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Panola County, Mississippi

Panola County had 32,764 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 685.2 square miles of land. It ranks 24th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 23rd by land area.

Population
32,764
#24 of 82 in Mississippi · #1,375 in US
Area
685.2 sq mi
#23 of 82 in Mississippi · #1,369 in US
Density
48 / sq mi
#31 of 82 in Mississippi · #1,516 in US
Median household income
$46,097
#59 of 82 in Mississippi · #2,927 in US

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

Panola County within Mississippi. Pin: Jackson.

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Panola County population, land area and income

Panola County had 32,764 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 685.2 square miles of land. It ranks 24th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 23rd by land area. That works out to 47.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $46,097 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

32,764

3144th1st

1375th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

685 sq mi

3144th1st

1369th of 3,144 (US)

Density

47.8 / sq mi

3144th1st

1516th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$46,097

3143rd1st

2927th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Mississippi (82)

Population

32,764

82nd1st

24th of 82 (MS)

Land area

685 sq mi

82nd1st

23rd of 82 (MS)

Density

47.8 / sq mi

82nd1st

31st of 82 (MS)

Median household income

$46,097

82nd1st

59th of 82 (MS)

How Panola County's population changed since 2020

Panola County lost 406 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.2%. That ranks 34th 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, Panola County recorded 1,809 births and 2,052 deaths, a natural change of -243. Net international migration added -13 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -183. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 243 people.

33.2k202032.9k202132.6k202232.7k202332.8k2024
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
1,809
Deaths
2,052
Net international migration
-13
Net domestic migration
-183
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+113

Where Panola County is

The Census internal point of Panola County is at 34.365200, -89.963100. 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 Panola 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: Panola County internal point. Dark pin: Jackson.

Internal point

Decimal
34.365200, -89.963100
DMS
34°21'54.72"N 89°57'47.16"W
UTM
16N 227496.3E 3806629.4N
Geohash
dn052zfzg
Plus code
866G928P+3Q

Towns in Panola County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Panola County, 10,113 people together, or 31% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Panola County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Batesville with 7,356.

  1. 01Batesville7,356
  2. 02Sardis1,683
  3. 03Como1,074
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Panola County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Panola County. The most populous is Lafayette County, MS, with 59,843 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 143.3 miles S of Panola County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN (population 610,919), 51.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Oxford, MS (population 26,801), 24.3 miles away.

Panola County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Panola County is 28107: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 107. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $46,097.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Panola County, Mississippi?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 32,764. That is down 406 people (1.2%) from the July 2020 estimate of 33,170.

What is the FIPS code of Panola County?

28107. The first two digits (28) are Mississippi; the last three (107) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Panola County?

Batesville, with 7,356 residents inside Panola County in 2024.

Which counties border Panola County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Lafayette County, MS; Tate County, MS; Yalobusha County, MS; Tallahatchie County, MS; Tunica County, MS; Quitman 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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