Mississippi Counties

Complete list of all 82 counties in Mississippi with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties

Population

2,946,719

Area

46,925 sq mi

Capital

Jackson

Time Zone

Central (CT)

Labeled outline map of Mississippi counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.

All 82 Mississippi counties

County	County Seat	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Harrison	—	221,505	574 mi²	$60,426	6
Hinds	—	219,552	870 mi²	$51,990	8
DeSoto	—	187,694	476 mi²	$85,500	7
Rankin	—	157,585	775 mi²	$81,482	11
Jackson	—	131,793	723 mi²	$67,181	7
Madison	—	113,335	715 mi²	$86,741	8
Lamar	—	79,693	497 mi²	$69,337	4
Lee	—	75,355	450 mi²	$66,998	7
Lauderdale	—	72,924	704 mi²	$54,291	6
Forrest	—	67,348	466 mi²	$52,638	2
Jones	—	63,217	695 mi²	$55,544	7
Pearl River	—	60,688	811 mi²	$59,226	5
Lowndes	—	58,804	506 mi²	$56,308	6
Lafayette	—	56,546	632 mi²	$67,614	5
Oktibbeha	—	49,415	458 mi²	$47,194	3

How many counties does Mississippi have?

Mississippi has 82 counties covering 46,925 square miles and roughly 2,946,719 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1817 as the 20th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Yazoo County at 923 square miles, home to about 24,837 residents. The most populous is Harrison County with approximately 221,505 residents — a density of about 386 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Issaquena County has only about 374 residents.

Jackson is both the state capital and the largest city in Mississippi.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Mississippi’s county boundaries from our blank map of Mississippi page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Mississippi county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Mississippi address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Mississippi specifically: the 100-mile radius around Jackson measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Mississippi ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Mississippi’s 82 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Mississippi has 82 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1817 as the 20th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.

Yazoo County is the largest by land area at 923 square miles, with about 24,837 residents.

Harrison County is the most populous, with approximately 221,505 residents over 574 square miles.

Issaquena County has the smallest population at about 374 residents.

Jackson is both the state capital and the largest city in Mississippi.

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.

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