Mississippi Counties by Population

Below are the 82 Mississippi counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2022 Population Estimates Program and 2021 American Community Survey.

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Rank County Population
1 Hinds County 217,730
2 Harrison County 211,044
3 DeSoto County 191,723
4 Rankin County 158,979
5 Jackson County 144,975
6 Madison County 111,113
7 Lee County 82,959
8 Forrest County 78,110
9 Lauderdale County 70,904
10 Jones County 66,569
11 Lamar County 65,783
12 Lafayette County 57,615
13 Lowndes County 57,603
14 Pearl River County 57,261
15 Oktibbeha County 51,427
16 Hancock County 46,094
17 Warren County 42,649
18 Washington County 42,514
19 Pike County 39,644
20 Lincoln County 34,717
21 Alcorn County 34,204
22 Marshall County 34,110
23 Monroe County 33,577
24 Panola County 32,661
25 Pontotoc County 31,389
26 Bolivar County 29,370
27 Neshoba County 28,673
28 Adams County 28,408
29 Tate County 28,296
30 Union County 28,125
31 Copiah County 27,719
32 Scott County 27,707
33 Leflore County 26,570
34 Yazoo County 25,948
35 Simpson County 25,587
36 George County 25,206
37 Sunflower County 24,811
38 Prentiss County 24,792
39 Marion County 24,050
40 Itawamba County 23,903
41 Tippah County 21,431
42 Leake County 21,135
43 Grenada County 21,088
44 Newton County 21,029
45 Coahoma County 20,197
46 Wayne County 19,681
47 Stone County 18,669
48 Tishomingo County 18,619
49 Clay County 18,380
50 Covington County 18,098
51 Winston County 17,543
52 Attala County 17,509
53 Chickasaw County 16,812
54 Jasper County 16,167
55 Holmes County 16,121
56 Clarke County 15,271
57 Smith County 14,092
58 Walthall County 13,761
59 Greene County 13,552
60 Calhoun County 12,781
61 Amite County 12,619
62 Yalobusha County 12,364
63 Tallahatchie County 12,035
64 Lawrence County 11,713
65 Perry County 11,368
66 Jefferson Davis County 11,088
67 Webster County 9,993
68 Noxubee County 9,990
69 Carroll County 9,731
70 Montgomery County 9,530
71 Tunica County 9,458
72 Claiborne County 8,805
73 Kemper County 8,654
74 Wilkinson County 8,143
75 Choctaw County 8,037
76 Franklin County 7,642
77 Benton County 7,550
78 Humphreys County 7,333
79 Jefferson County 7,087
80 Quitman County 5,701
81 Sharkey County 3,488
82 Issaquena County 1,273

United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2023. http://www.census.gov/.

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