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Most densely populated, Mississippi counties · 2020

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

01DeSoto County, MSMS197,918389+73%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,136364+10%

03Hinds County, MSMS211,888262−9%

04Rankin County, MSMS162,181202+36%

05Jackson County, MSMS147,666198+9%

06Lee County, MSMS83,731185+10%

07Forrest County, MSMS79,034168+8%

08Madison County, MSMS116,298153+46%

09Lamar County, MSMS67,403129+64%

10Lowndes County, MSMS57,346116−4%

11Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896113+21%

12Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317104−7%

13Pike County, MSMS38,71299+4%

14Hancock County, MSMS46,87397+7%

15Jones County, MSMS66,49697+4%

16Lafayette County, MSMS59,59788+44%

17Alcorn County, MSMS34,56987+1%

18Warren County, MSMS41,75976−10%

19Tate County, MSMS28,72569+11%

20Pearl River County, MSMS59,36369+15%

21Union County, MSMS28,45967+10%

22Adams County, MSMS30,06164−14%

23Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09663+17%

24Washington County, MSMS40,44662−29%

25Prentiss County, MSMS25,28460−2%

26Lincoln County, MSMS35,01260+5%

27Grenada County, MSMS20,86851−7%

28Neshoba County, MSMS28,73251+1%

29George County, MSMS26,33151+27%

30Panola County, MSMS32,69148−3%

31Marshall County, MSMS34,65448−4%

32Leflore County, MSMS25,68648−25%

33Tippah County, MSMS21,38948+5%

34Scott County, MSMS28,07346−2%

35Clay County, MSMS18,23845−15%

36Marion County, MSMS24,00145−5%

37Itawamba County, MSMS24,15245+5%

38Monroe County, MSMS33,31845−10%

39Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63944−2%

40Covington County, MSMS17,89844−5%

41Simpson County, MSMS25,49844−6%

42Stone County, MSMS19,65441+35%

43Coahoma County, MSMS19,84939−30%

44Sunflower County, MSMS22,89337−24%

45Newton County, MSMS20,96037−3%

46Leake County, MSMS21,66236+2%

47Copiah County, MSMS27,49736−1%

48Bolivar County, MSMS28,26235−24%

49Walthall County, MSMS13,92834−8%

50Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73034−12%

51Winston County, MSMS17,47329−12%

52Yazoo County, MSMS22,94729−5%

53Lawrence County, MSMS11,81928−9%

54Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128−19%

55Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37527−4%

56Wayne County, MSMS19,80724−7%

57Attala County, MSMS17,10024−9%

58Jasper County, MSMS15,78524−10%

59Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424−19%

60Webster County, MSMS10,16724−4%

61Calhoun County, MSMS12,64323−12%

62Clarke County, MSMS15,10223−13%

63Holmes County, MSMS15,46522−21%

64Smith County, MSMS13,99122−12%

65Tunica County, MSMS8,81922+6%

66Choctaw County, MSMS8,04820−15%

67Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87720−15%

68Greene County, MSMS13,70719+2%

69Benton County, MSMS7,50219−5%

70Claiborne County, MSMS8,05819−23%

71Humphreys County, MSMS7,00119−31%

72Perry County, MSMS11,57718−5%

73Amite County, MSMS12,48717−6%

74Carroll County, MSMS9,22616−7%

75Quitman County, MSMS5,36415−39%

76Noxubee County, MSMS9,79815−18%

77Jefferson County, MSMS6,82514−25%

78Franklin County, MSMS7,49114−9%

79Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213−17%

80Kemper County, MSMS8,60012−14%

81Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979−42%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,2633−41%

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