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Most sparsely populated, Mississippi counties · 2000

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, MSMS1,2636+0%

02Kemper County, MSMS8,60014+0%

03Franklin County, MSMS7,49115+0%

04Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58215+0%

05Sharkey County, MSMS3,09715+0%

06Carroll County, MSMS9,22617+0%

07Noxubee County, MSMS9,79818+0%

08Amite County, MSMS12,48719+0%

09Greene County, MSMS13,70719+0%

10Jefferson County, MSMS6,82519+0%

11Perry County, MSMS11,57719+0%

12Benton County, MSMS7,50220+0%

13Tunica County, MSMS8,81920+0%

14Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87723+0%

15Choctaw County, MSMS8,04823+0%

16Claiborne County, MSMS8,05824+0%

17Webster County, MSMS10,16724+0%

18Quitman County, MSMS5,36425+0%

19Smith County, MSMS13,99125+0%

20Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326+0%

21Clarke County, MSMS15,10226+0%

22Wayne County, MSMS19,80726+0%

23Attala County, MSMS17,10027+0%

24Humphreys County, MSMS7,00127+0%

25Jasper County, MSMS15,78527+0%

26Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37528+0%

27Holmes County, MSMS15,46529+0%

28Montgomery County, MSMS9,35430+0%

29Yazoo County, MSMS22,94731+0%

30Stone County, MSMS19,65431+0%

31Lawrence County, MSMS11,81931+0%

32Winston County, MSMS17,47333+0%

33Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94134+0%

34Leake County, MSMS21,66236+0%

35Copiah County, MSMS27,49737+0%

36Walthall County, MSMS13,92838+0%

37Newton County, MSMS20,96038+0%

38Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73039+0%

39George County, MSMS26,33140+0%

40Itawamba County, MSMS24,15243+0%

41Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63945+0%

42Tippah County, MSMS21,38945+0%

43Bolivar County, MSMS28,26246+0%

44Scott County, MSMS28,07347+0%

45Covington County, MSMS17,89847+0%

46Simpson County, MSMS25,49847+0%

47Marion County, MSMS24,00147+0%

48Sunflower County, MSMS22,89349+0%

49Marshall County, MSMS34,65450+0%

50Monroe County, MSMS33,31850+0%

51Panola County, MSMS32,69150+0%

52Neshoba County, MSMS28,73250+0%

53Clay County, MSMS18,23854+0%

54Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09654+0%

55Grenada County, MSMS20,86855+0%

56Coahoma County, MSMS19,84955+0%

57Lincoln County, MSMS35,01257+0%

58Pearl River County, MSMS59,36360+0%

59Union County, MSMS28,45961+0%

60Lafayette County, MSMS59,59761+0%

61Prentiss County, MSMS25,28462+0%

62Tate County, MSMS28,72563+0%

63Leflore County, MSMS25,68664+0%

64Adams County, MSMS30,06174+0%

65Lamar County, MSMS67,40379+0%

66Warren County, MSMS41,75984+0%

67Alcorn County, MSMS34,56986+0%

68Washington County, MSMS40,44687+0%

69Hancock County, MSMS46,87391+0%

70Jones County, MSMS66,49693+0%

71Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89694+0%

72Pike County, MSMS38,71295+0%

73Madison County, MSMS116,298105+0%

74Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317111+0%

75Lowndes County, MSMS57,346122+0%

76Rankin County, MSMS162,181149+0%

77Forrest County, MSMS79,034156+0%

78Lee County, MSMS83,731168+0%

79Jackson County, MSMS147,666182+0%

80DeSoto County, MSMS197,918225+0%

81Hinds County, MSMS211,888288+0%

82Harrison County, MSMS217,136331+0%

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