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Franklin County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 77 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28037

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

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Population
7,491
-170 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
564
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
13.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Meadville
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Bude town
Population 771.

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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 550 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 Franklin 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
Population7,49177th of 822,618th of 3,144
Land area564 sq mi42nd of 821,822nd of 3,144
Population density13.3 per sq mi76th of 822,444th of 3,144
Median household income$52,93928th of 822,604th of 3,143

Full data for Franklin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,491Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,661Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,677Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area564 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area566.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,939American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$101,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,074American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,329American 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
-21
86 births, 107 deaths
Net migration
-17
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 Franklin 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
Amite CountyMississippi30 mi12,487
Jefferson CountyMississippi25 mi6,825
Lincoln CountyMississippi24 mi35,012
Adams CountyMississippi18 mi30,061
Wilkinson CountyMississippi6.9 mi7,582

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.