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Cities in Mississippi by housing units

Jackson, MS had the highest housing units of 41 cities in 2021, at 74,390. Flowood, MS had the lowest, at 4,351. The median was 8,516 and the figure for Mississippi was 1.32 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest74,390Jackson, MS
Lowest4,351Flowood, MS
Median8,51641 cities
Mississippi1,317,375History

All cities, 2021

Jackson, MS: 74,390 countJackson, MS74,390Gulfport, MS: 32,887 countGulfport, MS32,887Biloxi, MS: 23,128 countBiloxi, MS23,128Southaven, MS: 21,907 countSouthaven, MS21,907Hattiesburg, MS: 21,627 countHattiesburg, MS21,627Meridian, MS: 17,900 countMeridian, MS17,900Tupelo, MS: 17,272 countTupelo, MS17,272Oxford, MS: 15,742 countOxford, MS15,742Olive Branch, MS: 15,320 countOlive Branch, MS15,320Greenville, MS: 14,253 countGreenville, MS14,253Starkville, MS: 13,157 countStarkville, MS13,157Columbus, MS: 11,982 countColumbus, MS11,982Pearl, MS: 11,857 countPearl, MS11,857Ridgeland, MS: 11,643 countRidgeland, MS11,643Clinton, MS: 11,490 countClinton, MS11,490Vicksburg, MS: 10,841 countVicksburg, MS10,841Horn Lake, MS: 10,181 countHorn Lake, MS10,181Pascagoula, MS: 10,036 countPascagoula, MS10,036Madison, MS: 9,754 countMadison, MS9,754Brandon, MS: 9,420 countBrandon, MS9,420Gautier, MS: 8,516 countGautier, MS8,516Ocean Springs, MS: 8,250 countOcean Springs, MS8,250Natchez, MS: 7,852 countNatchez, MS7,852Laurel, MS: 7,802 countLaurel, MS7,802Long Beach, MS: 7,496 countLong Beach, MS7,496Corinth, MS: 7,372 countCorinth, MS7,372Clarksdale, MS: 7,054 countClarksdale, MS7,054Hernando, MS: 6,693 countHernando, MS6,693Greenwood, MS: 6,656 countGreenwood, MS6,656McComb, MS: 6,412 countMcComb, MS6,412Grenada, MS: 6,361 countGrenada, MS6,361Moss Point, MS: 5,703 countMoss Point, MS5,703Picayune, MS: 5,450 countPicayune, MS5,450Brookhaven, MS: 5,435 countBrookhaven, MS5,435Bay St. Louis, MS: 5,242 countBay St. Louis, MS5,242D'Iberville, MS: 5,101 countD'Iberville, MS5,101Canton, MS: 4,971 countCanton, MS4,971Byram, MS: 4,881 countByram, MS4,881Cleveland, MS: 4,732 countCleveland, MS4,732Petal, MS: 4,509 countPetal, MS4,509Flowood, MS: 4,351 countFlowood, MS4,351Jackson, MS: 74,390 countJackson, MS74,390Gulfport, MS: 32,887 countGulfport, MS32,887Biloxi, MS: 23,128 countBiloxi, MS23,128Southaven, MS: 21,907 countSouthaven, MS21,907Hattiesburg, MS: 21,627 countHattiesburg, MS21,627Meridian, MS: 17,900 countMeridian, MS17,900Tupelo, MS: 17,272 countTupelo, MS17,272Oxford, MS: 15,742 countOxford, MS15,742Olive Branch, MS: 15,320 countOlive Branch, MS15,320Greenville, MS: 14,253 countGreenville, MS14,253Starkville, MS: 13,157 countStarkville, MS13,157Columbus, MS: 11,982 countColumbus, MS11,982Pearl, MS: 11,857 countPearl, MS11,857Ridgeland, MS: 11,643 countRidgeland, MS11,643Clinton, MS: 11,490 countClinton, MS11,490Vicksburg, MS: 10,841 countVicksburg, MS10,841Horn Lake, MS: 10,181 countHorn Lake, MS10,181Pascagoula, MS: 10,036 countPascagoula, MS10,036Madison, MS: 9,754 countMadison, MS9,754Brandon, MS: 9,420 countBrandon, MS9,420Gautier, MS: 8,516 countGautier, MS8,516Ocean Springs, MS: 8,250 countOcean Springs, MS8,250Natchez, MS: 7,852 countNatchez, MS7,852Laurel, MS: 7,802 countLaurel, MS7,802Long Beach, MS: 7,496 countLong Beach, MS7,496Corinth, MS: 7,372 countCorinth, MS7,372Clarksdale, MS: 7,054 countClarksdale, MS7,054Hernando, MS: 6,693 countHernando, MS6,693Greenwood, MS: 6,656 countGreenwood, MS6,656McComb, MS: 6,412 countMcComb, MS6,412Grenada, MS: 6,361 countGrenada, MS6,361Moss Point, MS: 5,703 countMoss Point, MS5,703Picayune, MS: 5,450 countPicayune, MS5,450Brookhaven, MS: 5,435 countBrookhaven, MS5,435Bay St. Louis, MS: 5,242 countBay St. Louis, MS5,242D'Iberville, MS: 5,101 countD'Iberville, MS5,101Canton, MS: 4,971 countCanton, MS4,971Byram, MS: 4,881 countByram, MS4,881Cleveland, MS: 4,732 countCleveland, MS4,732Petal, MS: 4,509 countPetal, MS4,509Flowood, MS: 4,351 countFlowood, MS4,351
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
count
1Jackson, MS74,390
2Gulfport, MS32,887
3Biloxi, MS23,128
4Southaven, MS21,907
5Hattiesburg, MS21,627
6Meridian, MS17,900
7Tupelo, MS17,272
8Oxford, MS15,742
9Olive Branch, MS15,320
10Greenville, MS14,253
11Starkville, MS13,157
12Columbus, MS11,982
13Pearl, MS11,857
14Ridgeland, MS11,643
15Clinton, MS11,490
16Vicksburg, MS10,841
17Horn Lake, MS10,181
18Pascagoula, MS10,036
19Madison, MS9,754
20Brandon, MS9,420
21Gautier, MS8,516
22Ocean Springs, MS8,250
23Natchez, MS7,852
24Laurel, MS7,802
25Long Beach, MS7,496
26Corinth, MS7,372
27Clarksdale, MS7,054
28Hernando, MS6,693
29Greenwood, MS6,656
30McComb, MS6,412
31Grenada, MS6,361
32Moss Point, MS5,703
33Picayune, MS5,450
34Brookhaven, MS5,435
35Bay St. Louis, MS5,242
36D'Iberville, MS5,101
37Canton, MS4,971
38Byram, MS4,881
39Cleveland, MS4,732
40Petal, MS4,509
41Flowood, MS4,351

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Mississippi by housing units, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Mississippi by housing units, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/mississippi-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Mississippi by housing units, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/mississippi-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Mississippi by housing units, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/mississippi-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units?

Jackson, MS, with 74,390 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units?

Flowood, MS, with 4,351 in 2021.

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