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Cities in Mississippi by population

Jackson, MS had the highest population of 41 cities in 2020, at 153,025. Bay St. Louis, MS had the lowest, at 9,438. The median was 19,000 and the figure for Mississippi was 2.96 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest153,025Jackson, MS
Lowest9,438Bay St. Louis, MS
Median19,00041 cities
Mississippi2,958,385History

All cities, 2020

Jackson, MS: 153,025 personsJackson, MS153,025Gulfport, MS: 72,893 personsGulfport, MS72,893Southaven, MS: 54,848 personsSouthaven, MS54,848Biloxi, MS: 49,412 personsBiloxi, MS49,412Hattiesburg, MS: 48,741 personsHattiesburg, MS48,741Olive Branch, MS: 46,569 personsOlive Branch, MS46,569Tupelo, MS: 37,918 personsTupelo, MS37,918Meridian, MS: 34,873 personsMeridian, MS34,873Greenville, MS: 29,497 personsGreenville, MS29,497Clinton, MS: 27,976 personsClinton, MS27,976Madison, MS: 27,755 personsMadison, MS27,755Pearl, MS: 27,089 personsPearl, MS27,089Horn Lake, MS: 26,731 personsHorn Lake, MS26,731Starkville, MS: 25,693 personsStarkville, MS25,693Oxford, MS: 25,587 personsOxford, MS25,587Brandon, MS: 25,144 personsBrandon, MS25,144Ridgeland, MS: 24,618 personsRidgeland, MS24,618Columbus, MS: 23,995 personsColumbus, MS23,995Pascagoula, MS: 21,978 personsPascagoula, MS21,978Vicksburg, MS: 21,474 personsVicksburg, MS21,474Gautier, MS: 19,000 personsGautier, MS19,000Ocean Springs, MS: 18,373 personsOcean Springs, MS18,373Laurel, MS: 17,802 personsLaurel, MS17,802Hernando, MS: 17,272 personsHernando, MS17,272Long Beach, MS: 16,804 personsLong Beach, MS16,804Clarksdale, MS: 14,773 personsClarksdale, MS14,773Greenwood, MS: 14,641 personsGreenwood, MS14,641Corinth, MS: 14,607 personsCorinth, MS14,607Natchez, MS: 14,442 personsNatchez, MS14,442Byram, MS: 13,041 personsByram, MS13,041D'Iberville, MS: 12,720 personsD'Iberville, MS12,720Grenada, MS: 12,655 personsGrenada, MS12,655McComb, MS: 12,360 personsMcComb, MS12,360Moss Point, MS: 12,122 personsMoss Point, MS12,122Picayune, MS: 11,870 personsPicayune, MS11,870Brookhaven, MS: 11,659 personsBrookhaven, MS11,659Cleveland, MS: 11,151 personsCleveland, MS11,151Petal, MS: 11,067 personsPetal, MS11,067Canton, MS: 10,910 personsCanton, MS10,910Flowood, MS: 10,288 personsFlowood, MS10,288Bay St. Louis, MS: 9,438 personsBay St. Louis, MS9,438Jackson, MS: 153,025 personsJackson, MS153,025Gulfport, MS: 72,893 personsGulfport, MS72,893Southaven, MS: 54,848 personsSouthaven, MS54,848Biloxi, MS: 49,412 personsBiloxi, MS49,412Hattiesburg, MS: 48,741 personsHattiesburg, MS48,741Olive Branch, MS: 46,569 personsOlive Branch, MS46,569Tupelo, MS: 37,918 personsTupelo, MS37,918Meridian, MS: 34,873 personsMeridian, MS34,873Greenville, MS: 29,497 personsGreenville, MS29,497Clinton, MS: 27,976 personsClinton, MS27,976Madison, MS: 27,755 personsMadison, MS27,755Pearl, MS: 27,089 personsPearl, MS27,089Horn Lake, MS: 26,731 personsHorn Lake, MS26,731Starkville, MS: 25,693 personsStarkville, MS25,693Oxford, MS: 25,587 personsOxford, MS25,587Brandon, MS: 25,144 personsBrandon, MS25,144Ridgeland, MS: 24,618 personsRidgeland, MS24,618Columbus, MS: 23,995 personsColumbus, MS23,995Pascagoula, MS: 21,978 personsPascagoula, MS21,978Vicksburg, MS: 21,474 personsVicksburg, MS21,474Gautier, MS: 19,000 personsGautier, MS19,000Ocean Springs, MS: 18,373 personsOcean Springs, MS18,373Laurel, MS: 17,802 personsLaurel, MS17,802Hernando, MS: 17,272 personsHernando, MS17,272Long Beach, MS: 16,804 personsLong Beach, MS16,804Clarksdale, MS: 14,773 personsClarksdale, MS14,773Greenwood, MS: 14,641 personsGreenwood, MS14,641Corinth, MS: 14,607 personsCorinth, MS14,607Natchez, MS: 14,442 personsNatchez, MS14,442Byram, MS: 13,041 personsByram, MS13,041D'Iberville, MS: 12,720 personsD'Iberville, MS12,720Grenada, MS: 12,655 personsGrenada, MS12,655McComb, MS: 12,360 personsMcComb, MS12,360Moss Point, MS: 12,122 personsMoss Point, MS12,122Picayune, MS: 11,870 personsPicayune, MS11,870Brookhaven, MS: 11,659 personsBrookhaven, MS11,659Cleveland, MS: 11,151 personsCleveland, MS11,151Petal, MS: 11,067 personsPetal, MS11,067Canton, MS: 10,910 personsCanton, MS10,910Flowood, MS: 10,288 personsFlowood, MS10,288Bay St. Louis, MS: 9,438 personsBay St. Louis, MS9,438
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons
1Jackson, MS153,025
2Gulfport, MS72,893
3Southaven, MS54,848
4Biloxi, MS49,412
5Hattiesburg, MS48,741
6Olive Branch, MS46,569
7Tupelo, MS37,918
8Meridian, MS34,873
9Greenville, MS29,497
10Clinton, MS27,976
11Madison, MS27,755
12Pearl, MS27,089
13Horn Lake, MS26,731
14Starkville, MS25,693
15Oxford, MS25,587
16Brandon, MS25,144
17Ridgeland, MS24,618
18Columbus, MS23,995
19Pascagoula, MS21,978
20Vicksburg, MS21,474
21Gautier, MS19,000
22Ocean Springs, MS18,373
23Laurel, MS17,802
24Hernando, MS17,272
25Long Beach, MS16,804
26Clarksdale, MS14,773
27Greenwood, MS14,641
28Corinth, MS14,607
29Natchez, MS14,442
30Byram, MS13,041
31D'Iberville, MS12,720
32Grenada, MS12,655
33McComb, MS12,360
34Moss Point, MS12,122
35Picayune, MS11,870
36Brookhaven, MS11,659
37Cleveland, MS11,151
38Petal, MS11,067
39Canton, MS10,910
40Flowood, MS10,288
41Bay St. Louis, MS9,438

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Resident population.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

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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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Mississippi by population, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Mississippi by population, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/mississippi-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Mississippi by population, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/mississippi-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Mississippi by population, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/mississippi-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest population?

Jackson, MS, with 153,025 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest population?

Bay St. Louis, MS, with 9,438 in 2020.

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