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Counties in Mississippi by female population share

Washington County had the highest female population share of 82 counties in 2021, at 53.8%. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 30.1%. The median was 51.7% and the figure for Mississippi was 51.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest53.8Washington County
Lowest30.1Issaquena County
Median51.782 counties
Mississippi51.8History

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 52.7 %Alcorn County: 51.4 %Amite County: 51.6 %Attala County: 52.2 %Benton County: 52.2 %Bolivar County: 53.3 %Calhoun County: 50.5 %Carroll County: 48.5 %Chickasaw County: 51.7 %Choctaw County: 51 %Claiborne County: 53.7 %Clarke County: 52.4 %Clay County: 53.4 %Coahoma County: 53.8 %Copiah County: 52.3 %Covington County: 51.7 %DeSoto County: 52.2 %Forrest County: 52.6 %Franklin County: 51.1 %George County: 49.8 %Greene County: 41.6 %Grenada County: 53.1 %Hancock County: 50.9 %Harrison County: 51.4 %Hinds County: 53 %Holmes County: 51.4 %Humphreys County: 53 %Issaquena County: 30.1 %Itawamba County: 51.5 %Jackson County: 51.3 %Jasper County: 51.2 %Jefferson County: 50.9 %Jefferson Davis County: 52.4 %Jones County: 51.6 %Kemper County: 49.2 %Lafayette County: 52 %Lamar County: 52.6 %Lauderdale County: 51.7 %Lawrence County: 52.2 %Leake County: 51.4 %Lee County: 52.3 %Leflore County: 52.5 %Lincoln County: 52 %Lowndes County: 52.1 %Madison County: 52.2 %Marion County: 51.2 %Marshall County: 50.1 %Monroe County: 52.1 %Montgomery County: 52.9 %Neshoba County: 52.6 %Newton County: 52.5 %Noxubee County: 52.5 %Oktibbeha County: 51.1 %Panola County: 51.8 %Pearl River County: 51 %Perry County: 51.1 %Pike County: 52.2 %Pontotoc County: 51.1 %Prentiss County: 51.8 %Quitman County: 51.9 %Rankin County: 51.8 %Scott County: 51.7 %Sharkey County: 53.2 %Simpson County: 51.5 %Smith County: 51.5 %Stone County: 47.4 %Sunflower County: 48.6 %Tallahatchie County: 48.2 %Tate County: 51.5 %Tippah County: 51.6 %Tishomingo County: 51.2 %Tunica County: 52.9 %Union County: 51.3 %Walthall County: 51.5 %Warren County: 52.6 %Washington County: 53.8 %Wayne County: 52.3 %Webster County: 52.1 %Wilkinson County: 46.6 %Winston County: 51.3 %Yalobusha County: 51.9 %Yazoo County: 46.6 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Washington County: 53.8 %Washington County53.8Coahoma County: 53.8 %Coahoma County53.8Claiborne County: 53.7 %Claiborne County53.7Clay County: 53.4 %Clay County53.4Bolivar County: 53.3 %Bolivar County53.3Sharkey County: 53.2 %Sharkey County53.2Grenada County: 53.1 %Grenada County53.1Humphreys County: 53 %Humphreys County53Hinds County: 53 %Hinds County53Montgomery County: 52.9 %Montgomery County52.9Tunica County: 52.9 %Tunica County52.9Adams County: 52.7 %Adams County52.7Neshoba County: 52.6 %Neshoba County52.6Forrest County: 52.6 %Forrest County52.6Warren County: 52.6 %Warren County52.6Lamar County: 52.6 %Lamar County52.6Leflore County: 52.5 %Leflore County52.5Newton County: 52.5 %Newton County52.5Noxubee County: 52.5 %Noxubee County52.5Jefferson Davis County: 52.4 %Jefferson Davis County52.4Clarke County: 52.4 %Clarke County52.4Lee County: 52.3 %Lee County52.3Copiah County: 52.3 %Copiah County52.3Wayne County: 52.3 %Wayne County52.3Madison County: 52.2 %Madison County52.2Pike County: 52.2 %Pike County52.2DeSoto County: 52.2 %DeSoto County52.2Benton County: 52.2 %Benton County52.2Lawrence County: 52.2 %Lawrence County52.2Attala County: 52.2 %Attala County52.2Lowndes County: 52.1 %Lowndes County52.1Monroe County: 52.1 %Monroe County52.1Webster County: 52.1 %Webster County52.1Lafayette County: 52 %Lafayette County52Lincoln County: 52 %Lincoln County52Quitman County: 51.9 %Quitman County51.9Yalobusha County: 51.9 %Yalobusha County51.9Prentiss County: 51.8 %Prentiss County51.8Panola County: 51.8 %Panola County51.8Rankin County: 51.8 %Rankin County51.8Washington County: 53.8 %Washington County53.8Coahoma County: 53.8 %Coahoma County53.8Claiborne County: 53.7 %Claiborne County53.7Clay County: 53.4 %Clay County53.4Bolivar County: 53.3 %Bolivar County53.3Sharkey County: 53.2 %Sharkey County53.2Grenada County: 53.1 %Grenada County53.1Humphreys County: 53 %Humphreys County53Hinds County: 53 %Hinds County53Montgomery County: 52.9 %Montgomery County52.9Tunica County: 52.9 %Tunica County52.9Adams County: 52.7 %Adams County52.7Neshoba County: 52.6 %Neshoba County52.6Forrest County: 52.6 %Forrest County52.6Warren County: 52.6 %Warren County52.6Lamar County: 52.6 %Lamar County52.6Leflore County: 52.5 %Leflore County52.5Newton County: 52.5 %Newton County52.5Noxubee County: 52.5 %Noxubee County52.5Jefferson Davis County: 52.4 %Jefferson Davis County52.4Clarke County: 52.4 %Clarke County52.4Lee County: 52.3 %Lee County52.3Copiah County: 52.3 %Copiah County52.3Wayne County: 52.3 %Wayne County52.3Madison County: 52.2 %Madison County52.2Pike County: 52.2 %Pike County52.2DeSoto County: 52.2 %DeSoto County52.2Benton County: 52.2 %Benton County52.2Lawrence County: 52.2 %Lawrence County52.2Attala County: 52.2 %Attala County52.2Lowndes County: 52.1 %Lowndes County52.1Monroe County: 52.1 %Monroe County52.1Webster County: 52.1 %Webster County52.1Lafayette County: 52 %Lafayette County52Lincoln County: 52 %Lincoln County52Quitman County: 51.9 %Quitman County51.9Yalobusha County: 51.9 %Yalobusha County51.9Prentiss County: 51.8 %Prentiss County51.8Panola County: 51.8 %Panola County51.8Rankin County: 51.8 %Rankin County51.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Washington County53.80 pts
2Coahoma County53.8+0.2 pts
3Claiborne County53.7-0.5 pts
4Clay County53.4+0.5 pts
5Bolivar County53.3+0.2 pts
6Sharkey County53.2+0.4 pts
7Grenada County53.1-0 pts
8Humphreys County53-0 pts
9Hinds County53+0.1 pts
10Montgomery County52.9+0.3 pts
11Tunica County52.9+0.3 pts
12Adams County52.7+0.4 pts
13Neshoba County52.6+0.2 pts
14Forrest County52.6+0.1 pts
15Warren County52.60 pts
16Lamar County52.60 pts
17Leflore County52.5-0.3 pts
18Newton County52.5-0.1 pts
19Noxubee County52.5-0.1 pts
20Jefferson Davis County52.4+0.1 pts
21Clarke County52.4-0.1 pts
22Lee County52.3+0.1 pts
23Copiah County52.30 pts
24Wayne County52.3-0 pts
25Madison County52.2-0 pts
25Pike County52.20 pts
27DeSoto County52.2+0.1 pts
28Benton County52.2+0.3 pts
29Lawrence County52.2-0.2 pts
30Attala County52.2-0 pts
31Lowndes County52.1-0.1 pts
32Monroe County52.1+0.1 pts
33Webster County52.1+0.1 pts
34Lafayette County52+0.1 pts
35Lincoln County52-0.1 pts
36Quitman County51.9-0.1 pts
37Yalobusha County51.90 pts
38Prentiss County51.8-0.1 pts
39Panola County51.8-0 pts
40Rankin County51.8+0.1 pts
41Lauderdale County51.7-0.2 pts
42Chickasaw County51.7+0.1 pts
43Covington County51.7+0.1 pts
44Scott County51.7+0.3 pts
45Jones County51.60 pts
46Tippah County51.60 pts
47Amite County51.60 pts
48Tate County51.5+0.2 pts
49Simpson County51.5+0.1 pts
50Walthall County51.5-0.1 pts
51Smith County51.5-0.1 pts
52Itawamba County51.5+0.1 pts
53Holmes County51.4-0.2 pts
54Harrison County51.40 pts
55Leake County51.40 pts
56Alcorn County51.4-0.1 pts
57Winston County51.3-0.2 pts
58Union County51.30 pts
59Jackson County51.30 pts
60Marion County51.2+0.1 pts
61Jasper County51.2-0.3 pts
62Tishomingo County51.2+0.1 pts
63Oktibbeha County51.1-0.1 pts
64Pontotoc County51.1-0 pts
65Franklin County51.1+0.1 pts
66Perry County51.1+0.1 pts
67Pearl River County51-0.1 pts
68Choctaw County51-0 pts
69Jefferson County50.9-0.2 pts
70Hancock County50.9+0.1 pts
71Calhoun County50.5-0.1 pts
72Marshall County50.1-0.1 pts
73George County49.8+0.2 pts
74Kemper County49.2-0.3 pts
75Sunflower County48.6+0.6 pts
76Carroll County48.50 pts
77Tallahatchie County48.2+1.2 pts
78Stone County47.4-0.4 pts
79Wilkinson County46.6-0.1 pts
80Yazoo County46.6+1.9 pts
81Greene County41.6-0 pts
82Issaquena County30.1-0.9 pts

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About this ranking

Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Mississippi by female population share, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Mississippi by female population share, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/mississippi-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Mississippi by female population share, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/mississippi-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Mississippi by female population share, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/mississippi-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Washington County, with 53.8% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Issaquena County, with 30.1% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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