Noxubee County, Mississippi

Noxubee County population, land area and income

Noxubee County had 9,825 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 695.2 square miles of land. It ranks 68th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 14.1 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 Noxubee County has 46% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $37,567 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Noxubee County's population changed since 2020

Noxubee County lost 401 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.9%. That ranks 63rd 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, Noxubee County recorded 621 births and 619 deaths, a natural change of +2. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -453. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 453 people.

Where Noxubee County is

The Census internal point of Noxubee County is at 33.106600, -88.566200. 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 Noxubee County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Noxubee County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Noxubee County, 2,446 people together, or 25% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Noxubee County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Macon with 2,446.

Counties bordering Noxubee County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Noxubee County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Lowndes County, MS, with 57,210 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lowndes County

  57,210 people

  26 mi NNE

• Oktibbeha County

  51,965 people

  28 mi NW

• AL

  Pickens County, AL

  18,508 people

  30 mi ENE

• Winston County

  17,418 people

  27 mi W

• AL

  Sumter County, AL

  11,607 people

  41 mi SSE

• Kemper County

  8,562 people

  25 mi S

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 109.4 miles WSW of Noxubee County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL (population 114,288), 60.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Starkville, MS (population 25,844), 28.9 miles away.

Noxubee County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Noxubee County is 28103: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 103. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $37,567.