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  • Largest town: Corinth

Alcorn County, Mississippi

Alcorn County had 34,228 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 400.0 square miles of land. It ranks 22nd of 82 in Mississippi by population and 82nd by land area.

Population
34,228
#22 of 82 in Mississippi · #1,328 in US
Area
400.0 sq mi
#82 of 82 in Mississippi · #2,529 in US
Density
86 / sq mi
#17 of 82 in Mississippi · #1,025 in US
Median household income
$48,556
#43 of 82 in Mississippi · #2,802 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Alcorn County within Mississippi. Pin: Jackson.

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Alcorn County population, land area and income

Alcorn County had 34,228 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 400.0 square miles of land. It ranks 22nd of 82 in Mississippi by population and 82nd by land area. That works out to 85.6 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $48,556 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

34,228

3144th1st

1328th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

400 sq mi

3144th1st

2529th of 3,144 (US)

Density

85.6 / sq mi

3144th1st

1025th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$48,556

3143rd1st

2802nd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Mississippi (82)

Population

34,228

82nd1st

22nd of 82 (MS)

Land area

400 sq mi

82nd1st

82nd of 82 (MS)

Density

85.6 / sq mi

82nd1st

17th of 82 (MS)

Median household income

$48,556

82nd1st

43rd of 82 (MS)

How Alcorn County's population changed since 2020

Alcorn County lost 504 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.5%. That ranks 38th 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, Alcorn County recorded 1,640 births and 2,177 deaths, a natural change of -537. Net international migration added +29 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -15. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 537 people.

34.7k202034.3k202134.1k202234.0k202334.2k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
1,640
Deaths
2,177
Net international migration
+29
Net domestic migration
-15
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+182

Where Alcorn County is

The Census internal point of Alcorn County is at 34.886600, -88.581100. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Mississippi's 82 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Alcorn County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Itawamba County: +1.4%Tate County: +1.5%Lafayette County: +7.0%Marshall County: +1.7%Leake County: +1.0%Newton County: -0.9%Choctaw County: -1.4%Grenada County: -3.0%Jones County: -2.0%Kemper County: -4.5%Pontotoc County: +2.6%Stone County: +6.8%Jefferson Davis County: -1.9%Covington County: -1.6%Jasper County: -3.4%George County: +6.2%Webster County: +1.4%Panola County: -1.2%Humphreys County: -7.9%Franklin County: -1.9%Oktibbeha County: +0.5%Yalobusha County: +0.2%Alcorn County: -1.5%Perry County: -0.5%Sharkey County: -14.3%Neshoba County: -0.1%Greene County: +1.1%Noxubee County: -3.9%Clarke County: -2.5%Quitman County: -9.9%Forrest County: +0.3%Washington County: -7.8%Holmes County: -7.8%Simpson County: -1.1%Montgomery County: -3.9%Wayne County: -0.3%Lauderdale County: -2.9%Tippah County: -1.4%Scott County: -1.1%Benton County: -1.3%Smith County: -1.1%Hinds County: -6.5%Prentiss County: +2.1%Copiah County: -2.6%Issaquena County: -2.3%Yazoo County: -13.7%Union County: +2.0%Calhoun County: -3.5%Marion County: -1.5%Chickasaw County: -1.8%Wilkinson County: -8.3%Warren County: -5.5%Bolivar County: -7.9%Clay County: -2.2%Lincoln County: +0.3%Lowndes County: -2.7%Harrison County: +2.3%Madison County: +4.6%Lamar County: +3.6%Leflore County: -7.7%Sunflower County: -10.4%Winston County: -1.5%Jefferson County: -4.8%Adams County: -2.6%Hancock County: +0.8%Lee County: -0.4%Pearl River County: +5.0%Attala County: -3.3%Walthall County: -0.2%Monroe County: -1.9%Coahoma County: -5.3%Rankin County: +2.2%Lawrence County: -2.6%Amite County: -2.0%Claiborne County: -10.7%DeSoto County: +5.2%Tallahatchie County: -13.6%Tunica County: -5.9%Jackson County: +2.5%Pike County: -3.0%Carroll County: -5.7%Tishomingo County: -1.6%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -5.3%
  2. < -2.3%
  3. < -1.2%
  4. < +1.1%
  5. ≥ +1.1%
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Orange pin: Alcorn County internal point. Dark pin: Jackson.

Internal point

Decimal
34.886600, -88.581100
DMS
34°53'11.76"N 88°34'51.96"W
UTM
16N 355516.9E 3861607.9N
Geohash
dn1n2qcjn
Plus code
866HVCP9+JH

Towns in Alcorn County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Alcorn County, 16,241 people together, or 47% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Alcorn County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Corinth with 14,219.

  1. 01Corinth14,219
  2. 02Farmington2,022
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Alcorn County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Alcorn County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Hardin County, TN, with 27,617 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 201.2 miles SSW of Alcorn County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN (population 610,919), 80.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Corinth, MS (population 14,219), 5.7 miles away.

Alcorn County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Alcorn County is 28003: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 003. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $48,556.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alcorn County, Mississippi?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 34,228. That is down 504 people (1.5%) from the July 2020 estimate of 34,732.

What is the FIPS code of Alcorn County?

28003. The first two digits (28) are Mississippi; the last three (003) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Alcorn County?

Corinth, with 14,219 residents inside Alcorn County in 2024.

Which counties border Alcorn County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Hardin County, TN; McNairy County, TN; Prentiss County, MS; Hardeman County, TN; Tippah County, MS; Tishomingo County, MS.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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