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Attala County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 52 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28007

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

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Population
17,100
-722 (-4.1%) since 2020
Land area
735
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
23.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kosciusko
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Kosciusko city
Population 6,722.

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 Attala 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 Attala 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 619 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 Attala 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
Population17,10052nd of 821,971st of 3,144
Land area735 sq mi11th of 821,204th of 3,144
Population density23.3 per sq mi58th of 822,112th of 3,144
Median household income$51,63932nd of 822,682nd of 3,143

Full data for Attala County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,100Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,822Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,887Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area735 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area736.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,639American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$104,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,627American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,342American 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
-85
222 births, 307 deaths
Net migration
-58
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 Attala 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
Holmes CountyMississippi47 mi15,465
Leake CountyMississippi27 mi21,662
Choctaw CountyMississippi20 mi8,048
Madison CountyMississippi14 mi116,298
Winston CountyMississippi12 mi17,473
Carroll CountyMississippi12 mi9,226
Montgomery CountyMississippi11 mi9,354
Neshoba CountyMississippia single point28,732
Yazoo CountyMississippia single point22,947

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.