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Youngest by median age, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties with the youngest median age (2020 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 40.3.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN AGEVS 2000

01Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89627.3+10%

02Lafayette County, MSMS59,59730.2+12%

03Forrest County, MSMS79,03433.4+12%

04Claiborne County, MSMS8,05834.2+34%

05Lamar County, MSMS67,40334.8+7%

06Tunica County, MSMS8,81935.3+15%

07Leflore County, MSMS25,68636.6+22%

08Scott County, MSMS28,07336.6+8%

09Coahoma County, MSMS19,84937.4+23%

10DeSoto County, MSMS197,91837.6+12%

11Bolivar County, MSMS28,26237.7+27%

12Hinds County, MSMS211,88837.7+18%

13Issaquena County, MSMS1,26337.9+15%

14Neshoba County, MSMS28,73237.9+9%

15Harrison County, MSMS217,13638.2+13%

16Lowndes County, MSMS57,34638.3+17%

17Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09638.4+10%

18George County, MSMS26,33138.5+16%

19Leake County, MSMS21,66238.5+11%

20Rankin County, MSMS162,18138.5+11%

21Holmes County, MSMS15,46538.6+30%

22Jones County, MSMS66,49638.8+8%

23Prentiss County, MSMS25,28439.0+11%

24Newton County, MSMS20,96039.1+11%

25Tate County, MSMS28,72539.1+14%

26Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31739.4+13%

27Lee County, MSMS83,73139.4+14%

28Madison County, MSMS116,29839.4+18%

29Stone County, MSMS19,65439.4+17%

30Sunflower County, MSMS22,89339.4+30%

31Yazoo County, MSMS22,94739.7+18%

32Noxubee County, MSMS9,79839.8+23%

33Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87739.8+20%

34Humphreys County, MSMS7,00139.9+31%

35Jackson County, MSMS147,66639.9+15%

36Pike County, MSMS38,71239.9+13%

37Itawamba County, MSMS24,15240.1+11%

38Panola County, MSMS32,69140.1+22%

39Wayne County, MSMS19,80740.1+19%

40Union County, MSMS28,45940.2+13%

41Greene County, MSMS13,70740.3+24%

42Tippah County, MSMS21,38940.3+12%

43Kemper County, MSMS8,60040.4+15%

44Simpson County, MSMS25,49840.4+15%

45Copiah County, MSMS27,49740.5+19%

46Jefferson County, MSMS6,82540.5+25%

47Lincoln County, MSMS35,01240.5+13%

48Washington County, MSMS40,44640.6+29%

49Marion County, MSMS24,00140.8+16%

50Warren County, MSMS41,75940.9+18%

51Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73041.0+19%

52Alcorn County, MSMS34,56941.3+10%

53Covington County, MSMS17,89841.3+22%

54Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58241.3+18%

55Attala County, MSMS17,10041.6+12%

56Lawrence County, MSMS11,81941.6+16%

57Pearl River County, MSMS59,36341.6+16%

58Grenada County, MSMS20,86842.1+18%

59Winston County, MSMS17,47342.3+17%

60Clarke County, MSMS15,10242.5+15%

61Webster County, MSMS10,16742.5+14%

62Clay County, MSMS18,23842.6+26%

63Sharkey County, MSMS3,09742.8+39%

64Jasper County, MSMS15,78543.0+23%

65Monroe County, MSMS33,31843.1+21%

66Marshall County, MSMS34,65443.5+28%

67Perry County, MSMS11,57743.5+30%

68Adams County, MSMS30,06143.7+15%

69Walthall County, MSMS13,92843.8+25%

70Quitman County, MSMS5,36444.0+38%

71Choctaw County, MSMS8,04844.1+20%

72Smith County, MSMS13,99144.1+24%

73Benton County, MSMS7,50244.5+25%

74Hancock County, MSMS46,87344.5+16%

75Calhoun County, MSMS12,64344.9+20%

76Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94144.9+28%

77Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63944.9+15%

78Franklin County, MSMS7,49146.3+25%

79Montgomery County, MSMS9,35446.4+24%

80Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37546.4+23%

81Carroll County, MSMS9,22647.3+24%

82Amite County, MSMS12,48749.1+28%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS