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Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 66 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28135

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

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Population
10,877
-1,775 (-14.0%) since 2020
Land area
645.6
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
16.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Charleston
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Charleston city
Population 1,688.

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 Tallahatchie 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 Tallahatchie 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 749 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 Tallahatchie 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
Population10,87766th of 822,353rd of 3,144
Land area645.6 sq mi27th of 821,470th of 3,144
Population density16.8 per sq mi71st of 822,339th of 3,144
Median household income$37,46672nd of 823,098th of 3,143

Full data for Tallahatchie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,877Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,652Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,716Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area645.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area652.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$37,466American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$82,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,306American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,505American 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
-72
106 births, 178 deaths
Net migration
-11
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 7 areas bordering Tallahatchie 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
Leflore CountyMississippi42 mi25,686
Grenada CountyMississippi24 mi20,868
Quitman CountyMississippi24 mi5,364
Yalobusha CountyMississippi19 mi12,375
Panola CountyMississippi13 mi32,691
Sunflower CountyMississippi12 mi22,893
Coahoma CountyMississippi6.0 mi19,849

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.