Adams County, Mississippi

Adams County population, land area and income

Adams County had 28,674 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 462.3 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 57th by land area. That works out to 62.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Mississippi has 21,443 residents; Adams County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $44,385 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Adams County's population changed since 2020

Adams County lost 753 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.6%. That ranks 52nd of 82 in Mississippi for growth. The median Mississippi county changed by -1.6%, and the state as a whole by -0.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Adams County recorded 1,191 births and 1,967 deaths, a natural change of -776. Net international migration added +2,000 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -2,043. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 2,043 people.

Where Adams County is

The Census internal point of Adams County is at 31.486200, -91.351800. It sits in UTM zone 15N. The map shades Mississippi's 82 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Adams County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Adams County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Adams County, 14,233 people together, or 50% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Adams County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Natchez with 14,233.

Counties bordering Adams County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Adams County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Concordia Parish, LA, with 17,797 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• LA

  Concordia Parish, LA

  17,797 people

  16 mi W

• Wilkinson County

  7,820 people

  23 mi S

• Franklin County

  7,516 people

  27 mi E

• Jefferson County

  6,900 people

  25 mi NE

• LA

  Tensas Parish, LA

  3,844 people

  36 mi N

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 88.5 miles NE of Adams County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA (population 220,907), 73.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Natchez, MS (population 14,233), 4.3 miles away.

Adams County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Adams County is 28001: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $44,385.