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Madison County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 6 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28089

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

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Population
116,298
+7,061 (+6.5%) since 2020
Land area
714.2
square miles. A further 3.8% of the total area is water
Population density
163
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Canton
Seat of county government.
Established
1828
197 years ago
Largest city
Madison city
Population 28,575.

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 Madison 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 Madison 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 657 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 Madison 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
Population116,2986th of 82555th of 3,144
Land area714.2 sq mi15th of 821,276th of 3,144
Population density163 per sq mi8th of 82658th of 3,144
Median household income$83,4412nd of 82469th of 3,143

Full data for Madison County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population116,298Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020109,237Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?109,123Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area714.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area742 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?163 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,441American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$311,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households43,917American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units47,440American 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
+309
1,312 births, 1,003 deaths
Net migration
+1,066
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 7 areas bordering Madison 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
Yazoo CountyMississippi65 mi22,947
Rankin CountyMississippi37 mi162,181
Hinds CountyMississippi34 mi211,888
Leake CountyMississippi17 mi21,662
Attala CountyMississippi14 mi17,100
Scott CountyMississippi6.0 mi28,073
Holmes CountyMississippia single point15,465

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.