# Cities in Mississippi by average household size, 2024

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Madison, MS | 2.8 |
| 2 | Petal, MS | 2.8 |
| 3 | Olive Branch, MS | 2.7 |
| 4 | Brandon, MS | 2.7 |
| 5 | Horn Lake, MS | 2.6 |
| 6 | Southaven, MS | 2.6 |
| 7 | D'Iberville, MS | 2.6 |
| 7 | Laurel, MS | 2.6 |
| 9 | Oxford, MS | 2.6 |
| 10 | Clinton, MS | 2.6 |
| 10 | Picayune, MS | 2.6 |
| 12 | Gautier, MS | 2.6 |
| 12 | Hernando, MS | 2.6 |
| 14 | Greenwood, MS | 2.5 |
| 14 | Vicksburg, MS | 2.5 |
| 16 | Pearl, MS | 2.5 |
| 17 | Greenville, MS | 2.5 |
| 17 | Grenada, MS | 2.5 |
| 19 | Gulfport, MS | 2.4 |
| 19 | Long Beach, MS | 2.4 |
| 21 | Byram, MS | 2.4 |
| 21 | Pascagoula, MS | 2.4 |
| 23 | Brookhaven, MS | 2.4 |
| 24 | Clarksdale, MS | 2.4 |
| 24 | Moss Point, MS | 2.4 |
| 26 | Natchez, MS | 2.4 |
| 26 | Tupelo, MS | 2.4 |
| 28 | Biloxi, MS | 2.3 |
| 29 | Jackson, MS | 2.3 |
| 30 | McComb, MS | 2.3 |
| 31 | Cleveland, MS | 2.3 |
| 31 | Meridian, MS | 2.3 |
| 33 | Ocean Springs, MS | 2.3 |
| 34 | Ridgeland, MS | 2.2 |
| 35 | Flowood, MS | 2.2 |
| 36 | Columbus, MS | 2.2 |
| 37 | Hattiesburg, MS | 2.1 |
| 38 | Canton, MS | 2.1 |
| 38 | Corinth, MS | 2.1 |
| 40 | Starkville, MS | 2.1 |
| 41 | Bay St. Louis, MS | 2 |