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Most densely populated, Mississippi counties · 1990

Mississippi counties ranked by residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Hinds County, MSMS211,888293+1%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,136288−13%

03Jackson County, MSMS147,666159−12%

04Forrest County, MSMS79,034147−6%

05Lee County, MSMS83,731146−13%

06DeSoto County, MSMS197,918143−37%

07Lowndes County, MSMS57,346117−4%

08Rankin County, MSMS162,181112−24%

09Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317107−3%

10Washington County, MSMS40,44694+8%

11Pike County, MSMS38,71290−5%

12Jones County, MSMS66,49689−5%

13Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89684−11%

14Warren County, MSMS41,75981−4%

15Alcorn County, MSMS34,56979−8%

16Adams County, MSMS30,06176+3%

17Madison County, MSMS116,29875−28%

18Hancock County, MSMS46,87367−26%

19Leflore County, MSMS25,68663−2%

20Lamar County, MSMS67,40361−22%

21Coahoma County, MSMS19,84957+3%

22Prentiss County, MSMS25,28456−9%

23Union County, MSMS28,45953−13%

24Tate County, MSMS28,72553−16%

25Lincoln County, MSMS35,01252−9%

26Clay County, MSMS18,23852−4%

27Grenada County, MSMS20,86851−7%

28Lafayette County, MSMS59,59750−18%

29Monroe County, MSMS33,31848−4%

30Bolivar County, MSMS28,26248+3%

31Pearl River County, MSMS59,36348−20%

32Sunflower County, MSMS22,89347−4%

33Marion County, MSMS24,00147−0%

34Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09645−17%

35Panola County, MSMS32,69144−12%

36Neshoba County, MSMS28,73243−14%

37Marshall County, MSMS34,65443−13%

38Tippah County, MSMS21,38943−6%

39Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63942−8%

40Simpson County, MSMS25,49841−13%

41Covington County, MSMS17,89840−15%

42Scott County, MSMS28,07340−15%

43Itawamba County, MSMS24,15238−12%

44Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73036−7%

45Walthall County, MSMS13,92836−5%

46Copiah County, MSMS27,49735−4%

47Newton County, MSMS20,96035−7%

48George County, MSMS26,33135−13%

49Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94134+1%

50Winston County, MSMS17,47332−4%

51Leake County, MSMS21,66232−12%

52Montgomery County, MSMS9,35430+2%

53Humphreys County, MSMS7,00129+8%

54Lawrence County, MSMS11,81929−6%

55Holmes County, MSMS15,46529−0%

56Yazoo County, MSMS22,94728−9%

57Quitman County, MSMS5,36426+4%

58Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526−8%

59Calhoun County, MSMS12,64325−1%

60Jasper County, MSMS15,78525−6%

61Attala County, MSMS17,10025−6%

62Clarke County, MSMS15,10225−4%

63Webster County, MSMS10,16724−1%

64Stone County, MSMS19,65424−21%

65Wayne County, MSMS19,80724−8%

66Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724+2%

67Claiborne County, MSMS8,05823−4%

68Smith County, MSMS13,99123−9%

69Choctaw County, MSMS8,04822−7%

70Benton County, MSMS7,50220+0%

71Amite County, MSMS12,48718−2%

72Noxubee County, MSMS9,79818+0%

73Tunica County, MSMS8,81918−12%

74Perry County, MSMS11,57717−10%

75Jefferson County, MSMS6,82517−11%

76Sharkey County, MSMS3,09716+7%

77Franklin County, MSMS7,49115−1%

78Carroll County, MSMS9,22615−14%

79Greene County, MSMS13,70714−23%

80Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58214−6%

81Kemper County, MSMS8,60014−1%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,2635−16%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES