Mississippi Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Mississippi (U.S. state abbreviation is 'MS') is the southern state of United States, bordered Alabama to the east, Arkansas and Louisiana to the west, Gulf of Mexico to the south, Tennessee to the north. Mississippi population in 2024 is estimated to be 2.94 million, ranks 34th populous state in US. Mississippi is losing population and decreased by 21,491 people since from the last census of 2020. Its area is 48,430 sq miles (125,443 sq km), 32nd largest by area rank in United States. The Mississippi state was named after the Mississippi River, Originates from the Ojibwa(Chippewa) Indian word 'misi-ziibi' meaning 'great river'. Jackson is the state capital and top other mississippi cities are Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg and Biloxi. Mockingbird is the state bird of Mississippi, the popular places of Mississippi are Ship Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hattiesburg Zoo and Natchez Trace Parkway. Mississippi Zip code starts with three.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Mississippi
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Mississippi

The population of Mississippi state in 2019 is 2.98 million with change of -0.13% compared to -0.10% in 2018. The MS population started declining from 2014 onwards, registered by US census with -0.06% in 2015 and slightly improved with 0.05% in 2017 and declined to -0.10% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, MS population in 2020 is 2,961,279. Mississippi population in 2023 is estimated to be 2.931 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 2.940 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 2.949 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	2,970,536
2011	2,978,470	0.27
2012	2,983,767	0.18
2013	2,988,797	0.17
2014	2,990,623	0.06
2015	2,988,693	-0.06
2016	2,988,298	-0.01
2017	2,989,663	0.05
2018	2,986,530	-0.10
2019	2,982,648	-0.13
2020	2,961,279	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	2,949,965	-0.38
2022*	2,940,820	-0.31
2023*	2,942,879	0.07

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Mississippi Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Mississippi by race are: 58.7% are White Americans, 37.6% are Black Americans, 2.9% are Hispanic/Latino, around 1% are Asians, 0.4% are AIAN.

White Population

White population in Mississippi are 1,755,471, percentage wise 58.79 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Mississippi are 1,122,576, percentage wise 37.59 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Mississippi, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican. In Mississippi state 1.1 millions are Black Americans which is the third largest African American population by state race percentage after Virgin Islands and District of Columbia.

Asian Population

Asian population in Mississippi are 28,859, percentage wise 0.97 percent are asians, out of these 6,180 are Asian Indians, 4,945 are Chinese, 4,227 are Filipinos, 1,211 are Japanese, 1,984 are Korean, 7,056 are Vietnamese and 3,256 are other Asian nationals. Bangladeshi, 23 Burmese, 333 Cambodian, 343 Laotian, 505 Thai, 382 Nepalese, 20 Okinawan, 447 Pakistani, 122 Sri Lankan.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Mississippi are 88,261. Percentage wise 2.96 percent are hispanics, out of these 55,790 are Mexican people, 9,136 are Puerto Ricans, 1,813 are Cubans, and 21,522 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

AIAN are 13,258 people, 73 are Navajo's, 59 are Chippewa, 770 are Cherokee and 13 are Sioux trible groups. NHPI are 597 people, out of these 154 are Guamanian/Chamorro's, 163 are Native Hawaiians, 97 are Samoans and 183 are other Pacific Islanders.

Total Population	2,986,220	Percent
White	1,755,471	58.79%
Black or African American	1,122,576	37.59%
American Indian and Alaska Native	13,258	0.444%
Cherokee tribal grouping	770	0.026%
Chippewa tribal grouping	59	0.002%
Navajo tribal grouping	73	0.002%
Sioux tribal grouping	13	0.000%
Asian Population	28,859	0.97%
Asian Indian	6,180	0.21%
Chinese	4,945	0.17%
Filipino	4,227	0.14%
Japanese	1,211	0.04%
Korean	1,984	0.07%
Vietnamese	7,056	0.24%
Other Asian Population	3,256
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	597	0.02%
Native Hawaiian	163	0.005%
Guamanian or Chamorro	154	0.005%
Samoan	97	0.003%
Other Pacific Islander	183
Some other race	27,530
Hispanic or Latino	88,261	2.96%
Mexican	55,790	1.87%
Puerto Rican	9,136	0.31%
Cuban	1,813	0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino	21,522

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Mississippi

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Jackson	164,422
2	Gulfport	71,870
3	Southaven	54,944

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Mississippi Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Mississippi by age is 2,986,220, out of these 1,448,717 are male, 1,537,503 are female, The sex ratio of Mississippi is 942. The Mississippi population by age are, under 15 years is 602,395, 15 years and over is 2,383,825, 30 years and over is 1,756,724, 65 years and over is 437,027 and 85 years and over is 48,241. 48.51 percent are male, 51.49 percent are female, 20.17 percent are under 15 years old, 79.83 percent are 15 years and over, 58.83 percent are 30 years and over, 14.63 percent are 65 years and over, 1.62 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in MS

English is the Official language of MS state, the widely spoken langugage is English with 96% of population spoken at home, followed by 2.4% Spanish, 0.58 European languages and 0.63 Asian languages.
Asian Indian languages include 449 speak Telugu, 160 Tamil, 284 Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages, 732 Gujarati, 1,544 Hindi, 467 Urdu, 1,026 Punjabi, 360 Bengali, 1,294 Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages.
East and Mid Asia people speak 3,489 Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), 32 Hmong, 903 Japanese, 1,756 Korean, 6,102 Vietnamese, 320 Khmer, 489 Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages, 2,968 Tagalog (including Filipino) and 255 speak other languages of Asia.
Middleast language speakers are 2,828 Arabic, 171 Hebrew, 301 Persian (including Farsi, Dari).
African languages include 449 Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 483 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa, 170 Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
12 people speak Navajo, 120 Haitian, 3,860 Other Native languages of North America, 310 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages.
European language speak are 590 Italian, 718 Portuguese, 2,986 German, 187 Greek, 656 Russian, 326 Polish, 43 Serbo-Croatian, 121 Ukrainian or other Slavic languages, 3,758 French (including Cajun), 676 Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	2,686,128	96.09
Spanish Language	67,282	2.41
European Language	16,177	0.58
Asian Languages	17,517	0.63
Other Languages	8,261	0.30

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Mississippi Education

Education statistics of Mississippi state as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		303,818	153,769	150,049
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	48,621	29,600	19,021
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	87,882	49,194	38,688
	Some college or associates degree	148,747	67,730	81,017
	Bachelors degree or higher	18,568	7,245	11,323
Population 25 years and over		1,956,101	924,116	1,031,985
	Less than 9th grade	109,885	60,069	49,816
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	215,393	112,298	103,095
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	594,140	299,098	295,042
	Some college, no degree	441,829	203,883	237,946
	Associates degree	177,536	68,811	108,725
	Bachelors degree	259,993	113,834	146,159
	Graduate or professional degree	157,325	66,123	91,202

White		1,191,438	574,065	617,373
	High school graduate or higher	1,040,010	492,494	547,516
	Bachelors degree or higher	297,869	139,453	158,416
Black or African		679,253	304,904	374,349
	High school graduate or higher	529,202	228,014	301,188
	Bachelors degree or higher	100,904	31,804	69,100
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		7,786	3,781	4,005
	High school graduate or higher	5,597	2,734	2,863
	Bachelors degree or higher	816	424	392
Asian		19,596	8,785	10,811
	High school graduate or higher	16,127	7,216	8,911
	Bachelors degree or higher	7,819	3,676	4,143
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		415	100	315
	High school graduate or higher	404	95	309
	Bachelors degree or higher	88	0	88
Hispanic or Latino Origin		46,947	27,599	19,348
	High school graduate or higher	29,769	16,556	13,213
	Bachelors degree or higher	6,432	2,910	3,522

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

As per 2017 census estimates, the Stastistics of disadvantage people in Mississippi state as per below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	476,197
Male	227,282
Female	248,915
	-
White	295,271
Black or African American	168,184
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,894
Asian	2,148
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	151
Some other race	1,434
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	119,381
With a vision difficulty	100,764
With a cognitive difficulty	183,649
With an ambulatory difficulty	276,721
With a self-care difficulty	101,840
With an independent living difficulty	179,356

Counties of Mississippi

Mississippi state is divided into 82 counties, Hinds is the populous County with 237,085, Harrison County with 206,650, DeSoto County with 182,001, Rankin County with 153,902 and Jackson County with 143,277.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adams County	31,337	31,192	-0.5	27	27
Alcorn County	37,203	36,925	-0.7	20	20
Amite County	12,444	12,326	-0.9	64	64
Attala County	18,482	18,365	-0.6	51	51
Benton County	8,286	8,271	-0.2	76	76
Bolivar County	31,895	31,333	-1.8	25	26
Calhoun County	14,525	14,436	-0.6	58	59
Carroll County	10,117	9,911	-2	70	71
Chickasaw County	17,189	17,171	-0.1	54	54
Choctaw County	8,272	8,278	0.1	77	75
Claiborne County	9,053	9,002	-0.6	73	73
Clarke County	15,823	15,604	-1.4	57	57
Clay County	19,658	19,386	-1.4	47	48
Coahoma County	23,185	22,628	-2.4	41	42
Copiah County	28,548	28,543	0	31	32
Covington County	19,045	18,853	-1	49	49
DeSoto County	178,914	182,001	1.7	3	3
Forrest County	75,263	75,036	-0.3	9	9
Franklin County	7,779	7,788	0.1	78	78
George County	23,973	24,250	1.2	39	39
Greene County	13,538	13,586	0.4	61	61
Grenada County	21,056	21,055	0	45	45
Hancock County	47,020	47,334	0.7	16	16
Harrison County	204,933	206,650	0.8	2	2
Hinds County	240,033	237,085	-1.2	1	1
Holmes County	17,849	17,622	-1.3	53	53
Humphreys County	8,349	8,257	-1.1	75	77
Issaquena County	1,341	1,308	-2.5	82	82
Itawamba County	23,512	23,517	0	40	40
Jackson County	142,369	143,277	0.6	5	5
Jasper County	16,556	16,428	-0.8	55	55
Jefferson County	7,233	7,106	-1.8	80	79
Jefferson Davis County	11,321	11,234	-0.8	66	66
Jones County	68,312	68,461	0.2	10	10
Kemper County	10,119	10,027	-0.9	69	68
Lafayette County	54,237	54,793	1	14	14
Lamar County	61,426	62,447	1.7	11	11
Lauderdale County	76,330	75,317	-1.3	8	8
Lawrence County	12,631	12,455	-1.4	62	62
Leake County	22,832	22,763	-0.3	42	41
Lee County	85,034	85,202	0.2	7	7
Leflore County	29,324	28,919	-1.4	29	29
Lincoln County	34,320	34,205	-0.3	23	23
Lowndes County	59,189	58,930	-0.4	12	12
Madison County	104,632	105,630	1	6	6
Marion County	25,103	24,715	-1.5	38	38
Marshall County	35,635	35,451	-0.5	22	22
Monroe County	35,852	35,564	-0.8	21	21
Montgomery County	10,175	10,023	-1.5	68	69
Neshoba County	29,393	29,125	-0.9	28	28
Newton County	21,424	21,443	0.1	44	44
Noxubee County	10,732	10,535	-1.8	67	67
Oktibbeha County	49,675	49,599	-0.2	15	15
Panola County	34,141	34,178	0.1	24	24
Pearl River County	55,239	55,387	0.3	13	13
Perry County	12,030	11,931	-0.8	65	65
Pike County	39,602	39,563	-0.1	19	19
Pontotoc County	31,640	31,833	0.6	26	25
Prentiss County	25,241	25,315	0.3	37	37
Quitman County	7,236	7,051	-2.6	79	80
Rankin County	152,919	153,902	0.6	4	4
Scott County	28,429	28,287	-0.5	34	33
Sharkey County	4,423	4,377	-1	81	81
Simpson County	26,942	26,758	-0.7	35	35
Smith County	16,081	16,002	-0.5	56	56
Stone County	18,624	18,717	0.5	50	50
Sunflower County	26,146	25,735	-1.6	36	36
Tallahatchie County	14,145	13,987	-1.1	60	60
Tate County	28,660	28,759	0.3	30	30
Tippah County	21,942	21,995	0.2	43	43
Tishomingo County	19,577	19,454	-0.6	48	47
Tunica County	10,002	9,944	-0.6	71	70
Union County	28,466	28,606	0.5	33	31
Walthall County	14,523	14,465	-0.4	59	58
Warren County	46,752	46,176	-1.2	17	17
Washington County	46,202	45,063	-2.5	18	18
Wayne County	20,416	20,298	-0.6	46	46
Webster County	9,757	9,788	0.3	72	72
Wilkinson County	8,858	8,792	-0.7	74	74
Winston County	18,242	18,165	-0.4	52	52
Yalobusha County	12,474	12,392	-0.7	63	63
Yazoo County	28,478	28,248	-0.8	32	34