| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 601 / 769 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:48 PM |
| Population: | 12,055 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 28041 |
| Land Area: | 606 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.1891, -88.6673 |
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12,055 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 606 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 11,553 to 12,055 from 2014 to 2024 — a +4.3% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 39451 (Leakesville, $67,576 median) and poorest ZIP 39362 (State Line, $40,417) are 15.4 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $83,400 in 39456 (Mc Lain) to $112,100 in 39451 (Leakesville).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 9 people/sq mi in 39456 (Mc Lain) to 32 in 39451 (Leakesville).
Educational attainment ranges from 4.2% bachelor's+ in 39456 (Mc Lain) to 12.6% in 39461 (Neely) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Mississippi, this is the #61 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #43 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $57,556 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
10.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (923 of 8,822 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.