RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Most never-married women, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the highest share of women 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 WOMENVS –

01Claiborne County, MSMS8,05846.0%–

02Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89641.8%–

03Sharkey County, MSMS3,09740.0%–

04Lafayette County, MSMS59,59739.4%–

05Bolivar County, MSMS28,26239.3%–

06Jefferson County, MSMS6,82538.9%–

07Humphreys County, MSMS7,00138.8%–

08Holmes County, MSMS15,46536.9%–

09Tunica County, MSMS8,81936.8%–

10Sunflower County, MSMS22,89336.6%–

11Leflore County, MSMS25,68636.3%–

12Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.0%–

13Issaquena County, MSMS1,26333.3%–

14Hinds County, MSMS211,88833.3%–

15Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.2%–

16Forrest County, MSMS79,03432.9%–

17Washington County, MSMS40,44632.7%–

18Noxubee County, MSMS9,79832.2%–

19Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58231.1%–

20Yazoo County, MSMS22,94730.3%–

21Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87730.1%–

22Kemper County, MSMS8,60028.8%–

23Copiah County, MSMS27,49727.7%–

24Marshall County, MSMS34,65427.6%–

25Warren County, MSMS41,75927.3%–

26Adams County, MSMS30,06127.1%–

27Madison County, MSMS116,29827.0%–

28Clay County, MSMS18,23827.0%–

29Lowndes County, MSMS57,34626.5%–

30Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94126.2%–

31Panola County, MSMS32,69126.2%–

32Jasper County, MSMS15,78525.0%–

33Pike County, MSMS38,71225.0%–

34Stone County, MSMS19,65424.1%–

35Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31723.9%–

36Montgomery County, MSMS9,35423.9%–

37Covington County, MSMS17,89823.6%–

38Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73023.3%–

39Wayne County, MSMS19,80722.7%–

40Amite County, MSMS12,48722.3%–

41Newton County, MSMS20,96022.3%–

42Winston County, MSMS17,47322.3%–

43Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37522.2%–

44Grenada County, MSMS20,86822.1%–

45Harrison County, MSMS217,13622.0%–

46Scott County, MSMS28,07322.0%–

47Clarke County, MSMS15,10222.0%–

48Tate County, MSMS28,72521.9%–

49Jones County, MSMS66,49621.7%–

50Benton County, MSMS7,50221.7%–

51Lamar County, MSMS67,40321.4%–

52Attala County, MSMS17,10021.3%–

53Rankin County, MSMS162,18121.0%–

54Choctaw County, MSMS8,04820.9%–

55Walthall County, MSMS13,92820.8%–

56Neshoba County, MSMS28,73220.8%–

57Jackson County, MSMS147,66620.6%–

58Monroe County, MSMS33,31820.4%–

59Franklin County, MSMS7,49120.3%–

60Simpson County, MSMS25,49819.9%–

61Lee County, MSMS83,73119.8%–

62Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.8%–

63Perry County, MSMS11,57719.3%–

64Leake County, MSMS21,66219.1%–

65Marion County, MSMS24,00118.5%–

66Lincoln County, MSMS35,01218.5%–

67Webster County, MSMS10,16718.4%–

68Calhoun County, MSMS12,64318.2%–

69Carroll County, MSMS9,22618.1%–

70Hancock County, MSMS46,87317.7%–

71Pearl River County, MSMS59,36317.6%–

72Greene County, MSMS13,70717.5%–

73Prentiss County, MSMS25,28417.5%–

74DeSoto County, MSMS197,91817.2%–

75Tippah County, MSMS21,38915.6%–

76Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09615.5%–

77Alcorn County, MSMS34,56915.5%–

78Itawamba County, MSMS24,15215.3%–

79Smith County, MSMS13,99115.3%–

80Union County, MSMS28,45915.1%–

81George County, MSMS26,33114.1%–

82Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63913.9%–

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