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Most sparsely populated, Mississippi counties · 2010

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, MSMS1,2633−38%

02Sharkey County, MSMS3,09711−25%

03Kemper County, MSMS8,60014+0%

04Franklin County, MSMS7,49114−4%

05Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58215−4%

06Jefferson County, MSMS6,82515−21%

07Noxubee County, MSMS9,79817−8%

08Carroll County, MSMS9,22617−2%

09Amite County, MSMS12,48718−3%

10Perry County, MSMS11,57719+1%

11Claiborne County, MSMS8,05820−19%

12Greene County, MSMS13,70720+8%

13Quitman County, MSMS5,36420−19%

14Choctaw County, MSMS8,04820−12%

15Benton County, MSMS7,50221+9%

16Humphreys County, MSMS7,00122−16%

17Tunica County, MSMS8,81924+17%

18Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724+3%

19Clarke County, MSMS15,10224−7%

20Webster County, MSMS10,16724−0%

21Jasper County, MSMS15,78525−6%

22Holmes County, MSMS15,46525−11%

23Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326−1%

24Wayne County, MSMS19,80726−2%

25Smith County, MSMS13,99126+2%

26Attala County, MSMS17,10027−0%

27Montgomery County, MSMS9,35427−10%

28Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37527−3%

29Lawrence County, MSMS11,81930−2%

30Yazoo County, MSMS22,94730−0%

31Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94131−11%

32Winston County, MSMS17,47332−5%

33Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73035−11%

34Newton County, MSMS20,96038−1%

35Copiah County, MSMS27,49738+2%

36Walthall County, MSMS13,92838+2%

37Bolivar County, MSMS28,26239−16%

38Stone County, MSMS19,65440+31%

39Leake County, MSMS21,66241+14%

40Sunflower County, MSMS22,89342−14%

41Itawamba County, MSMS24,15244+3%

42Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63946+2%

43Scott County, MSMS28,07346−1%

44Simpson County, MSMS25,49847−0%

45George County, MSMS26,33147+18%

46Coahoma County, MSMS19,84947−15%

47Covington County, MSMS17,89847+1%

48Monroe County, MSMS33,31848−3%

49Tippah County, MSMS21,38949+7%

50Marion County, MSMS24,00150+6%

51Clay County, MSMS18,23850−6%

52Panola County, MSMS32,69151+1%

53Grenada County, MSMS20,86852−6%

54Neshoba County, MSMS28,73252+3%

55Marshall County, MSMS34,65453+6%

56Leflore County, MSMS25,68654−15%

57Lincoln County, MSMS35,01259+5%

58Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09660+12%

59Prentiss County, MSMS25,28461−1%

60Union County, MSMS28,45965+7%

61Pearl River County, MSMS59,36369+15%

62Adams County, MSMS30,06170−6%

63Washington County, MSMS40,44671−19%

64Tate County, MSMS28,72571+14%

65Lafayette County, MSMS59,59775+22%

66Warren County, MSMS41,75983−2%

67Alcorn County, MSMS34,56993+7%

68Hancock County, MSMS46,87393+2%

69Jones County, MSMS66,49698+4%

70Pike County, MSMS38,71299+4%

71Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896104+11%

72Lamar County, MSMS67,403112+42%

73Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317114+3%

74Lowndes County, MSMS57,346118−3%

75Madison County, MSMS116,298133+27%

76Forrest County, MSMS79,034161+3%

77Rankin County, MSMS162,181183+23%

78Lee County, MSMS83,731184+9%

79Jackson County, MSMS147,666193+6%

80Hinds County, MSMS211,888282−2%

81Harrison County, MSMS217,136326−1%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,918339+50%

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