Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Wilkinson County population, land area and income

Wilkinson County had 7,820 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 678.0 square miles of land. It ranks 75th of 82 in Mississippi by population and 24th by land area. That works out to 11.5 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 Wilkinson County has 36% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $36,240 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wilkinson County's population changed since 2020

Wilkinson County lost 704 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 8.3%. That ranks 76th 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, Wilkinson County recorded 313 births and 559 deaths, a natural change of -246. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -509. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 509 people.

Where Wilkinson County is

The Census internal point of Wilkinson County is at 31.161100, -91.324600. 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 Wilkinson County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wilkinson County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Wilkinson County, 967 people together, or 12% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wilkinson County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Centreville with 967.

Counties bordering Wilkinson County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Wilkinson County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Adams County, MS, with 28,674 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Adams County

  28,674 people

  23 mi N

• LA

  East Feliciana Parish, LA

  19,112 people

  28 mi SE

• LA

  Concordia Parish, LA

  17,797 people

  28 mi NW

• LA

  West Feliciana Parish, LA

  15,155 people

  21 mi SSW

• Amite County

  12,451 people

  31 mi E

• Franklin County

  7,516 people

  33 mi NE

Distance to Jackson and the nearest big city

Jackson is 103.3 miles NE of Wilkinson County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA (population 220,907), 51.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Natchez, MS (population 14,233), 26.6 miles away.

Wilkinson County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wilkinson County is 28157: state code 28 for Mississippi plus county code 157. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $36,240.