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Most population gained, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is -331. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Marshall County, MS, up 63 places to #12.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01DeSoto County, MSMS197,918+12,604−68%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,136+8,515−65%

03▲1Madison County, MSMS116,298+7,153−66%

04▼1Rankin County, MSMS162,181+5,150−82%

05▲3Jackson County, MSMS147,666+4,414−73%

06Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+3,784−45%

07▲10Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+3,218−68%

08▼3Lamar County, MSMS67,403+3,181−63%

09▲2George County, MSMS26,331+1,981−20%

10▲4Stone County, MSMS19,654+1,321−54%

11▲1Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+912−80%

12▲63Marshall County, MSMS34,654+902−81%

13▼4Forrest County, MSMS79,034+876−80%

14▼4Hancock County, MSMS46,873+820−93%

15▼2Union County, MSMS28,459+682−79%

16▲24Tate County, MSMS28,725+661−83%

17▲55Adams County, MSMS30,061+523−151%

18▼2Lee County, MSMS83,731+388−96%

19▲50Leake County, MSMS21,662+387−85%

20▼5Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+289−90%

21▲1Prentiss County, MSMS25,284+276−88%

22▲5Webster County, MSMS10,167+241+235%

23▲18Greene County, MSMS13,707+177−94%

24▼17Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+108−98%

25▼7Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+105−96%

26▼3Scott County, MSMS28,073+83−98%

27▲11Perry County, MSMS11,577+66−95%

28▲32Walthall County, MSMS13,928+44−95%

29▲15Wayne County, MSMS19,807+28−98%

30▼11Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-75−121%

31▼10Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375-106−110%

32▲15Benton County, MSMS7,502-144+620%

33▲35Alcorn County, MSMS34,569-171−106%

34▼3Franklin County, MSMS7,491-184−359%

35▲8Lawrence County, MSMS11,819-197−125%

36▼10Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-198−129%

37▲2Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639-211−114%

38▲29Smith County, MSMS13,991-218−116%

39▼11Amite County, MSMS12,487-233−186%

40▲17Winston County, MSMS17,473-241−133%

41▼11Newton County, MSMS20,960-331−121%

42▼7Neshoba County, MSMS28,732-355−109%

43▼18Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730-376−128%

44▲7Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-380+327%

45▲11Kemper County, MSMS8,600-388−500%

46▲18Clay County, MSMS18,238-398−146%

47▼18Tippah County, MSMS21,389-426−133%

48▼16Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-435−140%

49▲21Marion County, MSMS24,001-440−963%

50▲2Covington County, MSMS17,898-442−115%

51▲8Simpson County, MSMS25,498-451−112%

52▼4Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-468+135%

53Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-487+770%

54▼4Clarke County, MSMS15,102-513−180%

55▲3Panola County, MSMS32,691-517−112%

56▼19Jasper County, MSMS15,785-582−156%

57▲6Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-623−487%

58▼9Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-703+45%

59▼25Jones County, MSMS66,496-750−126%

60▼36Grenada County, MSMS20,868-761−145%

61▼25Carroll County, MSMS9,226-772−150%

62▼1Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-784−16%

63▼1Attala County, MSMS17,100-789−167%

64▲1Quitman County, MSMS5,364-812+118%

65▲8Monroe County, MSMS33,318-862−160%

66▼20Copiah County, MSMS27,497-871−175%

67▼22Tunica County, MSMS8,819-963−191%

68▼14Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-1,005−259%

69▼36Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-1,077−334%

70▼28Lowndes County, MSMS57,346-1,533−167%

71▼5Holmes County, MSMS15,465-1,535−30800%

72▲7Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-1,541+48%

73▼53Pike County, MSMS38,712-1,612−178%

74▼3Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-1,838+499%

75▲2Leflore County, MSMS25,686-2,653−538%

76▲5Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-2,667−202%

77▼3Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-2,723+119%

78Warren County, MSMS41,759-2,963−268%

79▼3Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-3,078−305%

80▼25Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-3,796−244%

81▼1Washington County, MSMS40,446-4,476−10%

82Hinds County, MSMS211,888-15,854+335%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES