Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 7, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Mississippi county as at April 2020 was Hinds County (227.74K), followed by Harrison County (208.62K), and DeSoto County (185.31K).
The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Mississippi.
You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Related Topics: Mississippi Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 1 | Hinds County | 227742 |
| 2 | Harrison County | 208621 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | 185314 |
| 4 | Rankin County | 157031 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 143252 |
| 6 | Madison County | 109145 |
| 7 | Lee County | 83343 |
| 8 | Forrest County | 78158 |
| 9 | Lauderdale County | 72984 |
| 10 | Jones County | 67246 |
| 11 | Lamar County | 64222 |
| 12 | Lowndes County | 58879 |
| 13 | Pearl River County | 56145 |
| 14 | Lafayette County | 55813 |
| 15 | Oktibbeha County | 51788 |
| 16 | Hancock County | 46053 |
| 17 | Washington County | 44922 |
| 18 | Warren County | 44722 |
| 19 | Pike County | 40324 |
| 20 | Lincoln County | 34907 |
| 21 | Alcorn County | 34740 |
| 22 | Monroe County | 34180 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 33752 |
| 24 | Panola County | 33208 |
| 25 | Pontotoc County | 31184 |
| 26 | Bolivar County | 30985 |
| 27 | Adams County | 29538 |
| 28 | Neshoba County | 29087 |
| 29 | Copiah County | 28368 |
| 30 | Leflore County | 28339 |
| 31 | Tate County | 28064 |
| 32 | Scott County | 27990 |
| 33 | Union County | 27777 |
| 34 | Yazoo County | 26743 |
| 35 | Sunflower County | 25971 |
| 36 | Simpson County | 25949 |
| 37 | Prentiss County | 25008 |
| 38 | Marion County | 24441 |
| 39 | George County | 24350 |
| 40 | Itawamba County | 23863 |
| 41 | Tippah County | 21815 |
| 42 | Grenada County | 21629 |
| 43 | Coahoma County | 21390 |
| 44 | Newton County | 21291 |
| 45 | Leake County | 21275 |
| 46 | Wayne County | 19779 |
| 47 | Tishomingo County | 18850 |
| 48 | Clay County | 18636 |
| 49 | Covington County | 18340 |
| 50 | Stone County | 18333 |
| 51 | Attala County | 17889 |
| 52 | Winston County | 17714 |
| 53 | Chickasaw County | 17106 |
| 54 | Holmes County | 17000 |
| 55 | Jasper County | 16367 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 15615 |
| 57 | Smith County | 14209 |
| 58 | Walthall County | 13884 |
| 59 | Greene County | 13530 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 13266 |
| 61 | Amite County | 12720 |
| 62 | Tallahatchie County | 12715 |
| 63 | Yalobusha County | 12481 |
| 64 | Lawrence County | 12016 |
| 65 | Perry County | 11511 |
| 66 | Jefferson Davis County | 11321 |
| 67 | Noxubee County | 10285 |
| 68 | Carroll County | 9998 |
| 69 | Webster County | 9926 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 9822 |
| 71 | Tunica County | 9782 |
| 72 | Claiborne County | 9135 |
| 73 | Kemper County | 8988 |
| 74 | Wilkinson County | 8587 |
| 75 | Choctaw County | 8246 |
| 76 | Humphreys County | 7785 |
| 77 | Franklin County | 7675 |
| 78 | Benton County | 7646 |
| 79 | Jefferson County | 7260 |
| 80 | Quitman County | 6176 |
| 81 | Sharkey County | 3800 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 1338 |