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Clarke County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 56 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28023

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

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Population
15,102
-443 (-2.8%) since 2020
Land area
691.6
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
21.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Quitman
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Quitman city
Population 1,925.

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 Clarke 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 Clarke 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 785 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 Clarke 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
Population15,10256th of 822,091st of 3,144
Land area691.6 sq mi22nd of 821,354th of 3,144
Population density21.8 per sq mi62nd of 822,183rd of 3,144
Median household income$46,10851st of 822,928th of 3,143

Full data for Clarke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,102Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,545Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,610Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area691.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area693.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,108American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,945American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,645American 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
-38
175 births, 213 deaths
Net migration
-70
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 5 areas bordering Clarke 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
Lauderdale CountyMississippi28 mi70,317
Jasper CountyMississippi27 mi15,785
Wayne CountyMississippi26 mi19,807
Choctaw CountyAlabama23 mi11,904
Newton CountyMississippia single point20,960

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.