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Pontotoc County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 25 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28115

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

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Population
32,096
+901 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
497.8
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
64.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pontotoc
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Pontotoc city
Population 6,156.

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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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 713 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 Pontotoc 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
Population32,09625th of 821,394th of 3,144
Land area497.8 sq mi49th of 822,093rd of 3,144
Population density64.5 per sq mi23rd of 821,250th of 3,144
Median household income$51,48433rd of 822,691st of 3,143

Full data for Pontotoc County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population32,096Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202031,195Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?31,189Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area497.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area501 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?64.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,484American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,819American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,221American 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
+1
408 births, 407 deaths
Net migration
+102
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 5 areas bordering Pontotoc 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
Union CountyMississippi25 mi28,459
Lee CountyMississippi20 mi83,731
Chickasaw CountyMississippi18 mi16,730
Lafayette CountyMississippi15 mi59,597
Calhoun CountyMississippi12 mi12,643

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.