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Mississippi County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 20 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05093

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

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Population
37,828
-2,707 (-6.7%) since 2020
Land area
902.1
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
41.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Blytheville
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Blytheville city
Population 12,227.

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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi County, Arkansas 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 700 by 800 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 Mississippi County ranks

Position among the 75 counties of Arkansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArkansasNationally
Population37,82820th of 751,251st of 3,144
Land area902.1 sq mi7th of 75842nd of 3,144
Population density41.9 per sq mi23rd of 751,633rd of 3,144
Median household income$52,54835th of 752,628th of 3,143

Full data for Mississippi County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,828Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202040,535Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?40,681Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area902.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area930 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?41.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,548American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$122,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,452American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,133American 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
-23
493 births, 516 deaths
Net migration
-324
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 9 areas bordering Mississippi 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
Lauderdale CountyTennessee63 mi24,617
Tipton CountyTennessee37 mi62,287
Craighead CountyArkansas20 mi116,957
Dunklin CountyMissouri18 mi26,855
Poinsett CountyArkansas18 mi22,483
Pemiscot CountyMissouri13 mi14,465
Dyer CountyTennessee9.0 mi36,320
Crittenden CountyArkansas8.3 mi46,210
Shelby CountyTennessee0.9 mi910,226

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

All 75 counties of Arkansas

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