# Counties in Mississippi by population density, 2025

All 82 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_density`
- Unit: inhabitants per km²
- Definition: Resident population divided by land area in km². World Bank figures use mid-year population and land area excluding inland water.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km² (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km². https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-density/mississippi-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-density/mississippi-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | inhabitants per km² |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | DeSoto County | 160.4 |
| 2 | Harrison County | 146.1 |
| 3 | Hinds County | 94.1 |
| 4 | Rankin County | 80.7 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 78.9 |
| 6 | Lee County | 71.8 |
| 7 | Forrest County | 65.5 |
| 8 | Madison County | 62.9 |
| 9 | Lamar County | 52.4 |
| 10 | Oktibbeha County | 43.8 |
| 11 | Lowndes County | 43.8 |
| 12 | Lauderdale County | 38.6 |
| 13 | Hancock County | 38.2 |
| 14 | Jones County | 37 |
| 15 | Pike County | 36.5 |
| 16 | Lafayette County | 36.4 |
| 17 | Alcorn County | 33.4 |
| 18 | Pearl River County | 28.2 |
| 19 | Tate County | 27.4 |
| 20 | Warren County | 27.4 |
| 21 | Union County | 26.4 |
| 22 | Adams County | 25.1 |
| 23 | Pontotoc County | 24.9 |
| 24 | Prentiss County | 23.5 |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 23.1 |
| 26 | Washington County | 21.6 |
| 27 | George County | 21.2 |
| 28 | Neshoba County | 19.5 |
| 29 | Grenada County | 19.1 |
| 30 | Marshall County | 18.9 |
| 31 | Panola County | 18.4 |
| 32 | Tippah County | 18 |
| 33 | Scott County | 17.8 |
| 34 | Itawamba County | 17.5 |
| 35 | Clay County | 17.2 |
| 36 | Marion County | 17.1 |
| 37 | Stone County | 17 |
| 38 | Tishomingo County | 17 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 16.8 |
| 40 | Simpson County | 16.7 |
| 41 | Covington County | 16.7 |
| 42 | Leflore County | 16.7 |
| 43 | Leake County | 14.3 |
| 44 | Newton County | 14 |
| 45 | Coahoma County | 13.9 |
| 46 | Copiah County | 13.7 |
| 47 | Walthall County | 13.3 |
| 48 | Chickasaw County | 12.9 |
| 49 | Sunflower County | 12.7 |
| 50 | Bolivar County | 12.4 |
| 51 | Winston County | 11.1 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 10.6 |
| 53 | Jefferson Davis County | 10.3 |
| 54 | Yalobusha County | 10.2 |
| 55 | Yazoo County | 9.6 |
| 56 | Wayne County | 9.4 |
| 57 | Webster County | 9.3 |
| 58 | Jasper County | 9 |
| 59 | Attala County | 9 |
| 60 | Montgomery County | 8.9 |
| 61 | Smith County | 8.5 |
| 62 | Clarke County | 8.4 |
| 63 | Calhoun County | 8.3 |
| 64 | Holmes County | 7.9 |
| 65 | Tunica County | 7.5 |
| 66 | Choctaw County | 7.4 |
| 67 | Greene County | 7.4 |
| 68 | Benton County | 7.1 |
| 69 | Perry County | 6.9 |
| 70 | Amite County | 6.6 |
| 71 | Tallahatchie County | 6.5 |
| 72 | Humphreys County | 6.5 |
| 73 | Claiborne County | 6.4 |
| 74 | Carroll County | 5.7 |
| 75 | Noxubee County | 5.4 |
| 76 | Franklin County | 5.1 |
| 77 | Quitman County | 5.1 |
| 78 | Jefferson County | 5.1 |
| 79 | Kemper County | 4.3 |
| 80 | Wilkinson County | 4.3 |
| 81 | Sharkey County | 2.8 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 1.2 |