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Covington County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 50 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28031

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

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Population
17,898
-401 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
413.8
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
43.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Collins
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Collins city
Population 2,232.

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 Covington 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 Covington 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 683 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 Covington 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
Population17,89850th of 821,941st of 3,144
Land area413.8 sq mi72nd of 822,443rd of 3,144
Population density43.3 per sq mi40th of 821,602nd of 3,144
Median household income$45,05155th of 822,960th of 3,143

Full data for Covington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,299Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,339Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area413.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area414.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?43.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,051American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$105,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,323American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,397American 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
-73
222 births, 295 deaths
Net migration
-70
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 Covington 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
Jefferson Davis CountyMississippi33 mi10,941
Jones CountyMississippi25 mi66,496
Smith CountyMississippi15 mi13,991
Lamar CountyMississippi8.0 mi67,403
Simpson CountyMississippi6.0 mi25,498
Forrest CountyMississippi3.1 mi79,034

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.