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Humphreys County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 78 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28053

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

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Population
7,001
-733 (-9.5%) since 2020
Land area
418.6
square miles. A further 2.9% of the total area is water
Population density
16.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Belzoni
Seat of county government.
Established
1918
107 years ago
Largest city
Belzoni city
Population 1,719.

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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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 678 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 Humphreys 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
Population7,00178th of 822,660th of 3,144
Land area418.6 sq mi68th of 822,420th of 3,144
Population density16.7 per sq mi72nd of 822,343rd of 3,144
Median household income$33,73178th of 823,124th of 3,143

Full data for Humphreys County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,001Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,734Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,788Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area418.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area431.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$33,731American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$87,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,509American 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
-42
95 births, 137 deaths
Net migration
-79
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 Humphreys 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
Holmes CountyMississippi38 mi15,465
Yazoo CountyMississippi23 mi22,947
Leflore CountyMississippi20 mi25,686
Sunflower CountyMississippi19 mi22,893
Washington CountyMississippi18 mi40,446
Sharkey CountyMississippi15 mi3,097

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.