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Clay County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 49 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28025

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

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Population
18,238
-382 (-2.1%) since 2020
Land area
410
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
44.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
West Point
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
West Point city
Population 9,743.

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 Clay 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 Clay 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 551 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 Clay 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
Population18,23849th of 821,920th of 3,144
Land area410 sq mi74th of 822,464th of 3,144
Population density44.5 per sq mi35th of 821,578th of 3,144
Median household income$43,12560th of 823,004th of 3,143

Full data for Clay County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,238Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,620Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,633Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area410 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area415.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?44.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$43,125American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$129,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,805American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,052American 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
-9
224 births, 233 deaths
Net migration
+8
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 Clay 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
Lowndes CountyMississippi30 mi57,346
Monroe CountyMississippi25 mi33,318
Oktibbeha CountyMississippi25 mi51,896
Chickasaw CountyMississippi23 mi16,730
Webster CountyMississippi13 mi10,167

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.