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Winston County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 51 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28159

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

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Population
17,473
-216 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
607.3
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
28.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Louisville
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Louisville city
Population 5,921.

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 Winston 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 Winston 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 704 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 Winston 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
Population17,47351st of 821,958th of 3,144
Land area607.3 sq mi32nd of 821,601st of 3,144
Population density28.8 per sq mi51st of 821,960th of 3,144
Median household income$53,03127th of 822,597th of 3,143

Full data for Winston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,473Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,689Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area607.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area610.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,031American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$124,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,141American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,231American 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
-32
201 births, 233 deaths
Net migration
+47
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 7 areas bordering Winston 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
Choctaw CountyMississippi25 mi8,048
Neshoba CountyMississippi25 mi28,732
Noxubee CountyMississippi25 mi9,798
Oktibbeha CountyMississippi16 mi51,896
Attala CountyMississippi12 mi17,100
Kemper CountyMississippi5.9 mi8,600
Leake CountyMississippia single point21,662

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.