| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:47 PM |
| Population: | 17,986 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 28007 |
| Land Area: | 698 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.0596, -89.5112 |
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17,986 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 698 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 19,885 to 17,986 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.5% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 39067 (Ethel, $67,250 median) and poorest ZIP 39090 (Kosciusko, $48,036) are 9.4 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.9× across this county — from $59,400 in 39160 (Sallis) to $112,400 in 39090 (Kosciusko).
Density varies 5× across the county — from 10 people/sq mi in 39067 (Ethel) to 46 in 39090 (Kosciusko).
Educational attainment ranges from 13.5% bachelor's+ in 39108 (Mc Cool) to 20.4% in 39067 (Ethel) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Mississippi, this is the #51 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #28 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $51,278 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
19.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,318 of 11,929 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Attala County lost 9.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: