Median Household Income
$56,447
Median Home Value
$169,800
Median Gross Rent
$954/mo
Poverty Rate
18.9%
Unemployment Rate
5.7%
Homeownership Rate
70.0%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
25.1%
Median Age
38.6
Population Over Time
Mississippi shrank 1.3% from 2014 to 2024.
2014
2,984,345
2016
2,989,192
2018
2,988,762
2020
2,981,835
2022
2,958,846
2024
2,946,779
Business & Industry
Mississippi has 60,465 business establishments employing 956,079 people.
Health care and social assistance
7,038
Other services (except public administration)
6,523
Accommodation and food services
6,301
Professional, scientific, and technical services
4,621
Finance and insurance
4,519
Construction
4,169
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,526
Wholesale trade
2,512
Establishments by industry sector. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.
Largest Cities in Mississippi
See all →Jackson153,271 people$42,071Gulfport72,524 people$49,919Southaven54,908 people$78,483Biloxi49,141 people$57,204Hattiesburg48,466 people$46,342Olive Branch45,938 people$100,606Tupelo37,939 people$66,257Meridian34,990 people$36,562Greenville29,495 people$40,083Clinton27,668 people$74,745Madison27,595 people$119,338Pearl27,255 people$61,695Horn Lake26,652 people$53,311Oxford25,713 people$64,451Brandon25,142 people$92,783Ridgeland24,618 people$66,038Starkville24,274 people$42,125Columbus23,896 people$42,235Pascagoula21,904 people$52,222Vicksburg21,337 people$45,781Gautier19,007 people$61,926Ocean Springs18,417 people$79,712Hernando17,262 people$76,950Laurel17,241 people$47,661Long Beach16,809 people$70,332Clarksdale14,769 people$36,382Corinth14,520 people$44,226Natchez14,380 people$36,735Greenwood14,242 people$35,473D'Iberville12,922 people$66,016Byram12,922 people$70,445Grenada12,594 people$46,303McComb12,295 people$40,707Moss Point12,173 people$44,296Picayune11,804 people$41,213Brookhaven11,714 people$36,685Cleveland11,082 people$44,074Petal11,047 people$74,750Canton10,951 people$38,337Yazoo City10,573 people$28,157Flowood10,204 people$83,880West Point10,063 people$38,064Bay St. Louis9,788 people$67,442Indianola9,572 people$41,708Diamondhead9,360 people$87,407Booneville9,027 people$50,879Gulf Hills8,647 people$72,839Senatobia8,288 people$54,167St. Martin7,843 people$55,000New Albany7,657 people$51,332
Counties in Mississippi
Adams CountyAlcorn CountyAmite CountyAttala CountyBenton CountyBolivar CountyCalhoun CountyCarroll CountyChickasaw CountyChoctaw CountyClaiborne CountyClarke CountyClay CountyCoahoma CountyCopiah CountyCovington CountyDeSoto CountyForrest CountyFranklin CountyGeorge CountyGreene CountyGrenada CountyHancock CountyHarrison CountyHinds CountyHolmes CountyHumphreys CountyIssaquena CountyItawamba CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJefferson CountyJefferson Davis CountyJones CountyKemper CountyLafayette CountyLamar CountyLauderdale CountyLawrence CountyLeake CountyLee CountyLeflore CountyLincoln CountyLowndes CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyNeshoba CountyNewton CountyNoxubee CountyOktibbeha CountyPanola CountyPearl River CountyPerry CountyPike CountyPontotoc CountyPrentiss CountyQuitman CountyRankin CountyScott CountySharkey CountySimpson CountySmith CountyStone CountySunflower CountyTallahatchie CountyTate CountyTippah CountyTishomingo CountyTunica CountyUnion CountyWalthall CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWilkinson CountyWinston CountyYalobusha CountyYazoo County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2020-2024.