Fastest growing counties in Mississippi.
County | Rank | Change (2020) | 2024 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
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George County | 1 | 6.87% | 26,039 | 24,364 |
Lafayette County | 2 | 5.89% | 59,204 | 55,913 |
DeSoto County | 3 | 4.96% | 195,350 | 186,122 |
Pearl River County | 4 | 4.56% | 58,773 | 56,211 |
Madison County | 5 | 4.1% | 113,751 | 109,266 |
Lamar County | 6 | 3.57% | 66,688 | 64,389 |
Jackson County | 7 | 3.1% | 147,815 | 143,373 |
Rankin County | 8 | 2.99% | 161,856 | 157,162 |
Stone County | 9 | 2.92% | 18,871 | 18,335 |
Union County | 10 | 2.21% | 28,436 | 27,822 |
Marshall County | 11 | 1.66% | 34,341 | 33,781 |
Pontotoc County | 12 | 1.64% | 31,703 | 31,192 |
Prentiss County | 13 | 1.63% | 25,379 | 24,971 |
Itawamba County | 14 | 1.47% | 24,215 | 23,865 |
Webster County | 15 | 1.31% | 10,032 | 9,902 |
Harrison County | 16 | 0.94% | 210,781 | 208,809 |
Greene County | 17 | 0.72% | 13,636 | 13,538 |
Tate County | 18 | 0.5% | 28,263 | 28,121 |
Hancock County | 19 | 0.41% | 46,311 | 46,123 |
Forrest County | 20 | 0.32% | 78,440 | 78,189 |
Leake County | 21 | 0.32% | 21,313 | 21,246 |
Walthall County | 22 | 0.22% | 13,902 | 13,871 |
Wayne County | 23 | 0.08% | 19,823 | 19,808 |
Simpson County | 24 | -0.36% | 25,807 | 25,901 |
Marion County | 25 | -0.38% | 24,282 | 24,375 |
Lincoln County | 26 | -0.54% | 34,640 | 34,828 |
Smith County | 27 | -0.54% | 14,116 | 14,193 |
Yalobusha County | 28 | -0.64% | 12,359 | 12,438 |
Lee County | 29 | -0.66% | 82,774 | 83,323 |
Franklin County | 30 | -0.73% | 7,609 | 7,665 |
Neshoba County | 31 | -0.75% | 28,774 | 28,991 |
Newton County | 32 | -1.13% | 21,015 | 21,256 |
Chickasaw County | 33 | -1.27% | 16,869 | 17,086 |
Panola County | 34 | -1.28% | 32,746 | 33,169 |
Oktibbeha County | 35 | -1.33% | 51,022 | 51,709 |
Monroe County | 36 | -1.43% | 33,650 | 34,139 |
Adams County | 37 | -1.52% | 28,975 | 29,423 |
Choctaw County | 38 | -1.58% | 8,081 | 8,211 |
Montgomery County | 39 | -1.6% | 9,637 | 9,794 |
Jones County | 40 | -1.64% | 66,060 | 67,163 |
Covington County | 41 | -1.74% | 17,976 | 18,295 |
Alcorn County | 42 | -1.76% | 34,123 | 34,733 |
Scott County | 43 | -1.86% | 27,454 | 27,974 |
Clarke County | 44 | -1.88% | 15,253 | 15,545 |
Perry County | 45 | -1.94% | 11,232 | 11,454 |
Winston County | 46 | -2.05% | 17,328 | 17,690 |
Lawrence County | 47 | -2.15% | 11,721 | 11,979 |
Copiah County | 48 | -2.31% | 27,616 | 28,270 |
Tishomingo County | 49 | -2.4% | 18,393 | 18,846 |
Jasper County | 50 | -2.45% | 15,949 | 16,350 |
Grenada County | 51 | -2.69% | 20,996 | 21,577 |
Pike County | 52 | -2.71% | 39,101 | 40,192 |
Tippah County | 53 | -2.79% | 21,136 | 21,742 |
Clay County | 54 | -2.8% | 18,101 | 18,622 |
Amite County | 55 | -2.95% | 12,325 | 12,700 |
Lowndes County | 56 | -3.2% | 56,895 | 58,777 |
Attala County | 57 | -3.54% | 17,188 | 17,818 |
Jefferson Davis County | 58 | -3.64% | 10,859 | 11,269 |
Yazoo County | 59 | -3.66% | 25,699 | 26,676 |
Lauderdale County | 60 | -3.8% | 69,912 | 72,675 |
Noxubee County | 61 | -3.92% | 9,828 | 10,229 |
Benton County | 62 | -4.49% | 7,320 | 7,664 |
Kemper County | 63 | -5.16% | 8,498 | 8,960 |
Calhoun County | 64 | -5.26% | 12,524 | 13,219 |
Warren County | 65 | -5.8% | 41,961 | 44,544 |
Issaquena County | 66 | -5.87% | 1,250 | 1,328 |
Jefferson County | 67 | -5.94% | 6,815 | 7,245 |
Carroll County | 68 | -6.04% | 9,334 | 9,934 |
Coahoma County | 69 | -6.15% | 19,919 | 21,224 |
Hinds County | 70 | -6.43% | 212,185 | 226,765 |
Sunflower County | 71 | -6.8% | 24,099 | 25,856 |
Tunica County | 72 | -6.9% | 9,061 | 9,733 |
Claiborne County | 73 | -7.01% | 8,459 | 9,097 |
Wilkinson County | 74 | -7.19% | 7,913 | 8,526 |
Washington County | 75 | -7.33% | 41,368 | 44,640 |
Leflore County | 76 | -7.44% | 26,092 | 28,188 |
Bolivar County | 77 | -7.65% | 28,475 | 30,835 |
Tallahatchie County | 78 | -8.23% | 11,607 | 12,648 |
Holmes County | 79 | -8.52% | 15,443 | 16,882 |
Humphreys County | 80 | -8.55% | 7,078 | 7,740 |
Quitman County | 81 | -12.03% | 5,418 | 6,159 |
Sharkey County | 82 | -14.9% | 3,210 | 3,772 |