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Cities in Mississippi by population

Jackson, MS had the highest population of 41 cities in 2022, at 145,870. Bay St. Louis, MS had the lowest, at 10,577. The median was 18,963 and the figure for Mississippi was 2.94 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest145,870Jackson, MS
Lowest10,577Bay St. Louis, MS
Median18,96341 cities
Mississippi2,941,237History

All cities, 2022

Jackson, MS: 145,870 personsJackson, MS145,870Gulfport, MS: 72,230 personsGulfport, MS72,230Southaven, MS: 56,260 personsSouthaven, MS56,260Biloxi, MS: 49,098 personsBiloxi, MS49,098Hattiesburg, MS: 48,606 personsHattiesburg, MS48,606Olive Branch, MS: 47,043 personsOlive Branch, MS47,043Tupelo, MS: 37,750 personsTupelo, MS37,750Meridian, MS: 34,092 personsMeridian, MS34,092Greenville, MS: 27,994 personsGreenville, MS27,994Madison, MS: 27,917 personsMadison, MS27,917Pearl, MS: 27,698 personsPearl, MS27,698Clinton, MS: 27,086 personsClinton, MS27,086Oxford, MS: 26,686 personsOxford, MS26,686Horn Lake, MS: 26,537 personsHorn Lake, MS26,537Brandon, MS: 25,568 personsBrandon, MS25,568Starkville, MS: 25,566 personsStarkville, MS25,566Ridgeland, MS: 24,536 personsRidgeland, MS24,536Columbus, MS: 23,284 personsColumbus, MS23,284Pascagoula, MS: 21,681 personsPascagoula, MS21,681Vicksburg, MS: 20,405 personsVicksburg, MS20,405Gautier, MS: 18,963 personsGautier, MS18,963Ocean Springs, MS: 18,631 personsOcean Springs, MS18,631Hernando, MS: 18,070 personsHernando, MS18,070Laurel, MS: 17,718 personsLaurel, MS17,718Long Beach, MS: 17,085 personsLong Beach, MS17,085Corinth, MS: 14,238 personsCorinth, MS14,238Clarksdale, MS: 14,091 personsClarksdale, MS14,091Natchez, MS: 13,993 personsNatchez, MS13,993Greenwood, MS: 13,971 personsGreenwood, MS13,971D'Iberville, MS: 13,321 personsD'Iberville, MS13,321Byram, MS: 12,732 personsByram, MS12,732Grenada, MS: 12,326 personsGrenada, MS12,326McComb, MS: 12,063 personsMcComb, MS12,063Moss Point, MS: 11,942 personsMoss Point, MS11,942Picayune, MS: 11,857 personsPicayune, MS11,857Brookhaven, MS: 11,645 personsBrookhaven, MS11,645Petal, MS: 11,288 personsPetal, MS11,288Canton, MS: 10,809 personsCanton, MS10,809Flowood, MS: 10,594 personsFlowood, MS10,594Cleveland, MS: 10,578 personsCleveland, MS10,578Bay St. Louis, MS: 10,577 personsBay St. Louis, MS10,577Jackson, MS: 145,870 personsJackson, MS145,870Gulfport, MS: 72,230 personsGulfport, MS72,230Southaven, MS: 56,260 personsSouthaven, MS56,260Biloxi, MS: 49,098 personsBiloxi, MS49,098Hattiesburg, MS: 48,606 personsHattiesburg, MS48,606Olive Branch, MS: 47,043 personsOlive Branch, MS47,043Tupelo, MS: 37,750 personsTupelo, MS37,750Meridian, MS: 34,092 personsMeridian, MS34,092Greenville, MS: 27,994 personsGreenville, MS27,994Madison, MS: 27,917 personsMadison, MS27,917Pearl, MS: 27,698 personsPearl, MS27,698Clinton, MS: 27,086 personsClinton, MS27,086Oxford, MS: 26,686 personsOxford, MS26,686Horn Lake, MS: 26,537 personsHorn Lake, MS26,537Brandon, MS: 25,568 personsBrandon, MS25,568Starkville, MS: 25,566 personsStarkville, MS25,566Ridgeland, MS: 24,536 personsRidgeland, MS24,536Columbus, MS: 23,284 personsColumbus, MS23,284Pascagoula, MS: 21,681 personsPascagoula, MS21,681Vicksburg, MS: 20,405 personsVicksburg, MS20,405Gautier, MS: 18,963 personsGautier, MS18,963Ocean Springs, MS: 18,631 personsOcean Springs, MS18,631Hernando, MS: 18,070 personsHernando, MS18,070Laurel, MS: 17,718 personsLaurel, MS17,718Long Beach, MS: 17,085 personsLong Beach, MS17,085Corinth, MS: 14,238 personsCorinth, MS14,238Clarksdale, MS: 14,091 personsClarksdale, MS14,091Natchez, MS: 13,993 personsNatchez, MS13,993Greenwood, MS: 13,971 personsGreenwood, MS13,971D'Iberville, MS: 13,321 personsD'Iberville, MS13,321Byram, MS: 12,732 personsByram, MS12,732Grenada, MS: 12,326 personsGrenada, MS12,326McComb, MS: 12,063 personsMcComb, MS12,063Moss Point, MS: 11,942 personsMoss Point, MS11,942Picayune, MS: 11,857 personsPicayune, MS11,857Brookhaven, MS: 11,645 personsBrookhaven, MS11,645Petal, MS: 11,288 personsPetal, MS11,288Canton, MS: 10,809 personsCanton, MS10,809Flowood, MS: 10,594 personsFlowood, MS10,594Cleveland, MS: 10,578 personsCleveland, MS10,578Bay St. Louis, MS: 10,577 personsBay St. Louis, MS10,577
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Jackson, MS145,870-2.4%
2Gulfport, MS72,2300%
3Southaven, MS56,260+1.4%
4Biloxi, MS49,098-0.2%
5Hattiesburg, MS48,606-0%
6Olive Branch, MS47,043+0.2%
7Tupelo, MS37,750-0.2%
8Meridian, MS34,092-1.3%
9Greenville, MS27,994-2.6%
10Madison, MS27,917+0.7%
11Pearl, MS27,698+1.4%
12Clinton, MS27,086-1.7%
13Oxford, MS26,686+2.1%
14Horn Lake, MS26,537-0.8%
15Brandon, MS25,568+0.6%
16Starkville, MS25,566-0.7%
17Ridgeland, MS24,536+0.2%
18Columbus, MS23,284-1.2%
19Pascagoula, MS21,681-1%
20Vicksburg, MS20,405-2.2%
21Gautier, MS18,963-0.4%
22Ocean Springs, MS18,631+1.3%
23Hernando, MS18,070+2.9%
24Laurel, MS17,718-0.3%
25Long Beach, MS17,085+1.1%
26Corinth, MS14,238-1%
27Clarksdale, MS14,091-2.1%
28Natchez, MS13,993-0.8%
29Greenwood, MS13,971-2.9%
30D'Iberville, MS13,321+0.4%
31Byram, MS12,732-1%
32Grenada, MS12,326-1.2%
33McComb, MS12,063-1.5%
34Moss Point, MS11,942-1%
35Picayune, MS11,857+0.6%
36Brookhaven, MS11,645-0.8%
37Petal, MS11,288+1.3%
38Canton, MS10,809-0.1%
39Flowood, MS10,594+1.6%
40Cleveland, MS10,578-2.6%
41Bay St. Louis, MS10,577+6.2%

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/mississippi-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest population?

Jackson, MS, with 145,870 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Bay St. Louis, MS, with 10,577 in 2022.

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