 pts
71Humphreys County, MSMS7,00161.7%+0.3 pts
72▼2Lowndes County, MSMS57,34661.3%−5.2 pts
73▼13Holmes County, MSMS15,46561.0%−12.3 pts
74▲4Washington County, MSMS40,44660.2%+0.7 pts
75▼1Hinds County, MSMS211,88858.3%−5.5 pts
76▲1Forrest County, MSMS79,03457.2%−3.0 pts
77▼11Yazoo County, MSMS22,94755.3%−13.5 pts
78▼5Sunflower County, MSMS22,89354.9%−6.9 pts
79▲1Leflore County, MSMS25,68652.4%−0.9 pts
80▼1Coahoma County, MSMS19,84952.1%−5.2 pts
81Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89648.0%−7.7 pts
82Tunica County, MSMS8,81939.5%−12.2 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES