County Maps US

Walthall County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 58 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28147

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

Download SVGFull Mississippi map downloads

Population
13,928
+59 (+0.4%) since 2020
Land area
403.9
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
34.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tylertown
Seat of county government.
Established
1910
115 years ago
Largest city
Tylertown town
Population 1,486.

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 Walthall 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 Walthall 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 773 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 Walthall 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
Population13,92858th of 822,170th of 3,144
Land area403.9 sq mi81st of 822,504th of 3,144
Population density34.5 per sq mi47th of 821,804th of 3,144
Median household income$48,90545th of 822,833rd of 3,143

Full data for Walthall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,928Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,869Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,883Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area403.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.48 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area404.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,905American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$126,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,290American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,917American 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
-50
156 births, 206 deaths
Net migration
+133
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 Walthall 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
Marion CountyMississippi35 mi24,001
Washington ParishLouisiana25 mi44,937
Pike CountyMississippi24 mi38,712
Lawrence CountyMississippi14 mi11,819
Lincoln CountyMississippi1.0 mi35,012

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 82 counties of Mississippi

Open the interactive Mississippi county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.