100 Biggest Cities In Mississippi For 2023

Using the latest Census data, we detail the 100 biggest cities in Mississippi. You can all see a comprehensive list of all 202 cities and places in Mississippi.

We all love the biggest cities that the Magnolia State has to offer. You know the places like Jackson and Gulfport which make all the headlines.

But there are a bunch of other great large cities in Mississippi that don't get as much love.

We're going to change that right now.

Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in Mississippi with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Table

You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in Mississippi, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.

Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in Mississippi, check out:

The 10 Biggest Cities In Mississippi

Jackson, MS
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Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 156,803
Population 2010: 175,489
Growth: -10.6%
More on Jackson: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Gulfport, MS
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Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 72,468
Population 2010: 66,286
Growth: 9.3%
More on Gulfport: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Southaven, MS
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7
/10

Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 54,141
Population 2010: 46,743
Growth: 15.8%
More on Southaven: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Biloxi, MS
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6
/10

Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 49,061
Population 2010: 43,921
Growth: 11.7%
More on Biloxi: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Hattiesburg, MS
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3
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Rank Last Year: 5 (No Change)
Population: 47,074
Population 2010: 45,713
Growth: 3.0%
More on Hattiesburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Olive Branch, MS
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Overall SnackAbility
8
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Rank Last Year: 6 (No Change)
Population: 39,136
Population 2010: 31,910
Growth: 22.6%
More on Olive Branch: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Tupelo, MS
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7
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Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 37,872
Population 2010: 34,363
Growth: 10.2%
More on Tupelo: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Meridian, MS
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Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 35,625
Population 2010: 40,927
Growth: -13.0%
More on Meridian: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Greenville, MS
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Overall SnackAbility
5
/10

Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 30,175
Population 2010: 35,141
Growth: -14.1%
More on Greenville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Clinton, MS
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7
/10

Rank Last Year: 15 (Up 5)
Population: 27,830
Population 2010: 25,142
Growth: 10.7%
More on Clinton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How We Determined The Largest Cities In Mississippi

We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Magnolia State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the American Community Survey.

It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in Mississippi from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Jackson.

The smallest? Saucier, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.

Now on to numbers 11-100 Biggest in Mississippi

We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in Mississippi.

Have fun snacking around in the Magnolia State!

For more reading on Mississippi, check out:

Detailed List Of The Biggest Cities In Mississippi

Rank City Current Population 2010 Growth
1 Jackson 156,803 175,489 -10.6%
2 Gulfport 72,468 66,286 9.3%
3 Southaven 54,141 46,743 15.8%
4 Biloxi 49,061 43,921 11.7%
5 Hattiesburg 47,074 45,713 3.0%
6 Olive Branch 39,136 31,910 22.6%
7 Tupelo 37,872 34,363 10.2%
8 Meridian 35,625 40,927 -13.0%
9 Greenville 30,175 35,141 -14.1%
10 Clinton 27,830 25,142 10.7%
11 Madison 27,459 23,294 17.9%
12 Pearl 27,017 25,058 7.8%
13 Horn Lake 26,623 25,495 4.4%
14 Oxford 25,859 17,990 43.7%
15 Brandon 24,887 21,072 18.1%
16 Starkville 24,578 23,436 4.9%
17 Ridgeland 24,330 23,499 3.5%
18 Columbus 23,858 23,768 0.4%
19 Pascagoula 22,001 22,947 -4.1%
20 Vicksburg 21,748 24,189 -10.1%
21 Gautier 18,932 18,088 4.7%
22 Ocean Springs 18,275 17,258 5.9%
23 Laurel 17,375 18,506 -6.1%
24 Hernando 16,730 13,253 26.2%
25 Long Beach 16,654 14,769 12.8%
26 Clarksdale 15,124 18,276 -17.2%
27 Corinth 14,545 14,550 0.0%
28 Greenwood 14,521 15,870 -8.5%
29 Natchez 14,435 16,279 -11.3%
30 D'iberville 12,736 8,905 43.0%
31 Grenada 12,675 13,415 -5.5%
32 Byram 12,591 10,511 19.8%
33 Mccomb 12,400 12,932 -4.1%
34 Moss Point 12,282 13,963 -12.0%
35 Brookhaven 11,855 12,618 -6.0%
36 Picayune 11,777 11,087 6.2%
37 Petal 11,342 10,301 10.1%
38 Cleveland 11,285 12,536 -10.0%
39 Canton 10,955 13,077 -16.2%
40 Yazoo City 10,887 11,645 -6.5%
41 West Point 10,148 11,467 -11.5%
42 Flowood 10,019 7,586 32.1%
43 Indianola 9,679 10,884 -11.1%
44 Bay St. Louis 9,568 9,349 2.3%
45 Diamondhead 9,417 0 nan%
46 Gulf Hills 8,825 7,883 11.9%
47 Booneville 8,702 8,755 -0.6%
48 Senatobia 8,075 7,958 1.5%
49 St. Martin 7,984 6,675 19.6%
50 New Albany 7,657 7,999 -4.3%
51 Batesville 7,404 7,486 -1.1%
52 Kosciusko 7,128 7,355 -3.1%
53 Richland 7,126 6,835 4.3%
54 Philadelphia 7,107 7,482 -5.0%
55 Waveland 7,063 6,490 8.8%
56 Holly Springs 6,743 7,827 -13.8%
57 Amory 6,665 7,390 -9.8%
58 West Hattiesburg 6,447 6,516 -1.1%
59 Gulf Park Estates 6,284 5,547 13.3%
60 Louisville 6,108 6,701 -8.8%
61 Latimer 6,066 6,177 -1.8%
62 Columbia 5,998 6,573 -8.7%
63 Pass Christian 5,655 4,809 17.6%
64 Carthage 5,622 5,068 10.9%
65 Pontotoc 5,621 5,617 0.1%
66 Leakesville 5,598 975 474.2%
67 Forest 5,464 5,711 -4.3%
68 Ripley 5,412 5,409 0.1%
69 Aberdeen 4,976 5,774 -13.8%
70 Vancleave 4,940 5,385 -8.3%
71 Saltillo 4,915 4,486 9.6%
72 Crystal Springs 4,851 5,174 -6.2%
73 Waynesboro 4,599 5,208 -11.7%
74 Ellisville 4,544 4,444 2.3%
75 Florence 4,531 0 nan%
76 Winona 4,512 5,105 -11.6%
77 Wiggins 4,282 4,281 0.0%
78 Leland 4,052 4,591 -11.7%
79 Fulton 4,036 3,969 1.7%
80 Magee 3,984 4,384 -9.1%
81 Pearl River 3,884 4,303 -9.7%
82 Beechwood 3,814 3,157 20.8%
83 Houston 3,763 3,678 2.3%
84 Morton 3,688 3,452 6.8%
85 Hazlehurst 3,662 4,045 -9.5%
86 University 3,541 4,363 -18.8%
87 New Hope 3,478 3,002 15.9%
88 Water Valley 3,343 3,485 -4.1%
89 Magnolia 3,309 2,607 26.9%
90 Baldwyn 3,254 3,483 -6.6%
91 Newton 3,217 3,447 -6.7%
92 Summit 3,120 1,631 91.3%
93 Iuka 3,084 3,043 1.3%
94 Mississippi State 3,005 3,500 -14.1%
95 Tutwiler 2,994 3,161 -5.3%
96 Escatawpa 2,954 3,693 -20.0%
97 Lucedale 2,910 2,934 -0.8%
98 Mendenhall 2,846 2,532 12.4%
99 Poplarville 2,837 3,016 -5.9%
100 Verona 2,818 3,050 -7.6%
101 Union 2,750 2,241 22.7%
102 Bridgetown 2,705 1,859 45.5%
103 Ruleville 2,669 3,058 -12.7%
104 Eupora 2,628 2,529 3.9%
105 Charleston 2,618 2,065 26.8%
106 Macon 2,590 2,867 -9.7%
107 Okolona 2,590 2,748 -5.7%
108 Gu 2,585 1,925 34.3%
109 Belmont 2,537 2,092 21.3%
110 Durant 2,470 2,708 -8.8%
111 Collins 2,430 2,602 -6.6%
112 Farmington 2,351 2,573 -8.6%
113 Drew 2,335 1,918 21.7%
114 Rolling Fork 2,311 2,173 6.4%
115 Kiln 2,277 1,822 25.0%
116 Flora 2,265 1,550 46.1%
117 Hollandale 2,240 2,800 -20.0%
118 Wesson 2,224 2,068 7.5%
119 Tchula 2,207 2,214 -0.3%
120 Belzoni 2,188 2,132 2.6%
121 Sardis 2,150 1,485 44.8%
122 Tyle 2,107 2,083 1.2%
123 Centreville 2,087 1,559 33.9%
124 Nettleton 2,061 2,315 -11.0%
125 Sumrall 2,043 1,209 69.0%
126 Nicholson 2,014 3,306 -39.1%
127 Lynchburg 1,987 2,095 -5.2%
128 Purvis 1,982 1,816 9.1%
129 Marion 1,966 1,336 47.2%
130 Mooreville 1,961 0 nan%
131 Taylorsville 1,917 1,343 42.7%
132 Rosedale 1,915 2,204 -13.1%
133 Mantachie 1,910 1,116 71.1%
134 Tunica Resorts 1,901 1,472 29.1%
135 Raymond 1,882 2,420 -22.2%
136 Hide-A-Way Lake 1,878 1,554 20.8%
137 Sharon 1,870 1,498 24.8%
138 Shaw 1,862 1,932 -3.6%
139 Shannon 1,854 1,831 1.3%
140 Calhoun City 1,834 1,708 7.4%
141 Lyman 1,824 1,804 1.1%
142 Decatur 1,808 2,130 -15.1%
143 Mound Bayou 1,792 1,573 13.9%
144 Bay Springs 1,773 2,436 -27.2%
145 Ackerman 1,766 1,792 -1.5%
146 Cleary 1,765 1,381 27.8%
147 Columbus Afb 1,737 1,645 5.6%
148 Quitman 1,734 2,188 -20.7%
149 Pelahatchie 1,733 1,577 9.9%
150 Collinsville 1,717 1,720 -0.2%
151 Delisle 1,712 1,110 54.2%
152 Glendale 1,704 1,540 10.6%
153 Moorhead 1,700 2,204 -22.9%
154 Terry 1,686 798 111.3%
155 Byhalia 1,636 1,313 24.6%
156 Bruce 1,633 1,658 -1.5%
157 Shelby 1,616 2,207 -26.8%
158 Itta Bena 1,614 2,410 -33.0%
159 Fayette 1,603 1,500 6.9%
160 Como 1,583 1,309 20.9%
161 Marks 1,539 2,325 -33.8%
162 Rawls Springs 1,522 1,355 12.3%
163 Lumberton 1,522 1,938 -21.5%
164 Coldwater 1,487 1,735 -14.3%
165 Blue Mountain 1,475 854 72.7%
166 Arnold Line 1,439 1,578 -8.8%
167 Walls 1,431 584 145.0%
168 Wade 1,426 770 85.2%
169 Monticello 1,411 1,837 -23.2%
170 Mount Olive 1,408 1,176 19.7%
171 Goodman 1,406 1,254 12.1%
172 Kearney Park 1,390 1,438 -3.3%
173 Hurley 1,386 1,668 -16.9%
174 Ecru 1,339 994 34.7%
175 Caledonia 1,323 1,104 19.8%
176 Lexington 1,301 1,795 -27.5%
177 Pickens 1,281 1,311 -2.3%
178 Brooksville 1,279 713 79.4%
179 Robinhood 1,269 1,431 -11.3%
180 Nellieburg 1,259 1,984 -36.5%
181 Port Gibson 1,254 2,185 -42.6%
182 Richton 1,210 977 23.8%
183 Tunica 1,202 1,229 -2.2%
184 Renova 1,181 804 46.9%
185 Gloster 1,158 1,388 -16.6%
186 Sunflower 1,151 1,383 -16.8%
187 Crenshaw 1,145 1,093 4.8%
188 Morgantown 1,123 1,755 -36.0%
189 Conehatta 1,116 1,274 -12.4%
190 Friars Point 1,097 1,107 -0.9%
191 Lambert 1,080 1,615 -33.1%
192 Woodville 1,079 1,129 -4.4%
193 Edwards 1,060 1,371 -22.7%
194 North Tunica 1,035 630 64.3%
195 Vardaman 1,032 1,459 -29.3%
196 White Oak 1,024 952 7.6%
197 Bude 1,021 1,023 -0.2%
198 Stonewall 1,013 1,076 -5.9%
199 Derma 1,009 1,032 -2.2%
200 Maben 1,005 744 35.1%
201 Vaiden 1,003 1,176 -14.7%
202 Saucier 1,000 660 51.5%

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