RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Largest senior population, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties home to the most residents aged 65 and over as of 2020. Ranked by number of people, not the senior share. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

MississippiAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS 65 AND OVERVS 2000

01Hinds County, MSMS211,88836,763+34%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,13634,337+63%

03DeSoto County, MSMS197,91826,034+173%

04Rankin County, MSMS162,18124,863+127%

05Jackson County, MSMS147,66623,976+77%

06Madison County, MSMS116,29817,924+147%

07Lee County, MSMS83,73114,301+65%

08Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31713,198+19%

09Jones County, MSMS66,49612,054+30%

10Forrest County, MSMS79,03411,479+39%

11Pearl River County, MSMS59,36311,090+81%

12Lowndes County, MSMS57,34610,267+49%

13Hancock County, MSMS46,8739,565+59%

14Lamar County, MSMS67,4038,865+133%

15Warren County, MSMS41,7598,312+44%

16Washington County, MSMS40,4468,098+12%

17Lafayette County, MSMS59,5977,895+107%

18Pike County, MSMS38,7127,549+37%

19Monroe County, MSMS33,3186,980+31%

20Alcorn County, MSMS34,5696,794+33%

21Marshall County, MSMS34,6546,493+67%

22Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8966,411+75%

23Lincoln County, MSMS35,0126,377+38%

24Adams County, MSMS30,0616,374+19%

25Panola County, MSMS32,6915,849+41%

26Bolivar County, MSMS28,2625,419+21%

27Copiah County, MSMS27,4975,107+40%

28Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0965,080+48%

29Union County, MSMS28,4595,044+41%

30Neshoba County, MSMS28,7325,000+23%

31Tate County, MSMS28,7254,825+67%

32Marion County, MSMS24,0014,710+29%

33Simpson County, MSMS25,4984,686+29%

34Leflore County, MSMS25,6864,533+0%

35Prentiss County, MSMS25,2844,393+24%

36Itawamba County, MSMS24,1524,390+36%

37Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6394,230+31%

38Scott County, MSMS28,0734,226+20%

39Grenada County, MSMS20,8684,190+25%

40Yazoo County, MSMS22,9474,141+18%

41Tippah County, MSMS21,3894,078+35%

42Sunflower County, MSMS22,8934,012+20%

43George County, MSMS26,3313,967+90%

44Newton County, MSMS20,9603,870+19%

45Clay County, MSMS18,2383,766+30%

46Winston County, MSMS17,4733,765+21%

47Attala County, MSMS17,1003,696+9%

48Leake County, MSMS21,6623,636+21%

49Coahoma County, MSMS19,8493,587−4%

50Wayne County, MSMS19,8073,521+41%

51Covington County, MSMS17,8983,473+38%

52Jasper County, MSMS15,7853,358+33%

53Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7303,276+25%

54Clarke County, MSMS15,1023,223+19%

55Amite County, MSMS12,4873,168+52%

56Stone County, MSMS19,6543,154+108%

57Walthall County, MSMS13,9282,954+39%

58Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3752,936+44%

59Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432,917+16%

60Smith County, MSMS13,9912,893+29%

61Holmes County, MSMS15,4652,823+6%

62Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9412,414+25%

63Carroll County, MSMS9,2262,352+61%

64Montgomery County, MSMS9,3542,276+12%

65Lawrence County, MSMS11,8192,257+28%

66Perry County, MSMS11,5772,234+66%

67Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8772,234+13%

68Greene County, MSMS13,7072,038+52%

69Webster County, MSMS10,1671,974+17%

70Choctaw County, MSMS8,0481,857+27%

71Noxubee County, MSMS9,7981,785+11%

72Kemper County, MSMS8,6001,781+13%

73Franklin County, MSMS7,4911,723+34%

74Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5821,643+15%

75Benton County, MSMS7,5021,564+28%

76Claiborne County, MSMS8,0581,427+15%

77Humphreys County, MSMS7,0011,375+3%

78Tunica County, MSMS8,8191,309+40%

79Jefferson County, MSMS6,8251,244+17%

80Quitman County, MSMS5,3641,214−9%

81Sharkey County, MSMS3,097778+4%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,263187−23%

SHOWING 1–82 OF 82

Download CSV (full list, 82 rows)

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