Mississippi Population Density
Count of all residents of the given entity at the time of the survey excluding visitors population density.
Mississippi population density. For many generations people have been leaving the rural areas of the united states and concentrating in urban areas with only 1 in 5 people in the country classified as rural. Rank county population density. Population density county population.
Jackson ms 140194. Rankin ms 145483. Quickfacts provides statistics for all states and counties and for cities and towns with a population of 5000 or more.
Hinds ms 246364. Macon is currently declining at a rate of 143 annually and its population has decreased by 1275 since the most recent census which recorded a population of 2768 in 2010. In this chart the length of all of the colored bars represent percentages of the highest value of any county in the state.
Macon reached its highest population of 2743 in 2010. Population density calculation population density total population total land area. 68 the states economist characterized the state as losing population as job markets elsewhere have caused 32 per 1000 to migrate recently.
Forrest ms 76159. The population density in mississippi is 638 people per square mile 38th out of 56. Gulfport is a city located in mississippiwith a 2020 population of 72670 it is the 2nd largest city in mississippi after jackson and the 507th largest city in the united states.
Gulfport is currently growing at a rate of 055 annually and its population has increased by 719 since the most recent census which recorded a population of 67793 in 2010. For example dividing the total us population of 281421906 by the total land area of 353743844 gives a density value of 796 people per square mile. Madison ms 98622.
Mississippi has a very widely spread population with a density of just 632 people per square mile which ranks 32nd in the country. Lamar ms 58038. This page reports on the population distribution in mississippi both in terms of raw head counts and in terms of population density per square mile.
Mississippi population density map the united states census bureau estimates that the population of mississippi was 2976149 on july 1 2019 a 030 increase since the 2010 census. Lee ms 84588. Harrison county mississippi 326 3.
Macon is a city located in mississippiwith a 2020 population of 2415 it is the 90th largest city in mississippi and the 6940th largest city in the united states. Harrison ms 193642. Population divided by the total land area of the entity ie excluding.
Desoto ms 166266.