# Cities in Mississippi by population, 2025

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jackson, MS | 141,196 |
| 2 | Gulfport, MS | 76,506 |
| 3 | Southaven, MS | 57,819 |
| 4 | Hattiesburg, MS | 48,802 |
| 5 | Biloxi, MS | 48,516 |
| 6 | Olive Branch, MS | 47,563 |
| 7 | Tupelo, MS | 38,087 |
| 8 | Meridian, MS | 33,370 |
| 9 | Pearl, MS | 28,864 |
| 10 | Madison, MS | 28,575 |
| 11 | Oxford, MS | 26,773 |
| 12 | Horn Lake, MS | 26,741 |
| 13 | Clinton, MS | 26,640 |
| 14 | Greenville, MS | 26,530 |
| 15 | Brandon, MS | 26,122 |
| 16 | Starkville, MS | 25,754 |
| 17 | Ridgeland, MS | 24,750 |
| 18 | Columbus, MS | 22,792 |
| 19 | Pascagoula, MS | 21,409 |
| 20 | Vicksburg, MS | 19,830 |
| 21 | Gautier, MS | 19,069 |
| 22 | Ocean Springs, MS | 18,993 |
| 23 | Hernando, MS | 18,824 |
| 24 | Laurel, MS | 17,662 |
| 25 | Long Beach, MS | 17,309 |
| 26 | Natchez, MS | 14,880 |
| 27 | Corinth, MS | 14,345 |
| 28 | Clarksdale, MS | 13,643 |
| 29 | D'Iberville, MS | 13,557 |
| 30 | Greenwood, MS | 13,429 |
| 31 | Byram, MS | 12,707 |
| 32 | Grenada, MS | 12,088 |
| 33 | Picayune, MS | 12,019 |
| 34 | Moss Point, MS | 11,743 |
| 35 | McComb, MS | 11,697 |
| 36 | Petal, MS | 11,694 |
| 37 | Brookhaven, MS | 11,646 |
| 38 | Flowood, MS | 11,003 |
| 39 | Canton, MS | 10,873 |
| 40 | Bay St. Louis, MS | 10,634 |
| 41 | Cleveland, MS | 10,138 |