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Mississippi

2,943,045Population
-0.6 %Change since 2020
-717Natural change, 2023
3.2 %Unemployment rate

Facts

Population
2,943,045 (2024)
Change since 2020
-0.6 %
Natural change, 2023
-717
Unemployment rate
3.2 % (2024)
Population base, April 2020
2,961,278 (2020)
Births
35,064 (2023)
Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
11.9
Deaths
35,781 (2023)
Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
12.2
International migration
5,620 (2023)
Domestic migration
-3,481 (2023)
Net migration
2,139 (2023)
Net migration per 1,000, 2023
0.7
Postal code
MS
FIPS code
28

Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS

Population estimates, 2020–2024

202020242.9M3M
PeriodValue
20242,943,045
20232,943,172
20222,941,939
20212,947,209
20202,958,536

Unemployment rate, annual average

202020243.27.9
PeriodValue
20243.2 %
20233.1 %
20223.8 %
20215.4 %
20207.9 %

Counties · 82

#CountyPopulationChange since 2020Unemployment rate
1Harrison County213,7302.4 %3.5 %
2Hinds County211,975-6.9 %3.9 %
3DeSoto County195,8715.7 %3.6 %
4Rankin County160,5732.3 %2.8 %
5Jackson County147,0022.6 %3.7 %
6Madison County114,2474.7 %3.1 %
7Lee County83,012-0.4 %3.5 %
8Forrest County78,4350.3 %3.6 %
9Lauderdale County70,588-3.3 %3.8 %
10Lamar County66,7343.9 %3.3 %
11Jones County65,837-2.1 %3.1 %
12Lafayette County59,8437.2 %3.2 %
13Pearl River County59,0305.1 %3.7 %
14Lowndes County57,210-2.8 %3.9 %
15Oktibbeha County51,9650.4 %4.1 %
16Hancock County46,4921.0 %3.2 %
17Warren County42,105-5.8 %4.3 %
18Washington County41,181-8.3 %5.2 %
19Pike County38,980-3.3 %5.0 %
20Lincoln County34,9560.1 %4.0 %
21Marshall County34,3741.8 %4.4 %
22Alcorn County34,228-1.5 %3.5 %
23Monroe County33,483-2.0 %4.7 %
24Panola County32,764-1.3 %4.6 %
25Pontotoc County32,0142.6 %3.8 %
26Neshoba County28,973-0.4 %3.6 %
27Adams County28,674-2.9 %5.7 %
28Tate County28,5511.7 %3.7 %
29Bolivar County28,395-8.4 %4.8 %
30Union County28,3632.1 %3.2 %
31Scott County27,666-1.2 %3.3 %
32Copiah County27,536-2.9 %4.0 %
33Leflore County26,157-8.2 %6.2 %
34George County25,8806.3 %5.1 %
35Simpson County25,597-1.3 %3.6 %
36Prentiss County25,4891.9 %3.6 %
37Itawamba County24,1981.4 %3.4 %
38Marion County24,008-1.8 %4.1 %
39Sunflower County23,029-10.8 %4.8 %
40Yazoo County23,024-13.9 %4.8 %
41Leake County21,4620.9 %3.4 %
42Tippah County21,423-1.8 %3.6 %
43Newton County21,063-1.1 %3.7 %
44Grenada County20,931-3.2 %4.2 %
45Coahoma County20,105-6.0 %6.8 %
46Wayne County19,749-0.1 %4.2 %
47Stone County19,5696.8 %4.0 %
48Tishomingo County18,553-1.6 %3.8 %
49Clay County18,213-2.2 %4.6 %
50Covington County18,015-1.8 %3.8 %
51Winston County17,418-1.6 %4.0 %
52Attala County17,222-3.7 %4.0 %
53Chickasaw County16,774-1.9 %4.9 %
54Jasper County15,799-3.5 %4.0 %
55Holmes County15,560-8.5 %6.6 %
56Clarke County15,155-2.9 %4.1 %
57Smith County14,051-1.2 %3.5 %
58Walthall County13,839-0.3 %4.7 %
59Greene County13,6751.1 %6.9 %
60Calhoun County12,754-3.8 %3.5 %
61Yalobusha County12,458-0.2 %3.8 %
62Amite County12,451-2.1 %4.8 %
63Lawrence County11,672-2.9 %4.1 %
64Perry County11,406-0.9 %4.4 %
65Jefferson Davis County11,059-2.4 %3.8 %
66Tallahatchie County10,921-14.1 %3.6 %
67Webster County10,0391.2 %3.3 %
68Noxubee County9,825-4.4 %4.8 %
69Montgomery County9,411-4.1 %4.0 %
70Carroll County9,378-6.3 %4.2 %
71Tunica County9,157-6.4 %5.2 %
72Kemper County8,562-4.7 %5.0 %
73Claiborne County8,122-11.1 %9.0 %
74Choctaw County8,091-1.9 %4.4 %
75Wilkinson County7,820-8.9 %6.0 %
76Benton County7,566-1.1 %4.0 %
77Franklin County7,516-2.1 %5.1 %
78Humphreys County7,121-8.6 %6.3 %
79Jefferson County6,900-4.9 %10.4 %
80Quitman County5,542-10.2 %5.0 %
81Sharkey County3,234-15.0 %5.8 %
82Issaquena County1,295-3.0 %9.3 %