Counties in Mississippi by population under 18

Scott County had the highest population under 18 of 82 counties in 2022, at 28.2%. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 10.3%. The median was 22.7% and the figure for Mississippi was 23%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest28.2Scott County
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Map of counties, 2022

Adams County: 20.1 %Alcorn County: 22.6 %Amite County: 19.7 %Attala County: 24.6 %Benton County: 20.7 %Bolivar County: 23.3 %Calhoun County: 21.8 %Carroll County: 17.7 %Chickasaw County: 23.5 %Choctaw County: 21.2 %Claiborne County: 21.1 %Clarke County: 22.6 %Clay County: 21.8 %Coahoma County: 26 %Copiah County: 22.1 %Covington County: 23.5 %DeSoto County: 25.3 %Forrest County: 21.9 %Franklin County: 21.8 %George County: 26 %Greene County: 19.3 %Grenada County: 22.9 %Hancock County: 20.5 %Harrison County: 23.3 %Hinds County: 22.2 %Holmes County: 23.3 %Humphreys County: 23.5 %Issaquena County: 10.3 %Itawamba County: 20.4 %Jackson County: 23 %Jasper County: 22.5 %Jefferson County: 22.3 %Jefferson Davis County: 20.4 %Jones County: 24.5 %Kemper County: 18.8 %Lafayette County: 17.9 %Lamar County: 24.9 %Lauderdale County: 23.5 %Lawrence County: 24.4 %Leake County: 25.4 %Lee County: 24.2 %Leflore County: 25.7 %Lincoln County: 23.9 %Lowndes County: 23 %Madison County: 23.7 %Marion County: 23.1 %Marshall County: 20.6 %Monroe County: 22.3 %Montgomery County: 21.6 %Neshoba County: 27.3 %Newton County: 23.9 %Noxubee County: 25 %Oktibbeha County: 17.1 %Panola County: 24.4 %Pearl River County: 22.8 %Perry County: 21.9 %Pike County: 24.1 %Pontotoc County: 25.8 %Prentiss County: 22.4 %Quitman County: 22 %Rankin County: 22.7 %Scott County: 28.2 %Sharkey County: 23 %Simpson County: 23.7 %Smith County: 23.2 %Stone County: 21.4 %Sunflower County: 20.4 %Tallahatchie County: 20.2 %Tate County: 22.4 %Tippah County: 23.2 %Tishomingo County: 21.2 %Tunica County: 26.5 %Union County: 24.4 %Walthall County: 22.6 %Warren County: 23.2 %Washington County: 24.2 %Wayne County: 24.5 %Webster County: 23.5 %Wilkinson County: 18.7 %Winston County: 22.4 %Yalobusha County: 20.7 %Yazoo County: 22 %
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%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Scott County: 28.2 %Scott County28.2Neshoba County: 27.3 %Neshoba County27.3Tunica County: 26.5 %Tunica County26.5Coahoma County: 26 %Coahoma County26George County: 26 %George County26Pontotoc County: 25.8 %Pontotoc County25.8Leflore County: 25.7 %Leflore County25.7Leake County: 25.4 %Leake County25.4DeSoto County: 25.3 %DeSoto County25.3Noxubee County: 25 %Noxubee County25Lamar County: 24.9 %Lamar County24.9Attala County: 24.6 %Attala County24.6Jones County: 24.5 %Jones County24.5Wayne County: 24.5 %Wayne County24.5Union County: 24.4 %Union County24.4Lawrence County: 24.4 %Lawrence County24.4Panola County: 24.4 %Panola County24.4Lee County: 24.2 %Lee County24.2Washington County: 24.2 %Washington County24.2Pike County: 24.1 %Pike County24.1Newton County: 23.9 %Newton County23.9Lincoln County: 23.9 %Lincoln County23.9Madison County: 23.7 %Madison County23.7Simpson County: 23.7 %Simpson County23.7Chickasaw County: 23.5 %Chickasaw County23.5Covington County: 23.5 %Covington County23.5Humphreys County: 23.5 %Humphreys County23.5Webster County: 23.5 %Webster County23.5Lauderdale County: 23.5 %Lauderdale County23.5Holmes County: 23.3 %Holmes County23.3Bolivar County: 23.3 %Bolivar County23.3Harrison County: 23.3 %Harrison County23.3Smith County: 23.2 %Smith County23.2Warren County: 23.2 %Warren County23.2Tippah County: 23.2 %Tippah County23.2Marion County: 23.1 %Marion County23.1Sharkey County: 23 %Sharkey County23Lowndes County: 23 %Lowndes County23Jackson County: 23 %Jackson County23Grenada County: 22.9 %Grenada County22.9Scott County: 28.2 %Scott County28.2Neshoba County: 27.3 %Neshoba County27.3Tunica County: 26.5 %Tunica County26.5Coahoma County: 26 %Coahoma County26George County: 26 %George County26Pontotoc County: 25.8 %Pontotoc County25.8Leflore County: 25.7 %Leflore County25.7Leake County: 25.4 %Leake County25.4DeSoto County: 25.3 %DeSoto County25.3Noxubee County: 25 %Noxubee County25Lamar County: 24.9 %Lamar County24.9Attala County: 24.6 %Attala County24.6Jones County: 24.5 %Jones County24.5Wayne County: 24.5 %Wayne County24.5Union County: 24.4 %Union County24.4Lawrence County: 24.4 %Lawrence County24.4Panola County: 24.4 %Panola County24.4Lee County: 24.2 %Lee County24.2Washington County: 24.2 %Washington County24.2Pike County: 24.1 %Pike County24.1Newton County: 23.9 %Newton County23.9Lincoln County: 23.9 %Lincoln County23.9Madison County: 23.7 %Madison County23.7Simpson County: 23.7 %Simpson County23.7Chickasaw County: 23.5 %Chickasaw County23.5Covington County: 23.5 %Covington County23.5Humphreys County: 23.5 %Humphreys County23.5Webster County: 23.5 %Webster County23.5Lauderdale County: 23.5 %Lauderdale County23.5Holmes County: 23.3 %Holmes County23.3Bolivar County: 23.3 %Bolivar County23.3Harrison County: 23.3 %Harrison County23.3Smith County: 23.2 %Smith County23.2Warren County: 23.2 %Warren County23.2Tippah County: 23.2 %Tippah County23.2Marion County: 23.1 %Marion County23.1Sharkey County: 23 %Sharkey County23Lowndes County: 23 %Lowndes County23Jackson County: 23 %Jackson County23Grenada County: 22.9 %Grenada County22.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Scott County28.2+0.3 pts
2Neshoba County27.3-0.2 pts
3Tunica County26.5-0.5 pts
4Coahoma County26-0.3 pts
5George County26+0.3 pts
6Pontotoc County25.8-0 pts
7Leflore County25.7-0.4 pts
8Leake County25.4-0.1 pts
9DeSoto County25.3-0 pts
10Noxubee County25+0.2 pts
11Lamar County24.9-0.4 pts
12Attala County24.6-0.1 pts
13Jones County24.5-0.2 pts
14Wayne County24.50 pts
15Union County24.4-0.2 pts
16Lawrence County24.4-0.1 pts
17Panola County24.4-0.3 pts
18Lee County24.20 pts
19Washington County24.20 pts
20Pike County24.1-0.2 pts
21Newton County23.9-0.1 pts
22Lincoln County23.9-0.2 pts
23Madison County23.7-0.1 pts
24Simpson County23.7-0.3 pts
25Chickasaw County23.5+0.2 pts
26Covington County23.5-0.1 pts
27Humphreys County23.5-0.5 pts
28Webster County23.5+0.2 pts
29Lauderdale County23.5-0.1 pts
30Holmes County23.3-0.2 pts
31Bolivar County23.3-0.5 pts
32Harrison County23.3-0.2 pts
33Smith County23.2-0.1 pts
34Warren County23.2-0.3 pts
35Tippah County23.2-0.2 pts
36Marion County23.1-0.1 pts
37Sharkey County23-0.8 pts
38Lowndes County230 pts
39Jackson County23-0.2 pts
40Grenada County22.9-0.1 pts
41Pearl River County22.8+0.2 pts
42Rankin County22.7-0.2 pts
43Clarke County22.6-0.3 pts
44Walthall County22.6+0.2 pts
45Alcorn County22.6-0.1 pts
46Jasper County22.5-0.1 pts
47Tate County22.4-0.1 pts
48Prentiss County22.4-0.1 pts
49Winston County22.4-0.4 pts
50Monroe County22.3-0 pts
51Jefferson County22.3+0.1 pts
52Hinds County22.2-0.3 pts
53Copiah County22.1-0 pts
54Yazoo County22-0.2 pts
55Quitman County220 pts
56Forrest County21.9-0 pts
57Perry County21.9-0.1 pts
58Franklin County21.8-0.1 pts
59Calhoun County21.8+0.1 pts
60Clay County21.8-0.2 pts
61Montgomery County21.60 pts
62Stone County21.4-0.1 pts
63Tishomingo County21.2+0.1 pts
64Choctaw County21.2-0.3 pts
65Claiborne County21.1+0.2 pts
66Yalobusha County20.7+0.1 pts
67Benton County20.7-0.4 pts
68Marshall County20.6+0.4 pts
69Hancock County20.5-0.4 pts
70Itawamba County20.4-0.9 pts
71Sunflower County20.4-0.4 pts
72Jefferson Davis County20.4-0 pts
73Tallahatchie County20.2-0.3 pts
74Adams County20.1-0.6 pts
75Amite County19.7+0.1 pts
76Greene County19.3-0.2 pts
77Kemper County18.8-0.7 pts
78Wilkinson County18.7-0.5 pts
79Lafayette County17.90 pts
80Carroll County17.7-0.2 pts
81Oktibbeha County17.1-0.1 pts
82Issaquena County10.3-1.4 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest population under 18?

Scott County, with 28.2% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Issaquena County, with 10.3% in 2022.

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