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Lafayette County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 12 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28071

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

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Population
59,597
+3,685 (+6.6%) since 2020
Land area
631.7
square miles. A further 7.0% of the total area is water
Population density
94.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Oxford
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Oxford city
Population 26,773.

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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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
Population59,59712th of 82897th of 3,144
Land area631.7 sq mi29th of 821,517th of 3,144
Population density94.3 per sq mi16th of 82960th of 3,144
Median household income$67,1858th of 821,416th of 3,143

Full data for Lafayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population59,597Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202055,912Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?55,814Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area631.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area47.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area679.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?94.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,185American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$315,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age30.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,044American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,714American 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
+112
548 births, 436 deaths
Net migration
-586
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 Lafayette 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
Marshall CountyMississippi39 mi34,654
Panola CountyMississippi25 mi32,691
Calhoun CountyMississippi15 mi12,643
Pontotoc CountyMississippi15 mi32,096
Yalobusha CountyMississippi14 mi12,375
Union CountyMississippi8.0 mi28,459
Tate CountyMississippi3.0 mi28,725

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.