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Choctaw County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 74 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28019

Within Mississippi
Choctaw County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Ackerman, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
8,048
-156 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
418.2
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
19.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ackerman
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Ackerman town
Population 1,536.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Choctaw County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Choctaw County, Mississippi from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 600 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Choctaw County ranks

Position among the 82 counties of Mississippi, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MississippiNationally
Population8,04874th of 822,567th of 3,144
Land area418.2 sq mi69th of 822,421st of 3,144
Population density19.2 per sq mi66th of 822,274th of 3,144
Median household income$50,91936th of 822,720th of 3,143

Full data for Choctaw County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,048Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,204Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,242Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area418.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area419.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,919American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$117,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,375American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-45
84 births, 129 deaths
Net migration
+1
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Choctaw County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Webster CountyMississippi26 mi10,167
Winston CountyMississippi25 mi17,473
Montgomery CountyMississippi21 mi9,354
Attala CountyMississippi20 mi17,100
Oktibbeha CountyMississippi17 mi51,896

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 82 counties of Mississippi

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.