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Lowndes County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 14 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28087

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

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Population
57,346
-1,437 (-2.4%) since 2020
Land area
506.1
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
113
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Columbus
Seat of county government.
Established
1830
195 years ago
Largest city
Columbus city
Population 22,792.

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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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 635 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 Lowndes 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
Population57,34614th of 82924th of 3,144
Land area506.1 sq mi47th of 822,052nd of 3,144
Population density113 per sq mi10th of 82834th of 3,144
Median household income$53,81223rd of 822,544th of 3,143

Full data for Lowndes County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,346Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202058,783Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?58,887Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area506.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area517.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?113 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,812American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,006American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units27,168American 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
-49
670 births, 719 deaths
Net migration
+179
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 Lowndes 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
Clay CountyMississippi30 mi18,238
Monroe CountyMississippi28 mi33,318
Noxubee CountyMississippi21 mi9,798
Pickens CountyAlabama17 mi18,221
Oktibbeha CountyMississippi15 mi51,896
Lamar CountyAlabama15 mi13,587

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.