Counties in Mississippi by population under 18

Scott County had the highest population under 18 of 82 counties in 2020, at 27.9%. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 12.4%. The median was 23% and the figure for Mississippi was 23.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest27.9Scott County
Median2382 counties
Mississippi23.3History

Map of counties, 2020

Adams County: 20.6 %Alcorn County: 22.9 %Amite County: 19.5 %Attala County: 24.7 %Benton County: 21.1 %Bolivar County: 24.1 %Calhoun County: 22 %Carroll County: 18.3 %Chickasaw County: 23.5 %Choctaw County: 21.9 %Claiborne County: 20.8 %Clarke County: 23 %Clay County: 22.3 %Coahoma County: 26.2 %Copiah County: 22.4 %Covington County: 23.5 %DeSoto County: 25.6 %Forrest County: 22 %Franklin County: 21.8 %George County: 25.5 %Greene County: 19.9 %Grenada County: 22.8 %Hancock County: 21.2 %Harrison County: 23.6 %Hinds County: 22.6 %Holmes County: 24 %Humphreys County: 24.7 %Issaquena County: 12.4 %Itawamba County: 22.2 %Jackson County: 23.4 %Jasper County: 22.5 %Jefferson County: 23 %Jefferson Davis County: 20.6 %Jones County: 24.8 %Kemper County: 20 %Lafayette County: 18.2 %Lamar County: 25.5 %Lauderdale County: 23.8 %Lawrence County: 24.6 %Leake County: 25.5 %Lee County: 24.3 %Leflore County: 26.5 %Lincoln County: 24 %Lowndes County: 22.9 %Madison County: 24.1 %Marion County: 23.5 %Marshall County: 20.2 %Monroe County: 22.5 %Montgomery County: 21.4 %Neshoba County: 27.4 %Newton County: 24.2 %Noxubee County: 24.7 %Oktibbeha County: 17.4 %Panola County: 24.8 %Pearl River County: 22.8 %Perry County: 22.1 %Pike County: 24.3 %Pontotoc County: 26.1 %Prentiss County: 22.4 %Quitman County: 21.7 %Rankin County: 23.2 %Scott County: 27.9 %Sharkey County: 23.6 %Simpson County: 24 %Smith County: 23.1 %Stone County: 21.9 %Sunflower County: 21.1 %Tallahatchie County: 20.3 %Tate County: 22.7 %Tippah County: 23.4 %Tishomingo County: 21.4 %Tunica County: 27.4 %Union County: 24.5 %Walthall County: 22.6 %Warren County: 23.7 %Washington County: 24.1 %Wayne County: 24.4 %Webster County: 23.1 %Wilkinson County: 19.7 %Winston County: 22.9 %Yalobusha County: 20.3 %Yazoo County: 21.4 %
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%, 2020. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2020

Scott County: 27.9 %Scott County27.9Neshoba County: 27.4 %Neshoba County27.4Tunica County: 27.4 %Tunica County27.4Leflore County: 26.5 %Leflore County26.5Coahoma County: 26.2 %Coahoma County26.2Pontotoc County: 26.1 %Pontotoc County26.1DeSoto County: 25.6 %DeSoto County25.6George County: 25.5 %George County25.5Lamar County: 25.5 %Lamar County25.5Leake County: 25.5 %Leake County25.5Jones County: 24.8 %Jones County24.8Panola County: 24.8 %Panola County24.8Humphreys County: 24.7 %Humphreys County24.7Attala County: 24.7 %Attala County24.7Noxubee County: 24.7 %Noxubee County24.7Lawrence County: 24.6 %Lawrence County24.6Union County: 24.5 %Union County24.5Wayne County: 24.4 %Wayne County24.4Pike County: 24.3 %Pike County24.3Lee County: 24.3 %Lee County24.3Newton County: 24.2 %Newton County24.2Washington County: 24.1 %Washington County24.1Madison County: 24.1 %Madison County24.1Bolivar County: 24.1 %Bolivar County24.1Simpson County: 24 %Simpson County24Holmes County: 24 %Holmes County24Lincoln County: 24 %Lincoln County24Lauderdale County: 23.8 %Lauderdale County23.8Warren County: 23.7 %Warren County23.7Sharkey County: 23.6 %Sharkey County23.6Harrison County: 23.6 %Harrison County23.6Marion County: 23.5 %Marion County23.5Chickasaw County: 23.5 %Chickasaw County23.5Covington County: 23.5 %Covington County23.5Jackson County: 23.4 %Jackson County23.4Tippah County: 23.4 %Tippah County23.4Rankin County: 23.2 %Rankin County23.2Smith County: 23.1 %Smith County23.1Webster County: 23.1 %Webster County23.1Clarke County: 23 %Clarke County23Scott County: 27.9 %Scott County27.9Neshoba County: 27.4 %Neshoba County27.4Tunica County: 27.4 %Tunica County27.4Leflore County: 26.5 %Leflore County26.5Coahoma County: 26.2 %Coahoma County26.2Pontotoc County: 26.1 %Pontotoc County26.1DeSoto County: 25.6 %DeSoto County25.6George County: 25.5 %George County25.5Lamar County: 25.5 %Lamar County25.5Leake County: 25.5 %Leake County25.5Jones County: 24.8 %Jones County24.8Panola County: 24.8 %Panola County24.8Humphreys County: 24.7 %Humphreys County24.7Attala County: 24.7 %Attala County24.7Noxubee County: 24.7 %Noxubee County24.7Lawrence County: 24.6 %Lawrence County24.6Union County: 24.5 %Union County24.5Wayne County: 24.4 %Wayne County24.4Pike County: 24.3 %Pike County24.3Lee County: 24.3 %Lee County24.3Newton County: 24.2 %Newton County24.2Washington County: 24.1 %Washington County24.1Madison County: 24.1 %Madison County24.1Bolivar County: 24.1 %Bolivar County24.1Simpson County: 24 %Simpson County24Holmes County: 24 %Holmes County24Lincoln County: 24 %Lincoln County24Lauderdale County: 23.8 %Lauderdale County23.8Warren County: 23.7 %Warren County23.7Sharkey County: 23.6 %Sharkey County23.6Harrison County: 23.6 %Harrison County23.6Marion County: 23.5 %Marion County23.5Chickasaw County: 23.5 %Chickasaw County23.5Covington County: 23.5 %Covington County23.5Jackson County: 23.4 %Jackson County23.4Tippah County: 23.4 %Tippah County23.4Rankin County: 23.2 %Rankin County23.2Smith County: 23.1 %Smith County23.1Webster County: 23.1 %Webster County23.1Clarke County: 23 %Clarke County23
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Scott County27.9+0.7 pts
2Neshoba County27.4+0.4 pts
3Tunica County27.4-0.8 pts
4Leflore County26.5+0.2 pts
5Coahoma County26.2+0.2 pts
6Pontotoc County26.1+0.8 pts
7DeSoto County25.6-0.1 pts
8George County25.5+0.4 pts
9Lamar County25.5-0.3 pts
10Leake County25.5-0.1 pts
11Jones County24.8+0.2 pts
12Panola County24.8+0.3 pts
13Humphreys County24.7-0.4 pts
14Attala County24.7+0.1 pts
14Noxubee County24.7+0.6 pts
16Lawrence County24.6-0.4 pts
17Union County24.5+0.5 pts
18Wayne County24.4+0.3 pts
19Pike County24.3+0.1 pts
20Lee County24.3+0.5 pts
21Newton County24.2-0.4 pts
22Washington County24.1+0.2 pts
23Madison County24.1-0.1 pts
24Bolivar County24.1+0.4 pts
25Simpson County240 pts
26Holmes County24+0.1 pts
27Lincoln County24-0.2 pts
28Lauderdale County23.8-0 pts
29Warren County23.7+0.4 pts
30Sharkey County23.6-0.7 pts
31Harrison County23.6-0.1 pts
32Marion County23.5+0.1 pts
33Chickasaw County23.5+0.6 pts
34Covington County23.5+0.2 pts
35Jackson County23.4-0.2 pts
36Tippah County23.4-0.1 pts
37Rankin County23.2-0.4 pts
38Smith County23.1+0.4 pts
39Webster County23.1-0.1 pts
40Clarke County23+0.1 pts
41Jefferson County23-0.1 pts
42Alcorn County22.9+0.3 pts
43Lowndes County22.9+0.4 pts
44Winston County22.9+0.1 pts
45Grenada County22.8+0.1 pts
46Pearl River County22.8-0.1 pts
47Tate County22.70 pts
48Walthall County22.6+0.6 pts
49Hinds County22.6+0.1 pts
50Jasper County22.5+0.1 pts
51Monroe County22.5+0.2 pts
52Prentiss County22.4+0.3 pts
53Copiah County22.4-0 pts
54Clay County22.3+0.6 pts
55Itawamba County22.2-0 pts
56Perry County22.1+0.2 pts
57Calhoun County22+0.2 pts
58Forrest County22+0.2 pts
59Stone County21.9-0.2 pts
60Choctaw County21.9+0.1 pts
61Franklin County21.8+0.6 pts
62Quitman County21.7+0.5 pts
63Montgomery County21.4-0.1 pts
64Tishomingo County21.4+0.4 pts
65Yazoo County21.4+1.6 pts
66Hancock County21.2-0.3 pts
67Benton County21.1+0.4 pts
68Sunflower County21.1-0.3 pts
69Claiborne County20.8-0.3 pts
70Adams County20.6+0.4 pts
71Jefferson Davis County20.6-0.2 pts
72Yalobusha County20.3-0 pts
73Tallahatchie County20.3-0.1 pts
74Marshall County20.2+0.4 pts
75Kemper County20+0.5 pts
76Greene County19.9-0.1 pts
77Wilkinson County19.7-0.5 pts
78Amite County19.5-0.5 pts
79Carroll County18.3-1 pts
80Lafayette County18.2-0.2 pts
81Oktibbeha County17.4-0.3 pts
82Issaquena County12.40 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Uses the US age of majority. Not comparable with population_0_14_share, which stops at 14.

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: 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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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 (Counties in Mississippi by population under 18, 2020) [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: 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, Counties in Mississippi by population under 18, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/mississippi-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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. Counties in Mississippi by population under 18, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/mississippi-counties?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, Counties in Mississippi by population under 18, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/mississippi-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest population under 18?

Scott County, with 27.9% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population under 18?

Issaquena County, with 12.4% in 2020.

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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: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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