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Coahoma County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 45 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28027

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

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Population
19,849
-1,379 (-6.5%) since 2020
Land area
553.1
square miles. A further 5.1% of the total area is water
Population density
35.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clarksdale
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Clarksdale city
Population 13,643.

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 Coahoma 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 Coahoma 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 704 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 Coahoma 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
Population19,84945th of 821,832nd of 3,144
Land area553.1 sq mi43rd of 821,887th of 3,144
Population density35.9 per sq mi45th of 821,773rd of 3,144
Median household income$37,46173rd of 823,099th of 3,143

Full data for Coahoma County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,849Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,228Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,387Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area553.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area583 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?35.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$37,461American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$90,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,404American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,189American 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
-100
234 births, 334 deaths
Net migration
-89
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 6 areas bordering Coahoma 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
Phillips CountyArkansas76 mi14,255
Quitman CountyMississippi27 mi5,364
Bolivar CountyMississippi26 mi28,262
Sunflower CountyMississippi12 mi22,893
Tunica CountyMississippi12 mi8,819
Tallahatchie CountyMississippi6.0 mi10,877

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.