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Amite County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 61 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28005

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

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Population
12,487
-216 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
730.1
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
17.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Liberty
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Gloster town
Population 859.

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 Amite 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 Amite 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 620 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 Amite 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
Population12,48761st of 822,254th of 3,144
Land area730.1 sq mi12th of 821,214th of 3,144
Population density17.1 per sq mi70th of 822,326th of 3,144
Median household income$37,22274th of 823,100th of 3,143

Full data for Amite County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,487Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,703Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,723Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area730.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area731.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?17.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$37,222American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$100,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,850American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,346American 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
-53
130 births, 183 deaths
Net migration
+41
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 Amite 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
Franklin CountyMississippi30 mi7,491
Wilkinson CountyMississippi25 mi7,582
Pike CountyMississippi24 mi38,712
St. Helena ParishLouisiana15 mi10,758
East Feliciana ParishLouisiana14 mi18,911
Lincoln CountyMississippi5.0 mi35,012
Tangipahoa ParishLouisiana1.2 mi141,346

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.