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Hinds County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 2 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28049

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

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Population
211,888
-14,890 (-6.6%) since 2020
Land area
869.8
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
244
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jackson
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Jackson city
Population 140,700 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Hinds 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 Hinds 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 756 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 Hinds 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
Population211,8882nd of 82339th of 3,144
Land area869.8 sq mi3rd of 82940th of 3,144
Population density244 per sq mi3rd of 82508th of 3,144
Median household income$49,40242nd of 822,803rd of 3,143

Full data for Hinds County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population211,888Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020226,778Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?227,748Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area869.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area877.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?244 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,402American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households89,578American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units106,340American 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
+151
2,556 births, 2,405 deaths
Net migration
-986
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 7 areas bordering Hinds 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
Rankin CountyMississippi54 mi162,181
Warren CountyMississippi41 mi41,759
Madison CountyMississippi34 mi116,298
Copiah CountyMississippi29 mi27,497
Yazoo CountyMississippi14 mi22,947
Claiborne CountyMississippi12 mi8,058
Simpson CountyMississippia single point25,498

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.