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Most sparsely populated, Mississippi counties · 1990

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, MSMS1,2635−16%

02Kemper County, MSMS8,60014−1%

03Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58214−6%

04Greene County, MSMS13,70714−23%

05Carroll County, MSMS9,22615−14%

06Franklin County, MSMS7,49115−1%

07Sharkey County, MSMS3,09716+7%

08Jefferson County, MSMS6,82517−11%

09Perry County, MSMS11,57717−10%

10Tunica County, MSMS8,81918−12%

11Noxubee County, MSMS9,79818+0%

12Amite County, MSMS12,48718−2%

13Benton County, MSMS7,50220+0%

14Choctaw County, MSMS8,04822−7%

15Smith County, MSMS13,99123−9%

16Claiborne County, MSMS8,05823−4%

17Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724+2%

18Wayne County, MSMS19,80724−8%

19Stone County, MSMS19,65424−21%

20Webster County, MSMS10,16724−1%

21Clarke County, MSMS15,10225−4%

22Attala County, MSMS17,10025−6%

23Jasper County, MSMS15,78525−6%

24Calhoun County, MSMS12,64325−1%

25Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526−8%

26Quitman County, MSMS5,36426+4%

27Yazoo County, MSMS22,94728−9%

28Holmes County, MSMS15,46529−0%

29Lawrence County, MSMS11,81929−6%

30Humphreys County, MSMS7,00129+8%

31Montgomery County, MSMS9,35430+2%

32Leake County, MSMS21,66232−12%

33Winston County, MSMS17,47332−4%

34Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94134+1%

35George County, MSMS26,33135−13%

36Newton County, MSMS20,96035−7%

37Copiah County, MSMS27,49735−4%

38Walthall County, MSMS13,92836−5%

39Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73036−7%

40Itawamba County, MSMS24,15238−12%

41Scott County, MSMS28,07340−15%

42Covington County, MSMS17,89840−15%

43Simpson County, MSMS25,49841−13%

44Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63942−8%

45Tippah County, MSMS21,38943−6%

46Marshall County, MSMS34,65443−13%

47Neshoba County, MSMS28,73243−14%

48Panola County, MSMS32,69144−12%

49Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09645−17%

50Marion County, MSMS24,00147−0%

51Sunflower County, MSMS22,89347−4%

52Pearl River County, MSMS59,36348−20%

53Bolivar County, MSMS28,26248+3%

54Monroe County, MSMS33,31848−4%

55Lafayette County, MSMS59,59750−18%

56Grenada County, MSMS20,86851−7%

57Clay County, MSMS18,23852−4%

58Lincoln County, MSMS35,01252−9%

59Tate County, MSMS28,72553−16%

60Union County, MSMS28,45953−13%

61Prentiss County, MSMS25,28456−9%

62Coahoma County, MSMS19,84957+3%

63Lamar County, MSMS67,40361−22%

64Leflore County, MSMS25,68663−2%

65Hancock County, MSMS46,87367−26%

66Madison County, MSMS116,29875−28%

67Adams County, MSMS30,06176+3%

68Alcorn County, MSMS34,56979−8%

69Warren County, MSMS41,75981−4%

70Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89684−11%

71Jones County, MSMS66,49689−5%

72Pike County, MSMS38,71290−5%

73Washington County, MSMS40,44694+8%

74Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317107−3%

75Rankin County, MSMS162,181112−24%

76Lowndes County, MSMS57,346117−4%

77DeSoto County, MSMS197,918143−37%

78Lee County, MSMS83,731146−13%

79Forrest County, MSMS79,034147−6%

80Jackson County, MSMS147,666159−12%

81Harrison County, MSMS217,136288−13%

82Hinds County, MSMS211,888293+1%

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