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Leflore County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 34 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28083

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

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Population
25,686
-2,658 (-9.4%) since 2020
Land area
594.1
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
43.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greenwood
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Greenwood city
Population 13,429.

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 Leflore 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 Leflore 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 450 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 Leflore 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
Population25,68634th of 821,600th of 3,144
Land area594.1 sq mi33rd of 821,647th of 3,144
Population density43.2 per sq mi42nd of 821,604th of 3,144
Median household income$35,27776th of 823,116th of 3,143

Full data for Leflore County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,686Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,344Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,498Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area594.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area606.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?43.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$35,277American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$101,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,203American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,619American 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
-52
332 births, 384 deaths
Net migration
-420
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 Leflore 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
Tallahatchie CountyMississippi42 mi10,877
Carroll CountyMississippi34 mi9,226
Sunflower CountyMississippi33 mi22,893
Holmes CountyMississippi20 mi15,465
Humphreys CountyMississippi20 mi7,001
Grenada CountyMississippi3.6 mi20,868

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.