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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.

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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%

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

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

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

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

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

08Lamar County, MSMS67,403+3,181−63%

09George County, MSMS26,331+1,981−20%

10Stone County, MSMS19,654+1,321−54%

11Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+912−80%

12Marshall County, MSMS34,654+902−81%

13Forrest County, MSMS79,034+876−80%

14Hancock County, MSMS46,873+820−93%

15Union County, MSMS28,459+682−79%

16Tate County, MSMS28,725+661−83%

17Adams County, MSMS30,061+523−151%

18Lee County, MSMS83,731+388−96%

19Leake County, MSMS21,662+387−85%

20Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+289−90%

21Prentiss County, MSMS25,284+276−88%

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

23Greene County, MSMS13,707+177−94%

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

25Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+105−96%

26Scott County, MSMS28,073+83−98%

27Perry County, MSMS11,577+66−95%

28Walthall County, MSMS13,928+44−95%

29Wayne County, MSMS19,807+28−98%

30Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-75−121%

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

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

33Alcorn County, MSMS34,569-171−106%

34Franklin County, MSMS7,491-184−359%

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

36Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-198−129%

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

38Smith County, MSMS13,991-218−116%

39Amite County, MSMS12,487-233−186%

40Winston County, MSMS17,473-241−133%

41Newton County, MSMS20,960-331−121%

42Neshoba County, MSMS28,732-355−109%

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

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

45Kemper County, MSMS8,600-388−500%

46Clay County, MSMS18,238-398−146%

47Tippah County, MSMS21,389-426−133%

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

49Marion County, MSMS24,001-440−963%

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

51Simpson County, MSMS25,498-451−112%

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

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

54Clarke County, MSMS15,102-513−180%

55Panola County, MSMS32,691-517−112%

56Jasper County, MSMS15,785-582−156%

57Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-623−487%

58Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-703+45%

59Jones County, MSMS66,496-750−126%

60Grenada County, MSMS20,868-761−145%

61Carroll County, MSMS9,226-772−150%

62Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-784−16%

63Attala County, MSMS17,100-789−167%

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

65Monroe County, MSMS33,318-862−160%

66Copiah County, MSMS27,497-871−175%

67Tunica County, MSMS8,819-963−191%

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

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

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

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

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

73Pike County, MSMS38,712-1,612−178%

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

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

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

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

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

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

80Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-3,796−244%

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

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

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES