Most Densely Populated Cities in Mississippi: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Mississippi in our data is Gulf Park Estates, MS, with about 2,655 people per square mile, followed by West Hattiesburg, MS (2,631) and St. Martin, MS (1,870). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 68 Mississippi communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Mississippi?

How dense are the cities in Mississippi?

The densest place is about 3 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 826 people per square mile. At the other end, Flowood, MS has about 324. Under our scale, 0 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 27 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Jackson County contributes 6 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 29 counties of Mississippi. Jackson County has 6 (Gulf Park Estates, St. Martin, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, Gulf Hills, Gautier); Harrison County has 5 (Long Beach, D'Iberville, Gulfport, Biloxi, Pass Christian); DeSoto County has 4 (Horn Lake, Southaven, Olive Branch, Hernando). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Mississippi compare with the rest of the country?

The median Mississippi place with a page has about 14,041 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is about the same size as the national typical place. The state has 361 communities in total, of which 68 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Mississippi cities

• Which is the densest city in Mississippi? Gulf Park Estates (2,655 per square mile).
• How many Mississippi cities have more than 100,000 people? 2 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 17.
• What is the typical size? About 14,041 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.