Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Mississippi counties, DeSoto County had the highest population density per square mile (389.03 people per sqr mile), followed by Harrison County (363.68 people per sqr mile), and Hinds County (261.82 people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Issaquena County had the lowest population density (3.24 people per sqr mile), followed by Sharkey County (8.80 people per sqr mile), and Kemper County (11.73 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeSoto County | 389.03 |
| 2 | Harrison County | 363.68 |
| 3 | Hinds County | 261.82 |
| 4 | Rankin County | 202.49 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 198.18 |
| 6 | Lee County | 185.22 |
| 7 | Forrest County | 167.71 |
| 8 | Madison County | 152.79 |
| 9 | Lamar County | 129.33 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 116.49 |
| 11 | Oktibbeha County | 113.02 |
| 12 | Lauderdale County | 103.72 |
| 13 | Pike County | 98.55 |
| 14 | Hancock County | 97.17 |
| 15 | Jones County | 96.78 |
| 16 | Lafayette County | 88.35 |
| 17 | Alcorn County | 86.84 |
| 18 | Warren County | 75.99 |
| 19 | Tate County | 69.33 |
| 20 | Pearl River County | 69.20 |
| 21 | Union County | 66.83 |
| 22 | Adams County | 63.89 |
| 23 | Pontotoc County | 62.64 |
| 24 | Washington County | 62.05 |
| 25 | Prentiss County | 60.26 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 59.55 |
| 27 | Grenada County | 51.24 |
| 28 | Neshoba County | 51.02 |
| 29 | George County | 50.87 |
| 30 | Panola County | 48.47 |
| 31 | Marshall County | 47.80 |
| 32 | Leflore County | 47.70 |
| 33 | Tippah County | 47.65 |
| 34 | Scott County | 45.94 |
| 35 | Clay County | 45.45 |
| 36 | Marion County | 45.06 |
| 37 | Itawamba County | 44.79 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 44.67 |
| 39 | Tishomingo County | 44.43 |
| 40 | Covington County | 44.32 |
| 41 | Simpson County | 44.04 |
| 42 | Stone County | 41.15 |
| 43 | Coahoma County | 38.67 |
| 44 | Sunflower County | 37.22 |
| 45 | Newton County | 36.85 |
| 46 | Copiah County | 36.50 |
| 46 | Leake County | 36.50 |
| 47 | Bolivar County | 35.35 |
| 48 | Walthall County | 34.37 |
| 49 | Chickasaw County | 34.09 |
| 50 | Winston County | 29.17 |
| 51 | Yazoo County | 29.00 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 27.91 |
| 53 | Jefferson Davis County | 27.72 |
| 54 | Yalobusha County | 26.72 |
| 55 | Wayne County | 24.40 |
| 56 | Attala County | 24.34 |
| 57 | Jasper County | 24.20 |
| 58 | Montgomery County | 24.13 |
| 59 | Webster County | 23.57 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 22.62 |
| 61 | Clarke County | 22.58 |
| 62 | Holmes County | 22.47 |
| 63 | Smith County | 22.33 |
| 64 | Tunica County | 21.54 |
| 65 | Choctaw County | 19.72 |
| 66 | Tallahatchie County | 19.71 |
| 67 | Greene County | 18.98 |
| 68 | Benton County | 18.80 |
| 69 | Claiborne County | 18.74 |
| 70 | Humphreys County | 18.60 |
| 71 | Perry County | 17.78 |
| 72 | Amite County | 17.42 |
| 73 | Carroll County | 15.91 |
| 74 | Quitman County | 15.25 |
| 75 | Noxubee County | 14.80 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 13.96 |
| 77 | Franklin County | 13.61 |
| 78 | Wilkinson County | 12.66 |
| 79 | Kemper County | 11.73 |
| 80 | Sharkey County | 8.80 |
| 81 | Issaquena County | 3.24 |