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Tunica County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 71 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28143

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

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Population
8,819
-913 (-9.4%) since 2020
Land area
454.1
square miles. A further 4.6% of the total area is water
Population density
19.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tunica
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Tunica town
Population 819.

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 Tunica 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 Tunica 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 579 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 Tunica 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
Population8,81971st of 822,508th of 3,144
Land area454.1 sq mi60th of 822,254th of 3,144
Population density19.4 per sq mi65th of 822,266th of 3,144
Median household income$39,36467th of 823,079th of 3,143

Full data for Tunica County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,819Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,732Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,785Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area454.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area476.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$39,364American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,812American 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
-2
104 births, 106 deaths
Net migration
-287
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 8 areas bordering Tunica 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
Lee CountyArkansas64 mi8,029
Tate CountyMississippi22 mi28,725
Quitman CountyMississippi17 mi5,364
DeSoto CountyMississippi15 mi197,918
Coahoma CountyMississippi12 mi19,849
Phillips CountyArkansas9.8 mi14,255
Crittenden CountyArkansas7.8 mi46,210
Panola CountyMississippi3.0 mi32,691

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.