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Greene County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 59 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28041

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

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Population
13,707
+176 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
712.7
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
19.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Leakesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1811
214 years ago
Largest city
Leakesville town
Population 3,732.

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 Greene 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 Greene 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 666 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 Greene 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
Population13,70759th of 822,179th of 3,144
Land area712.7 sq mi16th of 821,282nd of 3,144
Population density19.2 per sq mi66th of 822,274th of 3,144
Median household income$54,27622nd of 822,518th of 3,143

Full data for Greene County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,707Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,531Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,533Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area712.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area718.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,276American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$92,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,109American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,190American 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
-4
135 births, 139 deaths
Net migration
+22
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 Greene 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
Perry CountyMississippi30 mi11,577
George CountyMississippi24 mi26,331
Wayne CountyMississippi23 mi19,807
Washington CountyAlabama22 mi14,822
Mobile CountyAlabama8.0 mi411,658

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.