Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Lauderdale County population, land area and income

Lauderdale County had 70,588 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 703.7 square miles of land. It ranks 9th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 18th by land area. That works out to 100.3 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, so Lauderdale County is 3.3 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $51,437 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lauderdale County's population changed since 2020

Lauderdale County lost 2,088 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.9%. That ranks 56th 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, Lauderdale County recorded 3,599 births and 4,252 deaths, a natural change of -653. Net international migration added +385 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -2,138. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 2,138 people.

Where Lauderdale County is

The Census internal point of Lauderdale County is at 32.404000, -88.660500. 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 Lauderdale County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lauderdale County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Lauderdale County, 35,231 people together, or 50% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Lauderdale County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Meridian with 33,549.

Counties bordering Lauderdale County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Lauderdale County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Neshoba County, MS, with 28,973 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Neshoba County

  28,973 people

  36 mi NW

• Newton County

  21,063 people

  27 mi W

• Jasper County

  15,799 people

  38 mi SW

• Clarke County

  15,155 people

  25 mi S

• AL

  Choctaw County, AL

  12,052 people

  37 mi SE

• AL

  Sumter County, AL

  11,607 people

  30 mi ENE

• Kemper County

  8,562 people

  24 mi N

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 89.3 miles W of Lauderdale County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL (population 114,288), 87.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Meridian, MS (population 33,549), 2.2 miles away.

Lauderdale County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lauderdale County is 28075: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 075. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $51,437.