Mississippi Citizen Population By County in 2024 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2024, the citizen population for Mississippi was 2,904,108 and represented 98.55% of the total Mississippi population.

Among all Mississippi counties, Hinds had the highest citizen population (215.55K), followed by Harrison (206.22K), and DeSoto (187.40K).

In terms of percentages, Attala had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (100.00%), followed by Lawrence (99.99%), and Clay (99.96%).

The chart and table below shows the citizen population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that were citizens.

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Mississippi Citizen Population By County in 2024
Mississippi Citizen Population By County in 2024
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County Citizen Population % of County Population
Hinds 215550 98.63
Harrison 206224 97.79
DeSoto 187401 97.96
Rankin 156646 98.61
Jackson 143402 98.73
Madison 108822 97.47
Lee 81630 98.31
Forrest 76698 97.99
Lauderdale 70788 99.00
Jones 64975 97.76
Lamar 64709 98.48
Lowndes 57102 98.73
Lafayette 57071 97.85
Pearl River 56960 99.13
Oktibbeha 50035 96.65
Hancock 45653 98.90
Warren 42814 99.53
Washington 42668 99.78
Pike 39448 99.61
Lincoln 34759 99.67
Monroe 33573 99.49
Alcorn 33565 97.89
Marshall 33327 98.08
Panola 32693 99.64
Pontotoc 30904 97.96
Bolivar 29286 99.16
Neshoba 28799 99.55
Tate 28054 99.06
Union 27833 98.98
Copiah 27521 98.79
Adams 27413 95.17
Leflore 26993 99.45
Scott 26363 95.12
Simpson 25531 99.39
Prentiss 25072 99.55
George 25012 99.36
Marion 24076 99.50
Yazoo 23993 96.61
Itawamba 23983 99.78
Sunflower 23929 98.34
Tippah 21162 98.33
Grenada 21033 99.14
Newton 20978 99.45
Leake 20803 97.58
Coahoma 20193 98.31
Wayne 19150 97.12
Stone 18767 99.33
Tishomingo 18407 98.62
Clay 18372 99.96
Covington 17964 99.00
Attala 17523 100.00
Winston 17521 99.90
Chickasaw 16860 99.68
Holmes 16167 99.85
Jasper 15977 99.47
Clarke 15298 99.88
Smith 14002 99.09
Walthall 13651 98.64
Greene 13522 99.32
Calhoun 12663 98.02
Amite 12537 99.77
Yalobusha 12415 99.95
Lawrence 11785 99.99
Tallahatchie 11627 98.84
Perry 11418 99.73
Jefferson Davis 11105 99.88
Noxubee 9980 99.56
Webster 9920 99.52
Carroll 9613 99.25
Montgomery 9584 99.82
Tunica 9450 99.74
Kemper 8722 99.92
Claiborne 8537 99.49
Wilkinson 8151 99.87
Choctaw 8088 99.66
Franklin 7607 99.76
Humphreys 7379 99.82
Benton 7286 96.00
Jefferson 7055 99.79
Quitman 5769 99.88
Sharkey 3868 99.90
Issaquena 927 99.79