Is Mississippi's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 4,000 between 2024 and 2025. That’s more than the population of the city of Magee. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Mississippi’s 0.14% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Mississippi’s population declined by 1%.
+3.99K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.14%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Mississippi's population increased in 16 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2006 and 2007, when it gained 23,400 residents. The state's largest decline during the 21st century occurred between 2020 and 2021 when it lost 10,800 residents.
Mississippi gained 4,000 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 1901–2025
What contributes to population change in Mississippi?
A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 to 2025 natural population change was negative in Mississippi, with deaths exceeding births by 2,600.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Mississippi’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 7,500 more people coming from another country to Mississippi than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between states: Mississippi’s population change from domestic migration was negative, with about 917 more people leaving for another state than moving in.
Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Mississippi.
Components of population change, 2011–2025
Which counties in Mississippi are growing? Which are shrinking?
Among 82 county equivalents, Harrison County had the largest population growth in Mississippi, welcoming 2,542 new residents. Hinds County lost the most, with a loss of 830 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2025.
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George County led Mississippi in percent population increase between 2024 and 2025 at 1.9 percent. Tunica County ranked last with a 3.2 percent decline.
Between 2024 and 2025, George County gained 1.9% in population, the largest increase in Mississippi.
Population change
How does population change in Mississippi compare to other states?
Between 2015 and 2025, Mississippi’s population has declined by 1%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Mississippi ranks 47th among states in population growth over that decade.
Mississippi ranked 47th in population growth between 2015 and 2025.
Percent change in population
Population change between 2024 and 2025, by county in Mississippi
| County | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | George County, MS | +1.9% |
| 2. | Webster County, MS | +1.2% |
| 3. | Madison County, MS | +1.2% |
| 4. | Harrison County, MS | +1.2% |
| 5. | Perry County, MS | +1.1% |
| 6. | Stone County, MS | +0.99% |
| 7. | Adams County, MS | +0.96% |
| 8. | Rankin County, MS | +0.8% |
| 9. | Hancock County, MS | +0.78% |
| 10. | Lamar County, MS | +0.73% |
Population change between 2015 and 2025, by state
| State | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Idaho | +22% |
| 2. | Utah | +17.9% |
| 3. | Florida | +16.5% |
| 4. | Texas | +15.8% |
| 5. | Nevada | +14.9% |
| 6. | South Carolina | +14.8% |
| 7. | Arizona | +13.7% |
| 8. | North Carolina | +12.4% |
| 9. | Delaware | +12.2% |
| 10. | Washington state | +11.4% |
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