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Most sparsely populated, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Issaquena County, MSMS1,2633−44%

02Sharkey County, MSMS3,0977−53%

03Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58211−26%

04Kemper County, MSMS8,60011−18%

05Jefferson County, MSMS6,82513−30%

06Quitman County, MSMS5,36413−47%

07Franklin County, MSMS7,49113−11%

08Noxubee County, MSMS9,79814−22%

09Carroll County, MSMS9,22615−14%

10Claiborne County, MSMS8,05817−32%

11Humphreys County, MSMS7,00117−38%

12Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87717−27%

13Amite County, MSMS12,48717−8%

14Perry County, MSMS11,57718−5%

15Benton County, MSMS7,50218−7%

16Greene County, MSMS13,70719+3%

17Choctaw County, MSMS8,04819−18%

18Tunica County, MSMS8,81919−4%

19Holmes County, MSMS15,46520−28%

20Calhoun County, MSMS12,64322−16%

21Clarke County, MSMS15,10222−16%

22Smith County, MSMS13,99122−14%

23Montgomery County, MSMS9,35423−23%

24Attala County, MSMS17,10023−13%

25Jasper County, MSMS15,78523−13%

26Webster County, MSMS10,16724−1%

27Wayne County, MSMS19,80724−7%

28Yazoo County, MSMS22,94725−18%

29Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526−5%

30Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94127−22%

31Lawrence County, MSMS11,81927−11%

32Winston County, MSMS17,47329−13%

33Bolivar County, MSMS28,26232−30%

34Sunflower County, MSMS22,89333−33%

35Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73033−14%

36Walthall County, MSMS13,92834−8%

37Copiah County, MSMS27,49735−4%

38Coahoma County, MSMS19,84936−35%

39Newton County, MSMS20,96036−4%

40Leake County, MSMS21,66237+3%

41Leflore County, MSMS25,68643−32%

42Covington County, MSMS17,89843−8%

43Simpson County, MSMS25,49843−8%

44Monroe County, MSMS33,31844−12%

45Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63944−3%

46Stone County, MSMS19,65444+44%

47Marion County, MSMS24,00144−6%

48Clay County, MSMS18,23844−17%

49Itawamba County, MSMS24,15245+6%

50Scott County, MSMS28,07346−1%

51Tippah County, MSMS21,38947+3%

52Panola County, MSMS32,69148−5%

53Marshall County, MSMS34,65449−1%

54Grenada County, MSMS20,86849−10%

55Neshoba County, MSMS28,73250+0%

56George County, MSMS26,33155+38%

57Washington County, MSMS40,44656−36%

58Lincoln County, MSMS35,01260+6%

59Prentiss County, MSMS25,28461−1%

60Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09664+20%

61Adams County, MSMS30,06165−12%

62Union County, MSMS28,45968+12%

63Warren County, MSMS41,75971−16%

64Tate County, MSMS28,72571+13%

65Pearl River County, MSMS59,36373+22%

66Alcorn County, MSMS34,56986+0%

67Lafayette County, MSMS59,59794+54%

68Pike County, MSMS38,71295−1%

69Jones County, MSMS66,49696+2%

70Hancock County, MSMS46,87399+9%

71Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317100−10%

72Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896113+21%

73Lowndes County, MSMS57,346113−7%

74Lamar County, MSMS67,403136+73%

75Madison County, MSMS116,298163+56%

76Forrest County, MSMS79,034170+9%

77Lee County, MSMS83,731186+11%

78Jackson County, MSMS147,666204+12%

79Rankin County, MSMS162,181209+41%

80Hinds County, MSMS211,888244−16%

81Harrison County, MSMS217,136379+15%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,918415+85%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES