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Wilkinson County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 75 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28157

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

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Population
7,582
-940 (-11.0%) since 2020
Land area
678
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
11.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Woodville
Seat of county government.
Established
1802
223 years ago
Largest city
Centreville town
Population 930 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson 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 627 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 Wilkinson 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
Population7,58275th of 822,604th of 3,144
Land area678 sq mi24th of 821,384th of 3,144
Population density11.2 per sq mi79th of 822,521st of 3,144
Median household income$35,31175th of 823,115th of 3,143

Full data for Wilkinson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,582Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,522Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,582Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area678 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area687.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$35,311American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$90,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,185American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,608American 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
-57
60 births, 117 deaths
Net migration
-178
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 6 areas bordering Wilkinson 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
Adams CountyMississippi51 mi30,061
West Feliciana ParishLouisiana27 mi15,134
Amite CountyMississippi25 mi12,487
Concordia ParishLouisiana18 mi17,836
Franklin CountyMississippi6.9 mi7,491
East Feliciana ParishLouisiana6.9 mi18,911

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.