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Stone County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 47 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28131

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

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Population
19,654
+1,321 (+7.2%) since 2020
Land area
445.5
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
44.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wiggins
Seat of county government.
Established
1916
109 years ago
Largest city
Wiggins city
Population 4,316.

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 Stone 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 Stone 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 565 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 Stone 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
Population19,65447th of 821,847th of 3,144
Land area445.5 sq mi62nd of 822,284th of 3,144
Population density44.1 per sq mi37th of 821,583rd of 3,144
Median household income$61,41310th of 821,942nd of 3,143

Full data for Stone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,654Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,333Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,336Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area445.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area448.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?44.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,413American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$161,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,705American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,670American 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
-73
181 births, 254 deaths
Net migration
+266
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 Stone 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
Harrison CountyMississippi29 mi217,136
Pearl River CountyMississippi18 mi59,363
Perry CountyMississippi15 mi11,577
George CountyMississippi12 mi26,331
Forrest CountyMississippi12 mi79,034
Jackson CountyMississippi4.0 mi147,666
Hancock CountyMississippia single point46,873

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.