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Biggest Cities in Mississippi

Can you name the 20 most populous cities in the state of Mississippi?
Source: 2021 U.S. Census estimates
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Last updated: May 28, 2022
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First submittedMarch 16, 2012
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Population
County
City
149,761
Hinds
Jackson
72,105
Harrison
Gulfport
55,429
DeSoto
Southaven
49,241
Harrison
Biloxi
47,068
Forrest
Hattiesburg
40,276
DeSoto
Olive Branch
37,667
Lee
Tupelo
34,424
Lauderdale
Meridian
28,777
Washington
Greenville
27,719
Madison
Madison
Population
County
City
27,451
Hinds
Clinton
27,258
Rankin
Pearl
26,737
DeSoto
Horn Lake
26,430
Lafayette
Oxford
25,373
Rankin
Brandon
24,657
Oktibbeha
Starkville
24,058
Madison
Ridgeland
23,319
Lowndes
Columbus
21,849
Jackson
Pascagoula
20,904
Warren
Vicksburg
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Level 44
Aug 30, 2018
First comment!
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Level 27
Jun 7, 2019
Second comment!
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Level 68
Jun 25, 2020
What about Natchez?
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May 28, 2022
Natchez ranks #29 with a population of 13,824.
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Level 71
May 1, 2023
Historically, sure!
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Level 51
Sep 21, 2020
Got Jackson, Tupelo, Biloxi, and Vicksburg.
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Level 57
Sep 22, 2020
Clinton, Mississippi is in Hinds County not Oktibbeha County.
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May 28, 2022
Fixed
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May 1, 2023
All of those 3 cities listed in DeSoto county are practically just suburbs of Memphis. Technically, yes, they belong on this quiz. Just sayin'...

I'm a Mississippi native. Spent a little over half of my 48 years on this planet there. Missed 3. Two of those are probably because they are only newly in this Top 20, and weren't there when I was growing up there. Those 2 are, of course, the 2 in DeSoto county, other than Southaven, which I got, and which has for a while now been in the Top 20.

I can't believe I forget Starkville, though. I was thinking of the various college towns - Columbus, Oxford, Hattiesburg, etc. But I forgot that one. Wow! I see a huge bulldog staring me down, waiting to chew me up and spit me out!!!