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Calhoun County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 60 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28013

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

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Population
12,643
-580 (-4.4%) since 2020
Land area
586.6
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
21.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pittsboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Bruce town
Population 1,608.

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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 587 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 Calhoun 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
Population12,64360th of 822,242nd of 3,144
Land area586.6 sq mi36th of 821,673rd of 3,144
Population density21.6 per sq mi63rd of 822,188th of 3,144
Median household income$43,12560th of 823,004th of 3,143

Full data for Calhoun County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,643Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,223Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,266Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area586.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area588 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$43,125American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$90,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,611American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,750American 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
-57
148 births, 205 deaths
Net migration
-14
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 6 areas bordering Calhoun 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
Chickasaw CountyMississippi26 mi16,730
Yalobusha CountyMississippi20 mi12,375
Webster CountyMississippi19 mi10,167
Lafayette CountyMississippi15 mi59,597
Pontotoc CountyMississippi12 mi32,096
Grenada CountyMississippi10 mi20,868

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.