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Jasper County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 54 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28061

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

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Population
15,785
-565 (-3.5%) since 2020
Land area
676.3
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
23.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bay Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Bay Springs city
Population 1,472.

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 Jasper 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 Jasper 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 677 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 Jasper 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
Population15,78554th of 822,055th of 3,144
Land area676.3 sq mi25th of 821,388th of 3,144
Population density23.3 per sq mi58th of 822,112th of 3,144
Median household income$48,66048th of 822,848th of 3,143

Full data for Jasper County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,785Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,350Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,366Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area676.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area677.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,660American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$107,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,647American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,133American 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
-28
195 births, 223 deaths
Net migration
-56
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 7 areas bordering Jasper 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
Smith CountyMississippi29 mi13,991
Clarke CountyMississippi27 mi15,102
Newton CountyMississippi24 mi20,960
Jones CountyMississippi22 mi66,496
Wayne CountyMississippi1.9 mi19,807
Lauderdale CountyMississippia single point70,317
Scott CountyMississippia single point28,073

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.