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Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 15 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28105

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

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Population
51,896
+199 (+0.4%) since 2020
Land area
457.6
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
113
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Starkville
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Starkville city
Population 25,754.

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 Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha 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
Population51,89615th of 82984th of 3,144
Land area457.6 sq mi59th of 822,242nd of 3,144
Population density113 per sq mi10th of 82834th of 3,144
Median household income$46,69549th of 822,909th of 3,143

Full data for Oktibbeha County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,896Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202051,697Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?51,779Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area457.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area461.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?113 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,695American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$237,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age25.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,840American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,618American 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
+75
435 births, 360 deaths
Net migration
+68
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 Oktibbeha 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
Clay CountyMississippi25 mi18,238
Choctaw CountyMississippi17 mi8,048
Winston CountyMississippi16 mi17,473
Lowndes CountyMississippi15 mi57,346
Noxubee CountyMississippi8.2 mi9,798
Webster CountyMississippi6.0 mi10,167

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.