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Quitman County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 80 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28119

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

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Population
5,364
-793 (-12.9%) since 2020
Land area
405
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
13.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marks
Seat of county government.
Established
1877
148 years ago
Largest city
Marks city
Population 1,198.

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 Quitman 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 Quitman 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 511 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 Quitman 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
Population5,36480th of 822,791st of 3,144
Land area405 sq mi79th of 822,502nd of 3,144
Population density13.2 per sq mi77th of 822,446th of 3,144
Median household income$32,41280th of 823,132nd of 3,143

Full data for Quitman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,364Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,157Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,176Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area405 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area406.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$32,412American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$69,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,643American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,026American 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
-51
58 births, 109 deaths
Net migration
-110
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 4 areas bordering Quitman 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
Coahoma CountyMississippi27 mi19,849
Panola CountyMississippi26 mi32,691
Tallahatchie CountyMississippi24 mi10,877
Tunica CountyMississippi17 mi8,819

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.