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Mississippi counties

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Mississippi has 82 counties and county equivalents holding 2,951,438 residents. The statewide sales tax base rate is 7%, before county and city add-ons.

All 82 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Hinds County222,494$49,966$151,200$1,032
Harrison County209,443$57,233$199,300$1,074
DeSoto County188,598$82,980$248,700$1,341
Rankin County158,218$77,454$223,400$1,210
Jackson County144,437$64,756$181,700$1,087
Madison County110,303$78,794$286,300$1,097
Lee County83,138$67,144$187,800$929
Forrest County78,027$52,821$152,900$960
Lauderdale County71,984$50,033$124,500$897
Jones County66,839$51,143$126,800$810
Lamar County65,081$69,106$218,700$1,061
Lowndes County58,187$54,460$157,400$909
Lafayette County56,920$64,334$260,500$1,091
Pearl River County56,781$56,535$174,500$887
Oktibbeha County51,473$43,482$219,500$873
Hancock County46,057$67,728$206,600$999
Washington County43,674$40,117$99,300$786
Warren County43,623$56,648$144,400$889
Pike County39,930$41,578$110,500$879
Lincoln County34,830$48,316$131,800$754
Alcorn County34,500$49,404$132,300$728
Monroe County33,928$51,231$115,200$721
Marshall County33,899$51,875$172,200$926
Panola County32,965$43,990$121,500$859
Pontotoc County31,312$52,741$141,700$848
Bolivar County30,163$37,315$123,600$671
Adams County29,098$40,250$106,300$720
Neshoba County28,927$53,087$96,600$759
Tate County28,135$63,995$173,000$897
Union County28,009$56,807$159,100$910
Copiah County27,994$47,994$105,600$682
Scott County27,754$48,492$89,900$888
Leflore County27,432$33,188$98,200$701
Yazoo County26,837$40,974$129,200$804
Simpson County25,817$54,111$111,600$819
Sunflower County25,328$40,265$103,400$670
Prentiss County24,999$51,466$116,500$620
George County24,870$54,822$168,100$868
Marion County24,303$42,320$117,000$700
Itawamba County23,942$59,508$122,400$832
Tippah County21,621$51,141$128,400$720
Grenada County21,342$47,998$123,400$823
Leake County21,288$48,418$114,600$757
Newton County21,151$50,426$102,700$722
Coahoma County20,808$36,259$86,400$719
Wayne County19,699$36,791$88,000$786
Tishomingo County18,738$46,257$132,500$703
Stone County18,515$59,307$163,300$839
Clay County18,462$39,904$115,600$718
Covington County18,226$47,001$98,500$639
Attala County17,685$48,098$107,600$774
Winston County17,609$49,071$121,200$654
Chickasaw County16,994$43,041$100,400$702
Holmes County16,491$29,434$76,500$589
Jasper County16,211$47,157$118,600$809
Clarke County15,424$46,054$114,300$803
Smith County14,193$51,396$114,000$664
Walthall County13,864$45,444$120,600$718
Greene County13,595$55,838$94,200$811
Calhoun County13,029$43,942$82,900$674
Amite County12,611$35,385$89,800$689
Yalobusha County12,439$49,171$97,200$810
Tallahatchie County12,363$37,383$82,200$695
Lawrence County11,883$43,368$104,600$835
Perry County11,459$50,435$126,000$650
Jefferson Davis County11,183$37,183$87,100$695
Noxubee County10,136$38,814$85,200$590
Webster County9,942$59,964$109,500$618
Carroll County9,828$55,275$105,500$621
Montgomery County9,708$45,057$110,700$682
Tunica County9,586$38,402$154,500$938
Claiborne County8,908$34,371$80,800$651
Kemper County8,855$43,595$90,200$470
Wilkinson County8,376$35,930$80,200$674
Choctaw County8,172$48,321$104,500$661
Franklin County7,655$45,618$95,100$706
Benton County7,592$42,139$109,300$729
Humphreys County7,570$32,976$88,800$643
Jefferson County7,127$36,207$81,400$444
Quitman County5,908$32,131$68,600$650
Sharkey County3,848$35,741$108,000$622
Issaquena County1,095$29,271$90,700$253

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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