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Prentiss County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 36 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28117

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

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Population
25,284
+316 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
415
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
60.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Booneville
Seat of county government.
Established
1870
155 years ago
Largest city
Booneville city
Population 9,257.

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 Prentiss 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 Prentiss 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 711 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 Prentiss 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
Population25,28436th of 821,616th of 3,144
Land area415 sq mi71st of 822,437th of 3,144
Population density60.9 per sq mi24th of 821,296th of 3,144
Median household income$49,72440th of 822,785th of 3,143

Full data for Prentiss County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,284Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,968Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,004Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area415 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area418.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?60.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,724American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$122,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,595American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,050American 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
-93
267 births, 360 deaths
Net migration
+73
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 Prentiss 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
Tishomingo CountyMississippi22 mi18,639
Alcorn CountyMississippi20 mi34,569
Lee CountyMississippi14 mi83,731
Itawamba CountyMississippi12 mi24,152
Tippah CountyMississippi12 mi21,389
Union CountyMississippi6.0 mi28,459

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.