U.S. Census Bureau · Vintage 2024
Mississippi: population and components of change
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024: County Population Totals and Components of Change 2020-2024 (CO-EST2024-ALLDATA). Figures cover the April 1, 2020 estimates base through July 1, 2024; data fetched 2026-10-30T08:41:21Z.
Values are printed as the U.S. Census Bureau reports them. A blank source value is printed as “not available”.
| Item | Value | As reported |
|---|---|---|
| State | Mississippi | Mississippi |
| State FIPS code | 28 | 28 |
| Census region (code) | 3 | 3 |
| Census division (code) | 6 | 6 |
| Estimates base, April 1, 2020 | 2,961,278 | 2961278 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2020 | 2,958,536 | 2958536 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2021 | 2,947,209 | 2947209 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2022 | 2,941,939 | 2941939 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2023 | 2,943,172 | 2943172 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2024 | 2,943,045 | 2943045 |
| Numeric population change, 2023 to 2024 | -127 | -127 |
| Births, year to July 1, 2024 | 33,859 | 33859 |
| Deaths, year to July 1, 2024 | 35,843 | 35843 |
| Natural change (births minus deaths), year to July 1, 2024 | -1,984 | -1984 |
| International migration, year to July 1, 2024 | 6,789 | 6789 |
| Domestic migration, year to July 1, 2024 | -4,939 | -4939 |
| Residual, year to July 1, 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| Birth rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 11.5045 | 11.504502807 |
| Death rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 12.1786 | 12.178619986 |
| Natural change rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | -0.6741 | -0.674117179 |
| International migration rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 2.3067 | 2.3067447225 |
| Domestic migration rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | -1.6782 | -1.678157635 |
| Group quarters population, July 1, 2024 | 87,445 | 87445 |
Values as reported by the source: state_name=Mississippi, state_fips=28, region=3, division=6, estimates_base_2020=2961278, pop_2020=2958536, pop_2021=2947209, pop_2022=2941939, pop_2023=2943172, pop_2024=2943045, npopchg_2024=-127, births_2024=33859, deaths_2024=35843, naturalchg_2024=-1984, internationalmig_2024=6789, domesticmig_2024=-4939, residual_2024=7, rbirth_2024=11.504502807, rdeath_2024=12.178619986, rnaturalchg_2024=-0.674117179, rinternationalmig_2024=2.3067447225, rdomesticmig_2024=-1.678157635, gq_estimates_2024=87445
Counties and county equivalents in Mississippi
These county records carry the same state FIPS code as this state record.
| County FIPS code | County | Resident population, July 1, 2020 | Resident population, July 1, 2024 | Numeric population change, 2023 to 2024 | Births, year to July 1, 2024 | Deaths, year to July 1, 2024 | Natural change (births minus deaths), year to July 1, 2024 | International migration, year to July 1, 2024 | Domestic migration, year to July 1, 2024 | Residual, year to July 1, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Adams County | 29,427 | 28,674 | -180 | 265 | 452 | -187 | 712 | -706 | 1 |
| 003 | Alcorn County | 34,732 | 34,228 | 182 | 381 | 454 | -73 | -4 | 260 | -1 |
| 005 | Amite County | 12,702 | 12,451 | -23 | 113 | 199 | -86 | 5 | 59 | -1 |
| 007 | Attala County | 17,817 | 17,222 | -124 | 209 | 296 | -87 | -1 | -35 | -1 |
| 009 | Benton County | 7,669 | 7,566 | 75 | 81 | 98 | -17 | 2 | 92 | -2 |
| 011 | Bolivar County | 30,843 | 28,395 | -455 | 349 | 487 | -138 | 26 | -345 | 2 |
| 013 | Calhoun County | 13,216 | 12,754 | -12 | 161 | 196 | -35 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| 015 | Carroll County | 9,940 | 9,378 | -154 | 70 | 167 | -97 | -1 | -55 | -1 |
| 017 | Chickasaw County | 17,083 | 16,774 | -64 | 223 | 291 | -68 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 019 | Choctaw County | 8,207 | 8,091 | 19 | 93 | 118 | -25 | -1 | 48 | -3 |
| 021 | Claiborne County | 9,096 | 8,122 | -303 | 97 | 141 | -44 | 20 | -279 | 0 |
| 023 | Clarke County | 15,547 | 15,155 | -85 | 169 | 235 | -66 | 0 | -17 | -2 |
| 025 | Clay County | 18,621 | 18,213 | -52 | 236 | 271 | -35 | 0 | -18 | 1 |
| 027 | Coahoma County | 21,228 | 20,105 | -148 | 265 | 321 | -56 | 231 | -323 | 0 |
| 029 | Copiah County | 28,271 | 27,536 | -201 | 321 | 396 | -75 | 118 | -242 | -2 |
| 031 | Covington County | 18,301 | 18,015 | -5 | 243 | 265 | -22 | -6 | 22 | 1 |
| 033 | DeSoto County | 186,129 | 195,871 | 1,910 | 1,659 | 1,825 | -166 | 254 | 1,843 | -21 |
| 035 | Forrest County | 78,212 | 78,435 | 3 | 991 | 881 | 110 | 200 | -306 | -1 |
| 037 | Franklin County | 7,661 | 7,516 | -110 | 95 | 157 | -62 | 1 | -49 | 0 |
| 039 | George County | 24,367 | 25,880 | 291 | 349 | 318 | 31 | 1 | 256 | 3 |
| 041 | Greene County | 13,529 | 13,675 | 50 | 161 | 162 | -1 | 1 | 48 | 2 |
| 043 | Grenada County | 21,577 | 20,931 | -172 | 246 | 355 | -109 | 32 | -95 | 0 |
| 045 | Hancock County | 46,130 | 46,492 | 331 | 446 | 520 | -74 | 18 | 389 | -2 |
| 047 | Harrison County | 208,835 | 213,730 | 2,336 | 2,454 | 2,341 | 113 | 951 | 1,253 | 19 |
| 049 | Hinds County | 226,772 | 211,975 | -2,542 | 2,601 | 2,448 | 153 | 696 | -3,395 | 4 |
| 051 | Holmes County | 16,876 | 15,560 | -276 | 205 | 276 | -71 | 1 | -204 | -2 |
| 053 | Humphreys County | 7,735 | 7,121 | -96 | 95 | 103 | -8 | 7 | -96 | 1 |
| 055 | Issaquena County | 1,325 | 1,295 | 15 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 057 | Itawamba County | 23,865 | 24,198 | 59 | 284 | 308 | -24 | 7 | 76 | 0 |
| 059 | Jackson County | 143,378 | 147,002 | 837 | 1,537 | 1,617 | -80 | 359 | 551 | 7 |
| 061 | Jasper County | 16,352 | 15,799 | -171 | 192 | 294 | -102 | 0 | -68 | -1 |
| 063 | Jefferson County | 7,245 | 6,900 | -74 | 72 | 79 | -7 | 0 | -67 | 0 |
| 065 | Jefferson Davis County | 11,274 | 11,059 | 62 | 110 | 163 | -53 | 1 | 117 | -3 |
| 067 | Jones County | 67,173 | 65,837 | -304 | 868 | 921 | -53 | 3 | -251 | -3 |
| 069 | Kemper County | 8,962 | 8,562 | -58 | 78 | 120 | -42 | 0 | -16 | 0 |
| 071 | Lafayette County | 55,916 | 59,843 | 443 | 529 | 488 | 41 | 220 | 177 | 5 |
| 073 | Lamar County | 64,393 | 66,734 | 527 | 734 | 585 | 149 | 70 | 307 | 1 |
| 075 | Lauderdale County | 72,676 | 70,588 | -313 | 868 | 863 | 5 | 135 | -449 | -4 |
| 077 | Lawrence County | 11,984 | 11,672 | -46 | 139 | 200 | -61 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 079 | Leake County | 21,250 | 21,462 | 126 | 298 | 290 | 8 | 164 | -45 | -1 |
| 081 | Lee County | 83,319 | 83,012 | 119 | 1,001 | 929 | 72 | 36 | 8 | 3 |
| 083 | Leflore County | 28,341 | 26,157 | -438 | 333 | 405 | -72 | 61 | -428 | 1 |
| 085 | Lincoln County | 34,844 | 34,956 | 141 | 410 | 433 | -23 | 28 | 139 | -3 |
| 087 | Lowndes County | 58,783 | 57,210 | -159 | 688 | 648 | 40 | 130 | -334 | 5 |
| 089 | Madison County | 109,252 | 114,247 | 1,179 | 1,316 | 1,067 | 249 | 642 | 288 | 0 |
| 091 | Marion County | 24,376 | 24,008 | -125 | 241 | 405 | -164 | -2 | 40 | 1 |
| 093 | Marshall County | 33,783 | 34,374 | 194 | 316 | 483 | -167 | 7 | 353 | 1 |
| 095 | Monroe County | 34,135 | 33,483 | -153 | 394 | 446 | -52 | 14 | -114 | -1 |
| 097 | Montgomery County | 9,793 | 9,411 | -154 | 124 | 164 | -40 | -1 | -113 | 0 |
| 099 | Neshoba County | 29,003 | 28,973 | 65 | 460 | 418 | 42 | 55 | -32 | 0 |
| 101 | Newton County | 21,254 | 21,063 | 22 | 308 | 292 | 16 | 8 | -2 | 0 |
| 103 | Noxubee County | 10,226 | 9,825 | -113 | 135 | 148 | -13 | 0 | -99 | -1 |
| 105 | Oktibbeha County | 51,705 | 51,965 | 244 | 498 | 352 | 146 | 611 | -513 | 0 |
| 107 | Panola County | 33,170 | 32,764 | 113 | 411 | 448 | -37 | -4 | 154 | 0 |
| 109 | Pearl River County | 56,207 | 59,030 | 832 | 700 | 752 | -52 | 82 | 804 | -2 |
| 111 | Perry County | 11,459 | 11,406 | -27 | 151 | 158 | -7 | 7 | -26 | -1 |
| 113 | Pike County | 40,193 | 38,980 | -291 | 472 | 561 | -89 | 11 | -213 | 0 |
| 115 | Pontotoc County | 31,195 | 32,014 | 253 | 441 | 352 | 89 | 100 | 64 | 0 |
| 117 | Prentiss County | 24,974 | 25,489 | 179 | 319 | 313 | 6 | 46 | 125 | 2 |
| 119 | Quitman County | 6,153 | 5,542 | -50 | 75 | 89 | -14 | 3 | -39 | 0 |
| 121 | Rankin County | 157,175 | 160,573 | 389 | 1,771 | 1,464 | 307 | 339 | -266 | 9 |
| 123 | Scott County | 27,977 | 27,666 | 47 | 463 | 334 | 129 | 107 | -187 | -2 |
| 125 | Sharkey County | 3,774 | 3,234 | -144 | 48 | 55 | -7 | 0 | -135 | -2 |
| 127 | Simpson County | 25,890 | 25,597 | -56 | 313 | 362 | -49 | -2 | -4 | -1 |
| 129 | Smith County | 14,205 | 14,051 | -57 | 167 | 202 | -35 | 0 | -22 | 0 |
| 131 | Stone County | 18,329 | 19,569 | 565 | 206 | 192 | 14 | 26 | 526 | -1 |
| 133 | Sunflower County | 25,702 | 23,029 | -911 | 258 | 386 | -128 | 51 | -836 | 2 |
| 135 | Tallahatchie County | 12,647 | 10,921 | -596 | 115 | 174 | -59 | 14 | -551 | 0 |
| 137 | Tate County | 28,119 | 28,551 | 162 | 247 | 362 | -115 | -4 | 281 | 0 |
| 139 | Tippah County | 21,737 | 21,423 | 46 | 276 | 292 | -16 | 24 | 39 | -1 |
| 141 | Tishomingo County | 18,854 | 18,553 | 29 | 209 | 347 | -138 | 5 | 161 | 1 |
| 143 | Tunica County | 9,734 | 9,157 | -223 | 129 | 88 | 41 | -2 | -261 | -1 |
| 145 | Union County | 27,814 | 28,363 | 88 | 321 | 299 | 22 | 7 | 61 | -2 |
| 147 | Walthall County | 13,873 | 13,839 | 4 | 161 | 202 | -41 | 8 | 37 | 0 |
| 149 | Warren County | 44,550 | 42,105 | -218 | 489 | 545 | -56 | 50 | -214 | 2 |
| 151 | Washington County | 44,648 | 41,181 | -721 | 545 | 603 | -58 | -1 | -663 | 1 |
| 153 | Wayne County | 19,807 | 19,749 | 6 | 253 | 272 | -19 | 56 | -31 | 0 |
| 155 | Webster County | 9,904 | 10,039 | 50 | 114 | 182 | -68 | -1 | 121 | -2 |
| 157 | Wilkinson County | 8,524 | 7,820 | -168 | 70 | 128 | -58 | 0 | -110 | 0 |
| 159 | Winston County | 17,686 | 17,418 | -58 | 178 | 245 | -67 | 12 | -3 | 0 |
| 161 | Yalobusha County | 12,436 | 12,458 | 89 | 146 | 197 | -51 | 0 | 143 | -3 |
| 163 | Yazoo County | 26,670 | 23,024 | -1,579 | 291 | 336 | -45 | 27 | -1,564 | 3 |