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Mississippi County Map With Cities

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

Counties
82
Population
2,946,719
Area
46,925 sq mi
Capital
Jackson
Time Zone
Central (CT)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank Mississippi county map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 82 Mississippi counties

County Largest City Population Area Median Income Cities
HarrisonGulfport221,505574 mi²$60,4266
HindsJackson219,552870 mi²$51,9908
DeSotoOlive Branch187,694476 mi²$85,5007
RankinBrandon157,585775 mi²$81,48211
JacksonOcean Springs131,793723 mi²$67,1817
MadisonMadison113,335715 mi²$86,7418
LamarPurvis79,693497 mi²$69,3374
LeeTupelo75,355450 mi²$66,9987
LauderdaleMeridian72,924704 mi²$54,2916
ForrestHattiesburg67,348466 mi²$52,6382
JonesLaurel63,217695 mi²$55,5447
Pearl RiverPicayune60,688811 mi²$59,2265
LowndesColumbus58,804506 mi²$56,3086
LafayetteOxford56,546632 mi²$67,6145
OktibbehaStarkville49,415458 mi²$47,1943
WarrenVicksburg43,020589 mi²$62,2732
WashingtonGreenville42,943725 mi²$42,28311
PikeMccomb40,972409 mi²$43,5796
HancockBay Saint Louis38,648474 mi²$68,7827
MarshallByhalia37,466706 mi²$56,4587
PanolaBatesville35,065685 mi²$48,0057
AlcornCorinth34,221400 mi²$51,6533
PontotocPontotoc33,599498 mi²$56,0678
NeshobaPhiladelphia31,828570 mi²$55,3582
LincolnBrookhaven31,028586 mi²$48,9633
BolivarCleveland30,308877 mi²$42,67214
MonroeAmory30,004765 mi²$54,5237
CopiahCrystal Springs29,732777 mi²$50,4665
ItawambaFulton29,542533 mi²$57,3026
GeorgeLucedale29,181479 mi²$59,8651
AdamsNatchez29,039462 mi²$43,6323
ScottForest28,253609 mi²$48,8997
TateSenatobia28,171405 mi²$70,9195
LefloreGreenwood27,989593 mi²$36,3847
PrentissBooneville27,324415 mi²$50,5584
UnionNew Albany25,508416 mi²$58,8033
MarionColumbia24,839542 mi²$45,0944
YazooYazoo City24,837923 mi²$38,8136
SimpsonMendenhall24,834589 mi²$57,7316
StonePerkinston23,508445 mi²$63,5053
TippahRipley23,195458 mi²$51,8036
SunflowerIndianola23,171698 mi²$40,2509
LeakeCarthage21,912583 mi²$49,7065
AttalaKosciusko21,775735 mi²$48,7827
GrenadaGrenada21,750422 mi²$51,9544
CovingtonCollins20,229414 mi²$47,6643
CoahomaClarksdale19,969552 mi²$37,3669
ClayWest Point18,980410 mi²$42,6244
NewtonNewton18,766578 mi²$52,5227
ChickasawHouston18,691502 mi²$45,8286
TishomingoIuka17,466424 mi²$53,6305
JasperHeidelberg17,245676 mi²$45,6228
WinstonLouisville16,164607 mi²$50,3372
ClarkeQuitman16,077692 mi²$44,7865
WayneWaynesboro15,491811 mi²$37,3883
LawrenceJayess14,593431 mi²$52,7604
YalobushaWater Valley14,488467 mi²$49,3554
PerryRichton12,847647 mi²$57,7254
HolmesLexington12,828757 mi²$39,0764
CalhounCalhoun City12,671587 mi²$44,1637
Jefferson DavisPrentiss12,479408 mi²$41,1945
SmithTaylorsville12,415636 mi²$54,4634
GreeneLeakesville12,055713 mi²$57,5564
WebsterEupora11,601421 mi²$50,3356
TallahatchieCharleston11,590645 mi²$40,66310
WalthallTylertown10,530404 mi²$44,9341
NoxubeeMacon10,105695 mi²$39,4983
MontgomeryWinona10,086407 mi²$42,5983
AmiteLiberty9,912730 mi²$39,8253
TunicaTunica9,697455 mi²$40,3523
WilkinsonCentreville9,212678 mi²$33,2183
KemperDe Kalb8,291766 mi²$51,0985
JeffersonFayette8,148520 mi²$41,3953
ChoctawAckerman7,895418 mi²$57,9623
BentonAshland7,862407 mi²$47,3504
HumphreysBelzoni7,558418 mi²$35,3795
CarrollCarrollton7,411628 mi²$55,0725
FranklinMeadville7,259564 mi²$54,5004
ClaibornePort Gibson7,150487 mi²$33,0773
QuitmanMarks5,094405 mi²$33,8035
SharkeyRolling Fork4,374432 mi²$43,0376
IssaquenaMayersville374413 mi²$29,0423

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 = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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