# Counties in Mississippi by population under 18, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `population_0_17_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by age; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 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
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Scott County | 27.6 |
| 2 | Neshoba County | 26.3 |
| 3 | George County | 25.8 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 25.5 |
| 5 | Pontotoc County | 25 |
| 6 | Coahoma County | 24.7 |
| 7 | Leake County | 24.6 |
| 8 | Wayne County | 24.6 |
| 9 | Leflore County | 24.4 |
| 10 | Attala County | 24.4 |
| 11 | Noxubee County | 24.1 |
| 12 | DeSoto County | 24.1 |
| 13 | Washington County | 24.1 |
| 14 | Webster County | 23.9 |
| 15 | Panola County | 23.9 |
| 16 | Lee County | 23.8 |
| 17 | Newton County | 23.7 |
| 18 | Chickasaw County | 23.6 |
| 19 | Union County | 23.6 |
| 20 | Jones County | 23.6 |
| 21 | Smith County | 23.5 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 23.5 |
| 23 | Lamar County | 23.4 |
| 24 | Lawrence County | 23.4 |
| 24 | Pike County | 23.4 |
| 26 | Sharkey County | 23.1 |
| 27 | Madison County | 23.1 |
| 28 | Covington County | 22.9 |
| 29 | Lowndes County | 22.9 |
| 30 | Lauderdale County | 22.8 |
| 31 | Tippah County | 22.7 |
| 32 | Humphreys County | 22.7 |
| 33 | Warren County | 22.6 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 22.5 |
| 35 | Holmes County | 22.5 |
| 36 | Harrison County | 22.4 |
| 37 | Simpson County | 22.4 |
| 38 | Pearl River County | 22.4 |
| 39 | Quitman County | 22.3 |
| 40 | Marion County | 22.2 |
| 41 | Walthall County | 22.2 |
| 42 | Bolivar County | 22.1 |
| 43 | Alcorn County | 22.1 |
| 44 | Jackson County | 22.1 |
| 45 | Prentiss County | 22.1 |
| 46 | Jasper County | 22 |
| 47 | Hinds County | 22 |
| 48 | Clarke County | 21.9 |
| 49 | Yazoo County | 21.9 |
| 50 | Rankin County | 21.8 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 21.8 |
| 52 | Monroe County | 21.7 |
| 53 | Forrest County | 21.6 |
| 54 | Winston County | 21.6 |
| 55 | Copiah County | 21.6 |
| 56 | Claiborne County | 21.6 |
| 57 | Franklin County | 21.5 |
| 58 | Tate County | 21.5 |
| 59 | Perry County | 21.5 |
| 60 | Clay County | 21.3 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 21.3 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 20.8 |
| 63 | Benton County | 20.6 |
| 64 | Tishomingo County | 20.6 |
| 65 | Stone County | 20.4 |
| 66 | Yalobusha County | 20.3 |
| 67 | Jefferson Davis County | 20.3 |
| 68 | Choctaw County | 20.2 |
| 69 | Marshall County | 20.1 |
| 70 | Tallahatchie County | 19.7 |
| 71 | Hancock County | 19.4 |
| 72 | Amite County | 18.9 |
| 73 | Greene County | 18.8 |
| 74 | Sunflower County | 18.7 |
| 75 | Itawamba County | 17.8 |
| 76 | Kemper County | 17.7 |
| 77 | Adams County | 17.5 |
| 78 | Lafayette County | 17.2 |
| 79 | Wilkinson County | 17 |
| 80 | Oktibbeha County | 16.8 |
| 81 | Carroll County | 16.2 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 9.5 |