# Counties in Mississippi by average household size, 2024

All 82 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 (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. 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-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Scott County | 2.8 |
| 2 | Union County | 2.8 |
| 3 | Leake County | 2.8 |
| 4 | Neshoba County | 2.8 |
| 5 | Lafayette County | 2.8 |
| 6 | Stone County | 2.7 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 2.7 |
| 8 | DeSoto County | 2.7 |
| 9 | Copiah County | 2.7 |
| 9 | Lawrence County | 2.7 |
| 11 | Pontotoc County | 2.7 |
| 12 | George County | 2.6 |
| 12 | Simpson County | 2.6 |
| 12 | Sunflower County | 2.6 |
| 15 | Panola County | 2.6 |
| 15 | Sharkey County | 2.6 |
| 17 | Newton County | 2.6 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 2.6 |
| 19 | Jones County | 2.6 |
| 19 | Tallahatchie County | 2.6 |
| 19 | Tippah County | 2.6 |
| 22 | Attala County | 2.6 |
| 22 | Walthall County | 2.6 |
| 24 | Lamar County | 2.6 |
| 24 | Marion County | 2.6 |
| 26 | Pearl River County | 2.6 |
| 27 | Leflore County | 2.6 |
| 27 | Pike County | 2.6 |
| 27 | Rankin County | 2.6 |
| 30 | Clarke County | 2.6 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 2.6 |
| 32 | Warren County | 2.5 |
| 33 | Humphreys County | 2.5 |
| 34 | Greene County | 2.5 |
| 34 | Lee County | 2.5 |
| 34 | Prentiss County | 2.5 |
| 37 | Claiborne County | 2.5 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 2.5 |
| 37 | Madison County | 2.5 |
| 37 | Smith County | 2.5 |
| 41 | Holmes County | 2.5 |
| 41 | Noxubee County | 2.5 |
| 43 | Harrison County | 2.5 |
| 44 | Chickasaw County | 2.5 |
| 44 | Grenada County | 2.5 |
| 44 | Jefferson Davis County | 2.5 |
| 44 | Kemper County | 2.5 |
| 44 | Tunica County | 2.5 |
| 49 | Forrest County | 2.5 |
| 49 | Franklin County | 2.5 |
| 49 | Lowndes County | 2.5 |
| 49 | Washington County | 2.5 |
| 53 | Benton County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Covington County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Perry County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Yalobusha County | 2.4 |
| 58 | Tate County | 2.4 |
| 59 | Webster County | 2.4 |
| 60 | Jasper County | 2.4 |
| 60 | Winston County | 2.4 |
| 62 | Itawamba County | 2.4 |
| 62 | Lauderdale County | 2.4 |
| 62 | Monroe County | 2.4 |
| 65 | Coahoma County | 2.4 |
| 66 | Adams County | 2.4 |
| 67 | Bolivar County | 2.4 |
| 68 | Hinds County | 2.3 |
| 69 | Alcorn County | 2.3 |
| 69 | Clay County | 2.3 |
| 71 | Yazoo County | 2.3 |
| 72 | Montgomery County | 2.3 |
| 73 | Choctaw County | 2.3 |
| 74 | Hancock County | 2.3 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 2.3 |
| 76 | Wilkinson County | 2.2 |
| 77 | Carroll County | 2.2 |
| 78 | Amite County | 2.1 |
| 78 | Quitman County | 2.1 |
| 80 | Oktibbeha County | 2.1 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.1 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 1.8 |