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Tate County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 28 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28137

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

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Population
28,725
+600 (+2.1%) since 2020
Land area
404.8
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
71.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Senatobia
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Senatobia city
Population 8,473.

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 Tate 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 Tate 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 417 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 Tate 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
Population28,72528th of 821,487th of 3,144
Land area404.8 sq mi80th of 822,503rd of 3,144
Population density71.0 per sq mi19th of 821,169th of 3,144
Median household income$69,7045th of 821,218th of 3,143

Full data for Tate County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,725Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,125Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,066Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area404.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area411 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?71.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,704American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$209,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,018American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,694American 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
-84
286 births, 370 deaths
Net migration
+181
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 5 areas bordering Tate 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
DeSoto CountyMississippi51 mi197,918
Panola CountyMississippi27 mi32,691
Tunica CountyMississippi22 mi8,819
Marshall CountyMississippi18 mi34,654
Lafayette CountyMississippi3.0 mi59,597

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.