RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Most population gained, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, 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 +1,480.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01DeSoto County, MSMS197,918+39,289–

02Rankin County, MSMS162,181+28,166–

03Harrison County, MSMS217,136+24,236–

04Madison County, MSMS116,298+20,880–

05Jackson County, MSMS147,666+16,177–

06Hancock County, MSMS46,873+11,207–

07Lee County, MSMS83,731+10,174–

08Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+9,907–

09Lamar County, MSMS67,403+8,646–

10Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+6,918–

11Marshall County, MSMS34,654+4,632–

12Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+4,527–

13Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+4,489–

14Forrest County, MSMS79,034+4,290–

15Scott County, MSMS28,073+4,286–

16Panola County, MSMS32,691+4,278–

17Tate County, MSMS28,725+3,938–

18Neshoba County, MSMS28,732+3,884–

19Simpson County, MSMS25,498+3,686–

20Union County, MSMS28,459+3,277–

21Greene County, MSMS13,707+3,079–

22Jones County, MSMS66,496+2,927–

23Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+2,888–

24Covington County, MSMS17,898+2,880–

25Stone County, MSMS19,654+2,872–

26Alcorn County, MSMS34,569+2,836–

27Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+2,753–

28Yazoo County, MSMS22,947+2,643–

29Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317+2,606–

30Leake County, MSMS21,662+2,504–

31George County, MSMS26,331+2,471–

32Lowndes County, MSMS57,346+2,278–

33Prentiss County, MSMS25,284+2,278–

34Pike County, MSMS38,712+2,058–

35Warren County, MSMS41,759+1,764–

36Grenada County, MSMS20,868+1,708–

37Wayne County, MSMS19,807+1,699–

38Newton County, MSMS20,960+1,547–

39Carroll County, MSMS9,226+1,532–

40Sunflower County, MSMS22,893+1,502–

41Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639+1,480–

42Monroe County, MSMS33,318+1,432–

43Smith County, MSMS13,991+1,384–

44Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730+1,355–

45Tippah County, MSMS21,389+1,303–

46Perry County, MSMS11,577+1,273–

47Attala County, MSMS17,100+1,180–

48Copiah County, MSMS27,497+1,165–

49Jefferson County, MSMS6,825+1,087–

50Tunica County, MSMS8,819+1,063–

51Jasper County, MSMS15,785+1,035–

52Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375+1,018–

53Clay County, MSMS18,238+859–

54Walthall County, MSMS13,928+804–

55Lawrence County, MSMS11,819+800–

56Winston County, MSMS17,473+727–

57Choctaw County, MSMS8,048+687–

58Clarke County, MSMS15,102+642–

59Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582+634–

60Leflore County, MSMS25,686+606–

61Claiborne County, MSMS8,058+461–

62Issaquena County, MSMS1,263+365–

63Amite County, MSMS12,487+271–

64Calhoun County, MSMS12,643+161–

65Kemper County, MSMS8,600+97–

66Webster County, MSMS10,167+72–

67Franklin County, MSMS7,491+71–

68Marion County, MSMS24,001+51–

69Holmes County, MSMS15,465+5–

70Benton County, MSMS7,502-20–

71Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-56–

72Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-89–

73Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-199–

74Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-307–

75Quitman County, MSMS5,364-373–

76Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-486–

77Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-928–

78Adams County, MSMS30,061-1,016–

79Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-1,043–

80Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-1,242–

81Hinds County, MSMS211,888-3,641–

82Washington County, MSMS40,446-4,958–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS