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Most densely populated, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties ranked by residents per square mile (2000). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 45.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990

01Harrison County, MSMS217,136331+15%

02Hinds County, MSMS211,888288−1%

03DeSoto County, MSMS197,918225+58%

04Jackson County, MSMS147,666182+14%

05Lee County, MSMS83,731168+16%

06Forrest County, MSMS79,034156+6%

07Rankin County, MSMS162,181149+32%

08Lowndes County, MSMS57,346122+4%

09Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317111+3%

10Madison County, MSMS116,298105+39%

11Pike County, MSMS38,71295+6%

12Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89694+12%

13Jones County, MSMS66,49693+5%

14Hancock County, MSMS46,87391+35%

15Washington County, MSMS40,44687−7%

16Alcorn County, MSMS34,56986+9%

17Warren County, MSMS41,75984+4%

18Lamar County, MSMS67,40379+28%

19Adams County, MSMS30,06174−3%

20Leflore County, MSMS25,68664+2%

21Tate County, MSMS28,72563+18%

22Prentiss County, MSMS25,28462+10%

23Lafayette County, MSMS59,59761+22%

24Union County, MSMS28,45961+15%

25Pearl River County, MSMS59,36360+26%

26Lincoln County, MSMS35,01257+10%

27Coahoma County, MSMS19,84955−3%

28Grenada County, MSMS20,86855+8%

29Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09654+20%

30Clay County, MSMS18,23854+4%

31Neshoba County, MSMS28,73250+16%

32Panola County, MSMS32,69150+14%

33Monroe County, MSMS33,31850+4%

34Marshall County, MSMS34,65450+15%

35Sunflower County, MSMS22,89349+5%

36Marion County, MSMS24,001470%

37Simpson County, MSMS25,49847+15%

38Covington County, MSMS17,89847+17%

39Scott County, MSMS28,07347+18%

40Bolivar County, MSMS28,26246−3%

41Tippah County, MSMS21,38945+7%

42Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63945+8%

43Itawamba County, MSMS24,15243+14%

44George County, MSMS26,33140+15%

45Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73039+7%

46Newton County, MSMS20,96038+8%

47Walthall County, MSMS13,92838+6%

48Copiah County, MSMS27,49737+4%

49Leake County, MSMS21,66236+14%

50Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94134−1%

51Winston County, MSMS17,47333+4%

52Lawrence County, MSMS11,81931+6%

53Stone County, MSMS19,65431+27%

54Yazoo County, MSMS22,94731+10%

55Montgomery County, MSMS9,35430−2%

56Holmes County, MSMS15,465290%

57Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37528+8%

58Jasper County, MSMS15,78527+6%

59Humphreys County, MSMS7,00127−8%

60Attala County, MSMS17,10027+6%

61Wayne County, MSMS19,80726+9%

62Clarke County, MSMS15,10226+4%

63Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326+1%

64Smith County, MSMS13,99125+9%

65Quitman County, MSMS5,36425−4%

66Webster County, MSMS10,16724+1%

67Claiborne County, MSMS8,05824+4%

68Choctaw County, MSMS8,04823+8%

69Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87723−2%

70Tunica County, MSMS8,81920+13%

71Benton County, MSMS7,502200%

72Perry County, MSMS11,57719+12%

73Jefferson County, MSMS6,82519+13%

74Greene County, MSMS13,70719+30%

75Amite County, MSMS12,48719+2%

76Noxubee County, MSMS9,798180%

77Carroll County, MSMS9,22617+17%

78Sharkey County, MSMS3,09715−7%

79Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58215+7%

80Franklin County, MSMS7,49115+1%

81Kemper County, MSMS8,60014+1%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,2636+19%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS