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Mississippi, county by county.

Real population estimates for all 82 counties. A stronger foundation for the next conversation.

CENSUS DATAOfficial population estimates · July 2025. Historical change is not a forecast. Church-planting scores await ACP validation.

Mississippi counties

82 / 82Complete statewide population coverage

2025 population estimate

2,954,160July 1 · Census Vintage 2025

2020–2025 population change

-0.1%-4,225 people · historical change

Counties gaining population

28 / 82July 2020 to July 2025

Where is Mississippi changing?

Explore real population estimates. Church coverage and planting priorities still await validated ACP data.

Census · 2025
Harrison: 217,136 people; +4.0% changeHinds: 211,888 people; -6.6% changeDeSoto: 197,918 people; +6.3% changeRankin: 162,181 people; +3.2% changeJackson: 147,666 people; +3.0% changeMadison: 116,298 people; +6.5% changeLee: 83,731 people; +0.5% changeForrest: 79,034 people; +1.1% changeLauderdale: 70,317 people; -3.2% changeLamar: 67,403 people; +4.7% changeJones: 66,496 people; -1.0% changeLafayette: 59,597 people; +6.6% changePearl River: 59,363 people; +5.6% changeLowndes: 57,346 people; -2.4% changeOktibbeha: 51,896 people; +0.4% changeHancock: 46,873 people; +1.6% changeWarren: 41,759 people; -6.3% changeWashington: 40,446 people; -9.4% changePike: 38,712 people; -3.7% changeLincoln: 35,012 people; +0.5% changeMarshall: 34,654 people; +2.6% changeAlcorn: 34,569 people; -0.5% changeMonroe: 33,318 people; -2.4% changePanola: 32,691 people; -1.5% changePontotoc: 32,096 people; +2.9% changeAdams: 30,061 people; +2.2% changeNeshoba: 28,732 people; -0.9% changeTate: 28,725 people; +2.1% changeUnion: 28,459 people; +2.3% changeBolivar: 28,262 people; -8.4% changeScott: 28,073 people; +0.4% changeCopiah: 27,497 people; -2.7% changeGeorge: 26,331 people; +8.1% changeLeflore: 25,686 people; -9.4% changeSimpson: 25,498 people; -1.5% changePrentiss: 25,284 people; +1.3% changeItawamba: 24,152 people; +1.2% changeMarion: 24,001 people; -1.5% changeYazoo: 22,947 people; -14.0% changeSunflower: 22,893 people; -10.9% changeLeake: 21,662 people; +1.9% changeTippah: 21,389 people; -1.6% changeNewton: 20,960 people; -1.4% changeGrenada: 20,868 people; -3.3% changeCoahoma: 19,849 people; -6.5% changeWayne: 19,807 people; -0.0% changeStone: 19,654 people; +7.2% changeTishomingo: 18,639 people; -1.1% changeClay: 18,238 people; -2.1% changeCovington: 17,898 people; -2.2% changeWinston: 17,473 people; -1.2% changeAttala: 17,100 people; -4.1% changeChickasaw: 16,730 people; -2.1% changeJasper: 15,785 people; -3.5% changeHolmes: 15,465 people; -8.4% changeClarke: 15,102 people; -2.8% changeSmith: 13,991 people; -1.5% changeWalthall: 13,928 people; +0.4% changeGreene: 13,707 people; +1.3% changeCalhoun: 12,643 people; -4.4% changeAmite: 12,487 people; -1.7% changeYalobusha: 12,375 people; -0.6% changeLawrence: 11,819 people; -1.4% changePerry: 11,577 people; +1.1% changeJefferson Davis: 10,941 people; -3.0% changeTallahatchie: 10,877 people; -14.0% changeWebster: 10,167 people; +2.6% changeNoxubee: 9,798 people; -4.2% changeMontgomery: 9,354 people; -4.5% changeCarroll: 9,226 people; -7.2% changeTunica: 8,819 people; -9.4% changeKemper: 8,600 people; -4.1% changeClaiborne: 8,058 people; -11.4% changeChoctaw: 8,048 people; -1.9% changeWilkinson: 7,582 people; -11.0% changeBenton: 7,502 people; -2.2% changeFranklin: 7,491 people; -2.2% changeHumphreys: 7,001 people; -9.5% changeJefferson: 6,825 people; -5.8% changeQuitman: 5,364 people; -12.9% changeSharkey: 3,097 people; -17.9% changeIssaquena: 1,263 people; -4.8% changeDeSoto
Losing population Gaining population No change
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CENSUS COUNTY SNAPSHOT

DeSoto County

FIPS 28033 · Vintage 2025

Official estimate

July 1, 2025 population

197,918

2020–2025 change

+6.3%+11,798 people

2024–2025 change

+0.5%+1,070 people

People per land square mile

415.4

Six years, one consistent estimate series

2020186,12020212022202320242025197,918
July 1 estimates · scale 186,120–197,918; does not start at zero. See exact values below.
View annual population estimates
July 1Population
2020186,120
2021188,966
2022191,551
2023194,179
2024196,848
2025197,918
Population context, not a planting score

Race, ethnicity, age, congregational reach and church trends are not included in this population-total release. Population growth alone does not establish church-planting need.

All 82 counties

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82 counties
CountyFIPS2020 estimate2025 estimate5-year change5-year %1-year %People / sq mi
28047208,821217,136+8,315+4.0%+1.2%378.5
28049226,778211,888-14,890-6.6%-0.4%243.6
28033186,120197,918+11,798+6.3%+0.5%415.4
28121157,155162,181+5,026+3.2%+0.8%209.1
28059143,373147,666+4,293+3.0%+0.5%204.3
28089109,237116,298+7,061+6.5%+1.2%162.8
2808183,32683,731+405+0.5%+0.5%186.1
2803578,19879,034+836+1.1%+0.3%169.6
2807572,67870,317-2,361-3.2%-0.3%99.9
2807364,39167,403+3,012+4.7%+0.7%135.7
2806767,16766,496-671-1.0%+0.6%95.7
2807155,91259,597+3,685+6.6%-0.8%94.3
2810956,20559,363+3,158+5.6%+0.6%73.2
2808758,78357,346-1,437-2.4%+0.2%113.3
2810551,69751,896+199+0.4%+0.3%113.4
2804546,12146,873+752+1.6%+0.8%98.9
2814944,54841,759-2,789-6.3%-0.9%71.0
2815144,63940,446-4,193-9.4%-1.9%55.9
2811340,19438,712-1,482-3.7%-0.7%94.6
2808534,84235,012+170+0.5%+0.0%59.7
2809333,78034,654+874+2.6%+0.7%49.1
2800334,73234,569-163-0.5%-0.1%86.4
2809534,13633,318-818-2.4%-0.4%43.5
2810733,17332,691-482-1.5%-0.1%47.7
2811531,19532,096+901+2.9%+0.3%64.5
2800129,42630,061+635+2.2%+1.0%65.0
2809928,98228,732-250-0.9%-0.3%50.4
2813728,12528,725+600+2.1%+0.3%71.0
2814527,81228,459+647+2.3%+0.3%68.5
2801130,83828,262-2,576-8.4%-0.9%32.2
2812327,96828,073+105+0.4%+0.5%46.1
2802928,26327,497-766-2.7%-0.5%35.4
2803924,36526,331+1,966+8.1%+1.9%55.0
2808328,34425,686-2,658-9.4%-1.8%43.2
2812725,88725,498-389-1.5%-0.5%43.3
2811724,96825,284+316+1.3%-0.1%60.9
2805723,85524,152+297+1.2%-0.2%45.3
2809124,37024,001-369-1.5%-0.4%44.3
2816326,67122,947-3,724-14.0%-0.9%24.9
2813325,69522,893-2,802-10.9%-0.9%32.8
2807921,24921,662+413+1.9%+0.3%37.2
2813921,74421,389-355-1.6%-0.4%46.7
2810121,25020,960-290-1.4%-0.4%36.3
2804321,57420,868-706-3.3%-0.2%49.4
2802721,22819,849-1,379-6.5%-1.0%35.9
2815319,80919,807-2-0.0%+0.0%24.4
2813118,33319,654+1,321+7.2%+1.0%44.1
2814118,84818,639-209-1.1%+0.2%43.9
2802518,62018,238-382-2.1%-0.0%44.5
2803118,29917,898-401-2.2%-0.8%43.3
2815917,68917,473-216-1.2%+0.1%28.8
2800717,82217,100-722-4.1%-0.8%23.3
2801717,08116,730-351-2.1%-0.4%33.3
2806116,35015,785-565-3.5%-0.5%23.3
2805116,88615,465-1,421-8.4%-1.1%20.4
2802315,54515,102-443-2.8%-0.7%21.8
2812914,20013,991-209-1.5%-0.3%22.0
2814713,86913,928+59+0.4%+0.6%34.5
2804113,53113,707+176+1.3%+0.1%19.2
2801313,22312,643-580-4.4%-0.6%21.6
2800512,70312,487-216-1.7%-0.1%17.1
2816112,44412,375-69-0.6%-0.7%26.5
2807711,98711,819-168-1.4%+0.7%27.4
2811111,45611,577+121+1.1%+1.1%17.9
2806511,27410,941-333-3.0%-0.8%26.8
2813512,65210,877-1,775-14.0%-0.8%16.8
281559,90710,167+260+2.6%+1.2%24.1
2810310,2269,798-428-4.2%-0.7%14.1
280979,7949,354-440-4.5%-0.9%23.0
280159,9379,226-711-7.2%-1.7%14.7
281439,7328,819-913-9.4%-3.2%19.4
280698,9688,600-368-4.1%+0.4%11.2
280219,0938,058-1,035-11.4%-0.4%16.5
280198,2048,048-156-1.9%-0.5%19.2
281578,5227,582-940-11.0%-3.0%11.2
280097,6677,502-165-2.2%-0.8%18.4
280377,6617,491-170-2.2%-0.5%13.3
280537,7347,001-733-9.5%-1.7%16.7
280637,2486,825-423-5.8%-0.9%13.1
281196,1575,364-793-12.9%-2.9%13.2
281253,7733,097-676-17.9%-3.2%7.2
280551,3261,263-63-4.8%-1.9%3.1

SOURCE & DEFINITIONS

Official estimates, with a traceable source.

U.S. Census Bureau · County Population Totals, Vintage 2025 ↗
Released March 2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-15 · Static snapshot, not a live feed.

All annual figures are July 1 estimates from the same vintage. Earlier years have been revised by Census; they can differ from previously published estimates and the original 2020 Census count. Five-year change compares July 2020 with July 2025 and is not a projection.

Original Census workbook ↗County locations & land area ↗

Verified: 82 unique county FIPS; county totals match the Census Mississippi total for every year from 2020 through 2025. Density uses land area only; map locations are Census internal points, not church locations.