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Itawamba County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 37 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28057

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

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Population
24,152
+297 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
532.8
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
45.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fulton
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Fulton city
Population 4,640.

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 Itawamba 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 Itawamba 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 691 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 Itawamba 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
Population24,15237th of 821,646th of 3,144
Land area532.8 sq mi45th of 821,957th of 3,144
Population density45.3 per sq mi34th of 821,567th of 3,144
Median household income$55,54620th of 822,432nd of 3,143

Full data for Itawamba County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,152Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,855Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,857Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area532.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area540.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?45.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,546American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$142,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,619American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,539American 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
-66
257 births, 323 deaths
Net migration
+25
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 6 areas bordering Itawamba 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
Lee CountyMississippi26 mi83,731
Monroe CountyMississippi19 mi33,318
Marion CountyAlabama16 mi29,097
Prentiss CountyMississippi12 mi25,284
Tishomingo CountyMississippi9.9 mi18,639
Franklin CountyAlabama9.8 mi32,449

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.