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Jones County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 11 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28067

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

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Population
66,496
-671 (-1.0%) since 2020
Land area
694.8
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
95.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ellisville
Seat of county government.
Established
1826
199 years ago
Largest city
Laurel city
Population 17,662.

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 Jones 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 Jones 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 799 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 Jones 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
Population66,49611th of 82828th of 3,144
Land area694.8 sq mi21st of 821,344th of 3,144
Population density95.7 per sq mi14th of 82946th of 3,144
Median household income$52,21630th of 822,648th of 3,143

Full data for Jones County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population66,496Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202067,167Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?67,249Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area694.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area699.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?95.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,216American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$143,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,957American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,826American 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
+13
881 births, 868 deaths
Net migration
+378
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 6 areas bordering Jones 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
Wayne CountyMississippi27 mi19,807
Covington CountyMississippi25 mi17,898
Jasper CountyMississippi22 mi15,785
Forrest CountyMississippi15 mi79,034
Perry CountyMississippi12 mi11,577
Smith CountyMississippi5.0 mi13,991

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.