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Yalobusha County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 62 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28161

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

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Population
12,375
-69 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
467.2
square miles. A further 5.6% of the total area is water
Population density
26.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Water Valley
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Water Valley city
Population 3,414.

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 Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha 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 747 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 Yalobusha 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
Population12,37562nd of 822,262nd of 3,144
Land area467.2 sq mi55th of 822,204th of 3,144
Population density26.5 per sq mi54th of 822,026th of 3,144
Median household income$49,15143rd of 822,819th of 3,143

Full data for Yalobusha County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,375Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,444Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,485Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area467.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area495 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,151American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$122,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,996American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,504American 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
-61
149 births, 210 deaths
Net migration
-21
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 5 areas bordering Yalobusha 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
Grenada CountyMississippi26 mi20,868
Calhoun CountyMississippi20 mi12,643
Tallahatchie CountyMississippi19 mi10,877
Lafayette CountyMississippi14 mi59,597
Panola CountyMississippi14 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.