Issaquena County, Mississippi

Issaquena County population, land area and income

Issaquena County had 1,295 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 413.0 square miles of land. It ranks 82nd of 82 in Mississippi by population and 73rd by land area. That works out to 3.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Mississippi has 21,443 residents, so Issaquena County has 6% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $36,986 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Issaquena County's population changed since 2020

Issaquena County lost 30 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.3%. That ranks 50th 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, Issaquena County recorded 33 births and 64 deaths, a natural change of -31. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -8. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 31 people.

Where Issaquena County is

The Census internal point of Issaquena County is at 32.755500, -91.003500. 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 Issaquena County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Issaquena County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Issaquena County. Its 1,295 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Issaquena County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Issaquena County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Warren County, MS, with 42,105 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Warren County

  42,105 people

  29 mi SSE

• Washington County

  41,181 people

  36 mi N

• Yazoo County

  23,024 people

  36 mi E

• AR

  Chicot County, AR

  9,272 people

  39 mi NNW

• LA

  East Carroll Parish, LA

  6,892 people

  14 mi W

• Sharkey County

  3,234 people

  14 mi NE

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 57.2 miles ESE of Issaquena County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 55.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vicksburg, MS (population 20,032), 30.8 miles away.

Issaquena County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Issaquena County is 28055: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 055. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $36,986.