RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Most never-married people, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the highest share of people 15 and over who have never been married, as of the 2000 American Community Survey. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNEVER-MARRIED PEOPLEVS –

01Claiborne County, MSMS8,05847.6%–

02Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89644.6%–

03Jefferson County, MSMS6,82544.1%–

04Sunflower County, MSMS22,89341.9%–

05Lafayette County, MSMS59,59741.6%–

06Humphreys County, MSMS7,00141.5%–

07Bolivar County, MSMS28,26240.6%–

08Sharkey County, MSMS3,09739.4%–

09Leflore County, MSMS25,68638.6%–

10Tunica County, MSMS8,81938.6%–

11Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58238.0%–

12Holmes County, MSMS15,46537.1%–

13Coahoma County, MSMS19,84936.2%–

14Hinds County, MSMS211,88835.7%–

15Yazoo County, MSMS22,94735.5%–

16Forrest County, MSMS79,03435.4%–

17Noxubee County, MSMS9,79835.1%–

18Washington County, MSMS40,44634.7%–

19Quitman County, MSMS5,36434.1%–

20Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87733.1%–

21Kemper County, MSMS8,60031.1%–

22Marshall County, MSMS34,65430.4%–

23Copiah County, MSMS27,49730.2%–

24Issaquena County, MSMS1,26329.8%–

25Clay County, MSMS18,23829.2%–

26Warren County, MSMS41,75928.7%–

27Panola County, MSMS32,69128.7%–

28Greene County, MSMS13,70728.5%–

29Madison County, MSMS116,29828.4%–

30Adams County, MSMS30,06128.0%–

31Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94127.7%–

32Lowndes County, MSMS57,34627.5%–

33Pike County, MSMS38,71227.3%–

34Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31726.6%–

35Jasper County, MSMS15,78526.6%–

36Covington County, MSMS17,89826.4%–

37Scott County, MSMS28,07326.2%–

38Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73025.7%–

39Harrison County, MSMS217,13625.7%–

40Stone County, MSMS19,65425.7%–

41Winston County, MSMS17,47325.7%–

42Montgomery County, MSMS9,35425.4%–

43Jones County, MSMS66,49625.2%–

44Grenada County, MSMS20,86825.0%–

45Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37524.9%–

46Newton County, MSMS20,96024.4%–

47Carroll County, MSMS9,22624.3%–

48Amite County, MSMS12,48724.2%–

49Benton County, MSMS7,50224.1%–

50Neshoba County, MSMS28,73223.9%–

51Walthall County, MSMS13,92823.8%–

52Wayne County, MSMS19,80723.6%–

53Simpson County, MSMS25,49823.5%–

54Lamar County, MSMS67,40323.5%–

55Choctaw County, MSMS8,04823.5%–

56Franklin County, MSMS7,49123.4%–

57Rankin County, MSMS162,18123.3%–

58Tate County, MSMS28,72523.3%–

59Jackson County, MSMS147,66623.3%–

60Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.3%–

61Attala County, MSMS17,10023.3%–

62Monroe County, MSMS33,31823.3%–

63Leake County, MSMS21,66222.9%–

64Calhoun County, MSMS12,64322.7%–

65Lee County, MSMS83,73121.9%–

66Lincoln County, MSMS35,01221.9%–

67Marion County, MSMS24,00121.8%–

68Perry County, MSMS11,57721.7%–

69Webster County, MSMS10,16721.4%–

70Lawrence County, MSMS11,81921.1%–

71Hancock County, MSMS46,87321.1%–

72Prentiss County, MSMS25,28420.8%–

73Pearl River County, MSMS59,36320.5%–

74DeSoto County, MSMS197,91819.9%–

75Tippah County, MSMS21,38919.9%–

76Alcorn County, MSMS34,56918.8%–

77Smith County, MSMS13,99118.6%–

78Union County, MSMS28,45918.3%–

79Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09618.1%–

80Itawamba County, MSMS24,15218.0%–

81George County, MSMS26,33117.8%–

82Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63916.1%–

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