| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 601 / 662 / 769 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:49 PM |
| Population: | 8,031 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 28069 |
| Land Area: | 698 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 32.7909, -88.6306 |
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8,031 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 698 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,490 to 8,031 from 2014 to 2024 — a -5.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 39352 (Porterville, $68,801 median) and poorest ZIP 39328 (De Kalb, $42,930) are 15.9 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $95,400 in 39328 (De Kalb) to $107,300 in 39354 (Preston).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 39352 (Porterville) to 15 in 39354 (Preston).
Educational attainment ranges from 13.1% bachelor's+ in 39328 (De Kalb) to 37.5% in 39352 (Porterville) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Mississippi, this is the #74 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #25 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $50,849 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (994 of 5,524 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.
Kemper County lost 5.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: