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Most population gained, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties that added the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, 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+24,062−39%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,136+21,516−11%

03Rankin County, MSMS162,181+15,414−45%

04Madison County, MSMS116,298+13,942−33%

05Lamar County, MSMS67,403+8,564−1%

06Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+8,462+22%

07Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+4,117−9%

08Jackson County, MSMS147,666+3,584−78%

09Forrest County, MSMS79,034+3,224−25%

10Hancock County, MSMS46,873+2,124−81%

11George County, MSMS26,331+1,772−28%

12Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+1,227−73%

13Union County, MSMS28,459+643−80%

14Stone County, MSMS19,654+547−81%

15Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+462−83%

16Lee County, MSMS83,731+433−96%

17Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+311−97%

18Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+38−99%

19Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-68−119%

20Pike County, MSMS38,712-80−104%

21Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375-197−119%

22Prentiss County, MSMS25,284-268−112%

23Scott County, MSMS28,073-274−106%

24Grenada County, MSMS20,868-277−116%

25Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730-286−121%

26Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-301−144%

27Webster County, MSMS10,167-327−554%

28Amite County, MSMS12,487-411−252%

29Tippah County, MSMS21,389-417−132%

30Newton County, MSMS20,960-429−128%

31Franklin County, MSMS7,491-443−724%

32Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-466−143%

33Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-469−202%

34Jones County, MSMS66,496-515−118%

35Neshoba County, MSMS28,732-589−115%

36Carroll County, MSMS9,226-599−139%

37Jasper County, MSMS15,785-695−167%

38Perry County, MSMS11,577-739−158%

39Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639-743−150%

40Tate County, MSMS28,725-822−121%

41Greene County, MSMS13,707-870−128%

42Lowndes County, MSMS57,346-900−140%

43Lawrence County, MSMS11,819-913−214%

44Wayne County, MSMS19,807-968−157%

45Tunica County, MSMS8,819-996−194%

46Copiah County, MSMS27,497-1,081−193%

47Benton County, MSMS7,502-1,083+5315%

48Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-1,103+454%

49Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-1,116+130%

50Clarke County, MSMS15,102-1,117−274%

51Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-1,166+1210%

52Covington County, MSMS17,898-1,228−143%

53Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-1,260+2150%

54Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-1,291−304%

55Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-1,322−150%

56Kemper County, MSMS8,600-1,468−1613%

57Winston County, MSMS17,473-1,484−304%

58Panola County, MSMS32,691-1,499−135%

59Simpson County, MSMS25,498-1,554−142%

60Walthall County, MSMS13,928-1,559−294%

61Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-1,590+71%

62Attala County, MSMS17,100-1,675−242%

63Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-1,696−1153%

64Clay County, MSMS18,238-1,998−333%

65Quitman County, MSMS5,364-2,047+449%

66Holmes County, MSMS15,465-2,198−44060%

67Smith County, MSMS13,991-2,282−265%

68Alcorn County, MSMS34,569-2,317−182%

69Leake County, MSMS21,662-2,530−201%

70Marion County, MSMS24,001-2,647−5290%

71Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-2,663+767%

72Adams County, MSMS30,061-2,759+172%

73Monroe County, MSMS33,318-2,809−296%

74Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-3,160+154%

75Marshall County, MSMS34,654-3,392−173%

76Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-3,479−332%

77Leflore County, MSMS25,686-3,978−756%

78Warren County, MSMS41,759-4,051−330%

79Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-4,761+356%

80Washington County, MSMS40,446-6,215+25%

81Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-7,277−379%

82Hinds County, MSMS211,888-17,543+382%

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