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Kemper County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 72 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28069

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

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Population
8,600
-368 (-4.1%) since 2020
Land area
766.2
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
11.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
De Kalb
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
De Kalb town
Population 834.

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 Kemper 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 Kemper 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 613 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 Kemper 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
Population8,60072nd of 822,527th of 3,144
Land area766.2 sq mi8th of 821,134th of 3,144
Population density11.2 per sq mi79th of 822,521st of 3,144
Median household income$46,43150th of 822,917th of 3,143

Full data for Kemper County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,600Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,968Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,990Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area766.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.84 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area767 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,431American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$99,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,223American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,948American 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
-28
78 births, 106 deaths
Net migration
+62
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 Kemper 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
Lauderdale CountyMississippi31 mi70,317
Noxubee CountyMississippi27 mi9,798
Sumter CountyAlabama24 mi11,588
Neshoba CountyMississippi24 mi28,732
Winston CountyMississippi5.9 mi17,473
Newton CountyMississippia single point20,960

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.