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Most population lost, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties that lost 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

01Hinds County, MSMS211,888-17,543+382%

02Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-7,277−379%

03Washington County, MSMS40,446-6,215+25%

04Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-4,761+356%

05Warren County, MSMS41,759-4,051−330%

06Leflore County, MSMS25,686-3,978−756%

07Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-3,479−332%

08Marshall County, MSMS34,654-3,392−173%

09Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-3,160+154%

10Monroe County, MSMS33,318-2,809−296%

11Adams County, MSMS30,061-2,759+172%

12Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-2,663+767%

13Marion County, MSMS24,001-2,647−5290%

14Leake County, MSMS21,662-2,530−201%

15Alcorn County, MSMS34,569-2,317−182%

16Smith County, MSMS13,991-2,282−265%

17Holmes County, MSMS15,465-2,198−44060%

18Quitman County, MSMS5,364-2,047+449%

19Clay County, MSMS18,238-1,998−333%

20Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-1,696−1153%

21Attala County, MSMS17,100-1,675−242%

22Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-1,590+71%

23Walthall County, MSMS13,928-1,559−294%

24Simpson County, MSMS25,498-1,554−142%

25Panola County, MSMS32,691-1,499−135%

26Winston County, MSMS17,473-1,484−304%

27Kemper County, MSMS8,600-1,468−1613%

28Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-1,322−150%

29Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-1,291−304%

30Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-1,260+2150%

31Covington County, MSMS17,898-1,228−143%

32Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-1,166+1210%

33Clarke County, MSMS15,102-1,117−274%

34Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-1,116+130%

35Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-1,103+454%

36Benton County, MSMS7,502-1,083+5315%

37Copiah County, MSMS27,497-1,081−193%

38Tunica County, MSMS8,819-996−194%

39Wayne County, MSMS19,807-968−157%

40Lawrence County, MSMS11,819-913−214%

41Lowndes County, MSMS57,346-900−140%

42Greene County, MSMS13,707-870−128%

43Tate County, MSMS28,725-822−121%

44Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639-743−150%

45Perry County, MSMS11,577-739−158%

46Jasper County, MSMS15,785-695−167%

47Carroll County, MSMS9,226-599−139%

48Neshoba County, MSMS28,732-589−115%

49Jones County, MSMS66,496-515−118%

50Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-469−202%

51Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-466−143%

52Franklin County, MSMS7,491-443−724%

53Newton County, MSMS20,960-429−128%

54Tippah County, MSMS21,389-417−132%

55Amite County, MSMS12,487-411−252%

56Webster County, MSMS10,167-327−554%

57Choctaw County, MSMS8,048-301−144%

58Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730-286−121%

59Grenada County, MSMS20,868-277−116%

60Scott County, MSMS28,073-274−106%

61Prentiss County, MSMS25,284-268−112%

62Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375-197−119%

63Pike County, MSMS38,712-80−104%

64Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-68−119%

65Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+38−99%

66Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+311−97%

67Lee County, MSMS83,731+433−96%

68Itawamba County, MSMS24,152+462−83%

69Stone County, MSMS19,654+547−81%

70Union County, MSMS28,459+643−80%

71Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+1,227−73%

72George County, MSMS26,331+1,772−28%

73Hancock County, MSMS46,873+2,124−81%

74Forrest County, MSMS79,034+3,224−25%

75Jackson County, MSMS147,666+3,584−78%

76Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+4,117−9%

77Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+8,462+22%

78Lamar County, MSMS67,403+8,564−1%

79Madison County, MSMS116,298+13,942−33%

80Rankin County, MSMS162,181+15,414−45%

81Harrison County, MSMS217,136+21,516−11%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,918+24,062−39%

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