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Holmes County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 55 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28051

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

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Population
15,465
-1,421 (-8.4%) since 2020
Land area
756.7
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
20.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lexington
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Durant city
Population 1,958.

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 Holmes 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 Holmes 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 704 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 Holmes 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
Population15,46555th of 822,066th of 3,144
Land area756.7 sq mi10th of 821,164th of 3,144
Population density20.4 per sq mi64th of 822,230th of 3,144
Median household income$32,53879th of 823,130th of 3,143

Full data for Holmes County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,465Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,886Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,006Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area756.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area764.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$32,538American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$80,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,157American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,595American 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
-30
213 births, 243 deaths
Net migration
-142
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 Holmes 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
Attala CountyMississippi47 mi17,100
Humphreys CountyMississippi38 mi7,001
Yazoo CountyMississippi26 mi22,947
Carroll CountyMississippi26 mi9,226
Leflore CountyMississippi20 mi25,686
Madison CountyMississippia single point116,298

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.