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Adams County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 26 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28001

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

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Population
30,061
+635 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
462.3
square miles. A further 5.2% of the total area is water
Population density
65.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Natchez
Seat of county government.
Established
1799
226 years ago
Largest city
Natchez city
Population 14,880.

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 Adams 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 Adams 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 632 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 Adams 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
Population30,06126th of 821,445th of 3,144
Land area462.3 sq mi57th of 822,222nd of 3,144
Population density65.0 per sq mi22nd of 821,243rd of 3,144
Median household income$43,64457th of 822,997th of 3,143

Full data for Adams County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,061Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202029,426Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?29,542Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area462.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area25.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area487.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?65.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$43,644American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$108,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,928American 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
-174
259 births, 433 deaths
Net migration
+459
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 5 areas bordering Adams 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
Concordia ParishLouisiana85 mi17,836
Wilkinson CountyMississippi51 mi7,582
Jefferson CountyMississippi22 mi6,825
Franklin CountyMississippi18 mi7,491
Tensas ParishLouisiana4.2 mi3,700

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.