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Claiborne County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 73 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28021

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

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Population
8,058
-1,035 (-11.4%) since 2020
Land area
487.4
square miles. A further 2.8% of the total area is water
Population density
16.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Port Gibson
Seat of county government.
Established
1802
223 years ago
Largest city
Port Gibson city
Population 1,155.

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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne 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 800 by 780 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 Claiborne 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
Population8,05873rd of 822,566th of 3,144
Land area487.4 sq mi51st of 822,132nd of 3,144
Population density16.5 per sq mi73rd of 822,351st of 3,144
Median household income$31,89781st of 823,134th of 3,143

Full data for Claiborne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,058Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,093Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,134Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area487.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area501.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$31,897American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$82,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,008American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,959American 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
-35
97 births, 132 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 Claiborne 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
Warren CountyMississippi53 mi41,759
Tensas ParishLouisiana37 mi3,700
Jefferson CountyMississippi35 mi6,825
Copiah CountyMississippi18 mi27,497
Hinds CountyMississippi12 mi211,888

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.