Youngest Cities in Mississippi

The top 25 of 42 Mississippi cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Starkville	Oktibbeha	26 years	25,721
2	Hattiesburg	Forrest	29.4 years	48,619
3	Oxford	Lafayette	30.3 years	26,411
4	Horn Lake	DeSoto	33.5 years	26,647
5	Pontotoc	Pontotoc	34 years	5,806
6	Yazoo City	Yazoo	34 years	10,219
7	Jackson	Hinds	34.5 years	146,631
8	Clarksdale	Coahoma	34.9 years	14,231
9	D'Iberville	Harrison	35 years	13,203
10	Laurel	Jones	35.1 years	17,679
11	Canton	Madison	35.2 years	10,811
12	Clinton	Hinds	35.3 years	27,195
13	Cleveland	Bolivar	35.7 years	10,623
14	Indianola	Sunflower	35.7 years	9,062
15	Ridgeland	Madison	35.7 years	24,587
16	Pascagoula	Jackson	35.9 years	21,710
17	Southaven	DeSoto	36.2 years	56,226
18	McComb	Pike	36.3 years	12,049
19	Pearl	Rankin	36.4 years	27,737
20	Biloxi	Harrison	36.6 years	48,861
21	Philadelphia	Neshoba	36.7 years	6,996
22	West Point	Clay	36.8 years	9,900
23	Greenwood	Leflore	37 years	14,086
24	Grenada	Grenada	37.4 years	12,375
25	Greenville	Washington	37.8 years	28,166

Top Mississippi Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Oktibbeha County25.5 years 2. Lafayette County30.7 years 3. Forrest County32 years 4. Leflore County34.7 years 5. Claiborne County35.1 years 6. Coahoma County35.9 years 7. Pontotoc County35.9 years 8. Scott County35.9 years 9. George County36.3 years 10. Holmes County36.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Youngest Cities in Mississippi”, https://gismap.land/rankings/mississippi/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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