Population of Mississippi 2021
Population
According to the 2010 census, there were 2,967,297 residents in Mississippi, of which 57.3 percent were white, 37.5 percent black and African-American, 0.6 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian, 3.0 percent Hispanic. Mississippi is the state with the highest percentage of black people.
The living conditions of the residents of Mississippi are rather poor compared to other states. In 2009, the state ranked last in the United States for poverty, access to good health care, education and life expectancy. One in five people lives below the national poverty line, which was $ 22,000 for a family of four in 2010. In some counties, up to 48 percent of the population live below this poverty line.
Mississippi was the site of race riots in the 20th century. Numerous black people were lynched without the perpetrators being prosecuted. Due to the poor economic conditions and the lack of legal security, many blacks emigrated to the northern states between 1910 and 1970.
In 1956 the Southern Manifesto was drawn up, a letter of protest against racial integration that was also signed by numerous Mississippi politicians. In the course of the investigation into the murders of three civil rights activists, authorities found other bodies of murdered blacks in Neshoba County. In this regard, Mississippi Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr. refused to cooperate with the authorities and suspected the missing activists to be in Cuba. In 1962 a riot broke out in what became known as the Ole Miss Riots.
From the perspective of fighters for equality, the state remained one of the most backward. On June 12, 1967, a ruling by the US Supreme Court forced Mississippi to permit mixed marriages, which were previously prohibited by law; the state was one of 16 stragglers.
Top Counties by Population in Mississippi
Rank | County Name | Population | Population Density (per km²) |
1 | Hinds County | 245,296 | 108.97 |
2 | Harrison County | 187,116 | 124.33 |
3 | DeSoto County | 161,263 | 130.26 |
4 | Rankin County | 141,628 | 70.57 |
5 | Jackson County | 139,679 | 74.18 |
6 | Madison County | 95,214 | 51.14 |
7 | Lee County | 82,921 | 71.18 |
8 | Lauderdale County | 80,272 | 44.03 |
9 | Forrest County | 74,945 | 61.94 |
10 | Jones County | 67,772 | 37.71 |
11 | Lowndes County | 59,790 | 45.99 |
12 | Pearl River County | 55,845 | 26.55 |
13 | Lamar County | 55,669 | 43.25 |
14 | Washington County | 51,148 | 27.28 |
15 | Warren County | 48,784 | 32.09 |
16 | Oktibbeha County | 47,682 | 40.20 |
17 | Lafayette County | 47,362 | 28.99 |
18 | Hancock County | 43,940 | 35.58 |
19 | Pike County | 40,415 | 38.16 |
20 | Marshall County | 37,155 | 20.31 |
21 | Alcorn County | 37,068 | 35.78 |
22 | Monroe County | 37,000 | 18.70 |
23 | Lincoln County | 34,880 | 22.98 |
24 | Panola County | 34,718 | 19.59 |
25 | Bolivar County | 34,156 | 15.05 |
26 | Leflore County | 32,328 | 21.09 |
27 | Adams County | 32,308 | 27.13 |
28 | Pontotoc County | 29,968 | 23.29 |
29 | Neshoba County | 29,687 | 20.11 |
30 | Sunflower County | 29,461 | 16.39 |
31 | Copiah County | 29,460 | 14.64 |
32 | Tate County | 28,897 | 27.63 |
33 | Scott County | 28,275 | 17.93 |
34 | Yazoo County | 28,076 | 11.78 |
35 | Simpson County | 27,514 | 18.03 |
36 | Union County | 27,145 | 25.20 |
37 | Marion County | 27,099 | 19.30 |
38 | Coahoma County | 26,162 | 18.23 |
39 | Prentiss County | 25,287 | 23.52 |
40 | Leake County | 23,816 | 15.77 |
41 | Itawamba County | 23,412 | 16.99 |
42 | George County | 22,589 | 18.25 |
43 | Tippah County | 22,243 | 18.75 |
44 | Grenada County | 21,917 | 20.05 |
45 | Newton County | 21,731 | 14.52 |
46 | Wayne County | 20,758 | 9.89 |
47 | Clay County | 20,645 | 19.49 |
48 | Tishomingo County | 19,604 | 17.85 |
49 | Covington County | 19,579 | 18.26 |
50 | Attala County | 19,575 | 10.28 |
51 | Holmes County | 19,209 | 9.81 |
52 | Winston County | 19,209 | 12.22 |
53 | Stone County | 17,797 | 15.44 |
54 | Chickasaw County | 17,403 | 13.39 |
55 | Jasper County | 17,073 | 9.75 |
56 | Clarke County | 16,743 | 9.35 |
57 | Smith County | 16,502 | 10.02 |
58 | Walthall County | 15,454 | 14.77 |
59 | Tallahatchie County | 15,389 | 9.23 |
60 | Calhoun County | 14,973 | 9.85 |
61 | Greene County | 14,411 | 7.80 |
62 | Amite County | 13,142 | 6.95 |
63 | Lawrence County | 12,940 | 11.59 |
64 | Yalobusha County | 12,689 | 10.49 |
65 | Jefferson Davis County | 12,498 | 11.82 |
66 | Perry County | 12,261 | 7.32 |
67 | Noxubee County | 11,556 | 6.42 |
68 | Montgomery County | 10,936 | 10.38 |
69 | Tunica County | 10,789 | 9.16 |
70 | Carroll County | 10,608 | 6.52 |
71 | Kemper County | 10,467 | 5.28 |
72 | Webster County | 10,264 | 9.36 |
73 | Wilkinson County | 9,889 | 5.64 |
74 | Claiborne County | 9,615 | 7.62 |
75 | Humphreys County | 9,386 | 8.67 |
76 | Benton County | 8,740 | 8.29 |
77 | Choctaw County | 8,558 | 7.89 |
78 | Quitman County | 8,234 | 7.85 |
79 | Franklin County | 8,129 | 5.56 |
80 | Jefferson County | 7,737 | 5.76 |
81 | Sharkey County | 4,927 | 4.44 |
82 | Issaquena County | 1,417 | 1.32 |