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Most population gained, Mississippi counties · 2010

Mississippi counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, 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+54,053+38%

02Rankin County, MSMS162,181+26,290−7%

03Madison County, MSMS116,298+20,529−2%

04Lamar County, MSMS67,403+16,588+92%

05Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+8,607+24%

06Jackson County, MSMS147,666+8,248−49%

07Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+7,213−27%

08Lee County, MSMS83,731+7,155−30%

09Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+4,769+5%

10Stone County, MSMS19,654+4,164+45%

11Tate County, MSMS28,725+3,516−11%

12George County, MSMS26,331+3,434+39%

13Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+3,231−28%

14Leake County, MSMS21,662+2,865+14%

15Jones County, MSMS66,496+2,803−4%

16Alcorn County, MSMS34,569+2,499−12%

17Forrest County, MSMS79,034+2,330−46%

18Marshall County, MSMS34,654+2,151−54%

19Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317+2,100−19%

20Union County, MSMS28,459+1,772−46%

21Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+1,703−41%

22Tunica County, MSMS8,819+1,551+46%

23Marion County, MSMS24,001+1,493+2827%

24Pike County, MSMS38,712+1,464−29%

25Tippah County, MSMS21,389+1,406+8%

26Greene County, MSMS13,707+1,101−64%

27Neshoba County, MSMS28,732+992−74%

28Hancock County, MSMS46,873+962−91%

29Benton County, MSMS7,502+703−3615%

30Copiah County, MSMS27,497+692−41%

31Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+631−77%

32Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877+475−255%

33Panola County, MSMS32,691+433−90%

34Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639+430−71%

35Smith County, MSMS13,991+309−78%

36Walthall County, MSMS13,928+287−64%

37Covington County, MSMS17,898+161−94%

38Perry County, MSMS11,577+112−91%

39Kemper County, MSMS8,600+3−97%

40Webster County, MSMS10,167-41−157%

41Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-84−103%

42Attala County, MSMS17,100-97−108%

43Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-107−166%

44Newton County, MSMS20,960-118−108%

45Simpson County, MSMS25,498-136−104%

46Scott County, MSMS28,073-159−104%

47Carroll County, MSMS9,226-172−111%

48Prentiss County, MSMS25,284-280−112%

49Lawrence County, MSMS11,819-329−141%

50Franklin County, MSMS7,491-330−565%

51Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375-373−137%

52Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-434−168%

53Amite County, MSMS12,487-468−273%

54Wayne County, MSMS19,807-469−128%

55Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-868−338%

56Warren County, MSMS41,759-871−149%

57Winston County, MSMS17,473-962−232%

58Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-1,003+1691%

59Monroe County, MSMS33,318-1,025−172%

60Jasper County, MSMS15,785-1,087−205%

61Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-1,211−276%

62Clarke County, MSMS15,102-1,223−290%

63Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-1,264+535%

64Clay County, MSMS18,238-1,345−257%

65Grenada County, MSMS20,868-1,357−179%

66Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-1,475+1557%

67Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-1,664+242%

68Lowndes County, MSMS57,346-1,807−179%

69Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-1,831+97%

70Quitman County, MSMS5,364-1,894+408%

71Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-2,014−285%

72Adams County, MSMS30,061-2,043+101%

73Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730-2,048−251%

74Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-2,227−583%

75Holmes County, MSMS15,465-2,411−48320%

76Harrison County, MSMS217,136-2,496−110%

77Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-4,471+329%

78Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-4,919−427%

79Hinds County, MSMS211,888-5,515+51%

80Leflore County, MSMS25,686-5,630−1029%

81Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-6,488+422%

82Washington County, MSMS40,446-11,840+139%

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