Mississippi: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Mississippi's 276 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,687,908 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Jackson is the largest place we record in Mississippi, with 153,701 residents. The three largest together hold 18% of the 1,687,908 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 276 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Jackson 153,701 2 Gulfport 71,856 3 West Gulfport 71,329 4 Southaven 52,589 5 Hattiesburg 46,805 6 Biloxi 45,637 7 Meridian 39,661 8 Olive Branch 36,010 9 Tupelo 35,680 10 Greenville 32,156 11 Horn Lake 26,915 12 Pearl 26,462 13 Madison 25,799 14 Starkville 25,366 15 Clinton 25,254 16 Ridgeland 24,351 17 Brandon 23,529 18 Columbus 23,168 19 Vicksburg 23,131 20 Oxford 22,314 21 Pascagoula 22,126 22 Laurel 18,837 23 Gautier 18,570 24 Ocean Springs 17,636 25 Clarksdale 16,847 26 Long Beach 15,555 27 Hernando 15,503 28 Greenwood 15,431 29 Natchez 15,128 30 Corinth 14,866 31 Canton 13,676 32 Moss Point 13,654 33 Carriere 13,198 34 Grenada 12,900 35 McComb 12,661 36 Brookhaven 12,414 37 Cleveland 12,327 38 Byram 11,509 39 D'Iberville 11,400 40 Yazoo City 11,245 41 West Point 10,990 42 Petal 10,701 43 Picayune 10,675 44 Indianola 9,943 45 Bay Saint Louis 9,260 46 New Albany 8,830 47 Booneville 8,816 48 Flowood 8,705 49 Diamondhead 8,132 50 Senatobia 7,963 51 Holly Springs 7,901 52 Saint Martin 7,730 53 Holly Springs 7,610 54 Philadelphia 7,391 55 Batesville 7,385 56 Kosciusko 7,187 57 Gulf Hills 7,144 58 Richland 7,087 59 Amory 7,067 60 Waveland 6,391 61 Louisville 6,314 62 Columbia 6,229 63 Latimer 6,079 64 Pontotoc 5,944 65 West Hattiesburg 5,909 66 Vancleave 5,886 67 Gulf Park Estates 5,719 68 Forest 5,695 69 Pass Christian 5,498 70 Aberdeen 5,397 71 Ripley 5,357 72 Saltillo 5,004 73 Waynesboro 4,975 74 Crystal Springs 4,939 75 Carthage 4,899 76 Ellisville 4,573 77 Wiggins 4,550 78 Winona 4,439 79 Magee 4,368 80 Florence 4,363 81 Leland 4,188 82 Fulton 4,077 83 Hazlehurst 3,924 84 Escatawpa 3,722 85 Pearl River 3,601 86 Houston 3,544 87 Tutwiler 3,496 88 Morton 3,439 89 Beechwood 3,426 90 Lynchburg 3,416 91 Water Valley 3,380 92 Newton 3,356 93 Baldwyn 3,339 94 New Hope 3,193 95 Hickory Hills 3,107 96 Nicholson 3,092 97 Verona 3,054 98 Lucedale 3,011 99 Iuka 3,001 100 Poplarville 2,985 101 Ruleville 2,790 102 Okolona 2,638 103 Macon 2,616 104 Guntown 2,608 105 Collins 2,570 106 Hollandale 2,545 107 Mendenhall 2,488 108 Durant 2,486 109 Lynchburg 2,437 110 Magnolia 2,371 111 Purvis 2,335 112 Moorhead 2,261 113 Kiln 2,238 114 Raymond 2,225 115 Lumberton 2,223 116 Quitman 2,209 117 Farmington 2,194 118 Shelby 2,123 119 Eupora 2,106 120 Belzoni 2,069 121 Charleston 2,048 122 Belmont 2,039 123 Rolling Fork 2,038 124 Tchula 2,006 125 Union 1,987 126 Itta Bena 1,955 127 Nettleton 1,953 128 Collinsville 1,948 129 Belmont 1,941 130 Tunica Resorts 1,910 131 Wesson 1,908 132 Bruce 1,906 133 Flora 1,886 134 Hide-A-Way Lake 1,859 135 Shaw 1,841 136 Decatur 1,797 137 Drew 1,775 138 Shannon 1,771 139 Rosedale 1,756 140 Calhoun City 1,739 141 Bay Springs 1,738 142 Arnold Line 1,719 143 Sumrall 1,711 144 Summit 1,682 145 Sardis 1,661 146 Glendale 1,657 147 Walnut Grove 1,619 148 Lexington 1,609 149 Coldwater 1,608 150 Coldwater 1,603 151 Marks 1,581 152 Fayette 1,577 153 Marion 1,574 154 Centreville 1,560 155 Hurley 1,551 156 Cleary 1,544 157 Monticello 1,541 158 Tylertown 1,515 159 Lambert 1,490 160 Ackerman 1,482 161 Mound Bayou 1,473 162 Port Gibson 1,436 163 Raleigh 1,427 164 Nellieburg 1,414 165 Morgantown 1,412 166 Sharon 1,406 167 Columbus Air Force Base 1,373 168 Pelahatchie 1,356 169 Conehatta 1,342 170 Saucier 1,342 171 Pearlington 1,332 172 Goodman 1,330 173 Taylorsville 1,302 174 Vardaman 1,297 175 Lyman 1,277 176 Walls 1,268 177 Byhalia 1,255 178 Rawls Springs 1,254 179 Como 1,245 180 Jonestown 1,214 181 Duck Hill 1,210 182 Mikoma 1,209 183 Helena 1,184 184 Brooksville 1,173 185 Plantersville 1,163 186 De Lisle 1,147 187 Mantachie 1,138 188 Hillsboro 1,130 189 Friars Point 1,120 190 Terry 1,103 191 Meridian Station 1,090 192 Pickens 1,075 193 Sunflower 1,075 194 Wade 1,074 195 Richton 1,066 196 De Kalb 1,057 197 Kearney Park 1,054 198 North Tunica 1,035 199 Stonewall 1,031 200 Edwards 1,019
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