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Lee County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 7 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28081

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

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Population
83,731
+405 (+0.5%) since 2020
Land area
450
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
186
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tupelo
Seat of county government.
Established
1866
159 years ago
Largest city
Tupelo city
Population 38,087.

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 Lee 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 Lee 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 471 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 Lee 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
Population83,7317th of 82704th of 3,144
Land area450 sq mi61st of 822,268th of 3,144
Population density186 per sq mi6th of 82590th of 3,144
Median household income$67,8636th of 821,358th of 3,143

Full data for Lee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,731Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202083,326Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?83,354Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area450 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area453.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?186 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,863American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$199,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households32,591American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,654American 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
+83
1,098 births, 1,015 deaths
Net migration
+312
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 Lee 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
Itawamba CountyMississippi26 mi24,152
Pontotoc CountyMississippi20 mi32,096
Union CountyMississippi15 mi28,459
Prentiss CountyMississippi14 mi25,284
Monroe CountyMississippi11 mi33,318
Chickasaw CountyMississippi6.1 mi16,730

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.