Warren County, Mississippi

Warren County population, land area and income

Warren County had 42,105 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 588.5 square miles of land. It ranks 17th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 35th by land area. That works out to 71.5 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; Warren County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $55,783 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Warren County's population changed since 2020

Warren County lost 2,445 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.5%. That ranks 67th 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, Warren County recorded 2,080 births and 2,606 deaths, a natural change of -526. Net international migration added +202 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -2,264. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 2,264 people.

Where Warren County is

The Census internal point of Warren County is at 32.356100, -90.852400. 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 Warren County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Warren County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Warren County, 20,032 people together, or 48% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Warren County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Vicksburg with 20,032.

Counties bordering Warren County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Warren County, including 3 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

  23 mi ESE

• Yazoo County

  23,024 people

  39 mi NE

• LA

  Madison Parish, LA

  9,093 people

  22 mi W

• Claiborne County

  8,122 people

  27 mi S

• LA

  East Carroll Parish, LA

  6,892 people

  34 mi NW

• LA

  Tensas Parish, LA

  3,844 people

  38 mi SW

• Issaquena County

  1,295 people

  29 mi NNW

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 39.2 miles E of Warren County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 37.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vicksburg, MS (population 20,032), 2.9 miles away.

Warren County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Warren County is 28149: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 149. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $55,783.