| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 601 / 769 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:10 PM |
| Population: | 8,453 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 28157 |
| Land Area: | 626 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 9 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.1390, -91.2526 |
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8,453 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 626 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,040 to 8,453 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 39631 (Centreville, $36,790 median) and poorest ZIP 39669 (Woodville, $27,364) are 19.0 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $69,300 in 39631 (Centreville) to $89,900 in 39669 (Woodville).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 9 people/sq mi in 39669 (Woodville) to 27 in 39631 (Centreville).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.7% bachelor's+ in 39669 (Woodville) to 9.2% in 39631 (Centreville) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Mississippi, this is the #71 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #80 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $32,409 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
8.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (520 of 6,209 reporting).
2 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.
Wilkinson County lost 6.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: