Claiborne County, Mississippi

Claiborne County population, land area and income

Claiborne County had 8,122 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 487.4 square miles of land. It ranks 73rd of 82 in Mississippi by population and 51st by land area. That works out to 16.7 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Mississippi has 21,443 residents, so Claiborne County has 38% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $28,579 is the lowest among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Claiborne County's population changed since 2020

Claiborne County lost 974 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 10.7%. That ranks 79th 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, Claiborne County recorded 441 births and 546 deaths, a natural change of -105. Net international migration added +69 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -948. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 948 people.

Where Claiborne County is

The Census internal point of Claiborne County is at 31.972800, -90.915400. 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 Claiborne County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Claiborne County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Claiborne County, 1,166 people together, or 14% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Claiborne County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Port Gibson with 1,166.

Counties bordering Claiborne County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Claiborne County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Hinds County, MS, with 211,975 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Hinds County

  211,975 people

  33 mi NE

• Warren County

  42,105 people

  27 mi N

• Copiah County

  27,536 people

  28 mi ESE

• Jefferson County

  6,900 people

  18 mi SSW

• LA

  Tensas Parish, LA

  3,844 people

  25 mi W

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 48.3 miles ENE of Claiborne County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 47.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vicksburg, MS (population 20,032), 24.2 miles away.

Claiborne County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Claiborne County is 28021: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 021. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $28,579.