Warren County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 17 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28149

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

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Population
41,759
-2,789 (-6.3%) since 2020
Land area
588.5
square miles. A further 4.9% of the total area is water
Population density
71.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Vicksburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Vicksburg city
Population 19,830.

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 Warren 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 Warren 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 779 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 Warren 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
Population41,75917th of 821,163rd of 3,144
Land area588.5 sq mi35th of 821,665th of 3,144
Population density71.0 per sq mi19th of 821,169th of 3,144
Median household income$59,40114th of 822,136th of 3,143

Full data for Warren County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population41,759Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202044,548Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,716Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area588.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area30.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area618.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?71.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,401American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,566American 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
-46
499 births, 545 deaths
Net migration
-333
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 Warren 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
Madison ParishLouisiana89 mi8,844
Claiborne CountyMississippi53 mi8,058
Issaquena CountyMississippi47 mi1,263
Hinds CountyMississippi41 mi211,888
Yazoo CountyMississippi17 mi22,947
Tensas ParishLouisiana15 mi3,700
East Carroll ParishLouisiana1.8 mi6,760

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.