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Neshoba County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 27 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28099

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

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Population
28,732
-250 (-0.9%) since 2020
Land area
570.1
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
50.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Philadelphia
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Philadelphia city
Population 6,858.

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 Neshoba 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 Neshoba 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 770 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 Neshoba 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
Population28,73227th of 821,486th of 3,144
Land area570.1 sq mi41st of 821,777th of 3,144
Population density50.4 per sq mi28th of 821,470th of 3,144
Median household income$57,01318th of 822,330th of 3,143

Full data for Neshoba County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,732Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,982Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?29,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area570.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area571.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,013American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$100,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,283American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,116American 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
-32
404 births, 436 deaths
Net migration
-53
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 Neshoba 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
Winston CountyMississippi25 mi17,473
Leake CountyMississippi25 mi21,662
Kemper CountyMississippi24 mi8,600
Newton CountyMississippi24 mi20,960
Attala CountyMississippia single point17,100
Lauderdale CountyMississippia single point70,317

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.