RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Most unmarried people, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the highest share of people 15 and over who are not currently married (never-married, widowed, or divorced), as of the 2000 American Community Survey. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNMARRIED PEOPLEVS –

01Jefferson County, MSMS6,82561.5%–

02Claiborne County, MSMS8,05860.7%–

03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00159.1%–

04Sunflower County, MSMS22,89357.7%–

05Bolivar County, MSMS28,26257.6%–

06Tunica County, MSMS8,81957.5%–

07Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58256.7%–

08Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89656.4%–

09Holmes County, MSMS15,46556.2%–

10Sharkey County, MSMS3,09756.2%–

11Leflore County, MSMS25,68655.9%–

12Coahoma County, MSMS19,84955.3%–

13Lafayette County, MSMS59,59754.1%–

14Forrest County, MSMS79,03453.9%–

15Hinds County, MSMS211,88853.7%–

16Quitman County, MSMS5,36453.7%–

17Yazoo County, MSMS22,94753.6%–

18Washington County, MSMS40,44652.9%–

19Noxubee County, MSMS9,79851.6%–

20Adams County, MSMS30,06150.6%–

21Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87750.2%–

22Copiah County, MSMS27,49749.0%–

23Marshall County, MSMS34,65448.7%–

24Clay County, MSMS18,23848.4%–

25Kemper County, MSMS8,60048.0%–

26Warren County, MSMS41,75947.5%–

27Pike County, MSMS38,71247.2%–

28Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94147.2%–

29Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31747.2%–

30Panola County, MSMS32,69147.0%–

31Harrison County, MSMS217,13646.4%–

32Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37545.8%–

33Montgomery County, MSMS9,35445.6%–

34Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73045.5%–

35Jasper County, MSMS15,78545.3%–

36Scott County, MSMS28,07344.8%–

37Grenada County, MSMS20,86844.6%–

38Greene County, MSMS13,70744.3%–

39Covington County, MSMS17,89844.1%–

40Calhoun County, MSMS12,64343.9%–

41Madison County, MSMS116,29843.8%–

42Neshoba County, MSMS28,73243.7%–

43Jones County, MSMS66,49643.6%–

44Winston County, MSMS17,47343.5%–

45Lowndes County, MSMS57,34643.3%–

46Issaquena County, MSMS1,26342.8%–

47Clarke County, MSMS15,10242.4%–

48Walthall County, MSMS13,92842.2%–

49Leake County, MSMS21,66242.2%–

50Monroe County, MSMS33,31842.2%–

51Attala County, MSMS17,10042.1%–

52Benton County, MSMS7,50242.1%–

53Amite County, MSMS12,48741.9%–

54Newton County, MSMS20,96041.9%–

55Marion County, MSMS24,00141.4%–

56Simpson County, MSMS25,49841.3%–

57Franklin County, MSMS7,49141.3%–

58Lee County, MSMS83,73141.3%–

59Stone County, MSMS19,65441.2%–

60Hancock County, MSMS46,87341.1%–

61Prentiss County, MSMS25,28440.8%–

62Wayne County, MSMS19,80740.8%–

63Carroll County, MSMS9,22640.7%–

64Choctaw County, MSMS8,04840.7%–

65Jackson County, MSMS147,66640.7%–

66Tate County, MSMS28,72540.0%–

67Rankin County, MSMS162,18140.0%–

68Alcorn County, MSMS34,56939.9%–

69Lincoln County, MSMS35,01239.8%–

70Lawrence County, MSMS11,81939.2%–

71Webster County, MSMS10,16738.6%–

72Tippah County, MSMS21,38938.5%–

73Pearl River County, MSMS59,36338.1%–

74Perry County, MSMS11,57737.7%–

75Lamar County, MSMS67,40337.7%–

76Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09636.2%–

77Smith County, MSMS13,99136.1%–

78Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63936.1%–

79Union County, MSMS28,45935.7%–

80DeSoto County, MSMS197,91835.7%–

81Itawamba County, MSMS24,15235.3%–

82George County, MSMS26,33134.0%–

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