Demographics of Alcorn County, Mississippi

Alcorn County, Mississippi had 34,569 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −163 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Alcorn County, in four figures

34,569
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.5%
Change since July 2020: −163 people.; 40.0 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $51,260 ±$4,689
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Alcorn County, Mississippi's population shrank 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Alcorn County, Mississippi's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Alcorn County, Mississippi's population shrank 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Alcorn County, Mississippi's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	34,732	100.0	100.0
2021	34,351	98.9	100.2
2022	34,095	98.2	100.7
2023	34,109	98.2	101.6
2024	34,616	99.7	102.5
2025	34,569	99.5	103.1

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Population of Alcorn County, Mississippi on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	34,732	−10	−8	0	−11
2021	34,351	−381	−190	+4	−213
2022	34,095	−256	−177	+26	−92
2023	34,109	+14	−45	+10	+52
2024	34,616	+507	−54	+289	+273
2025	34,569	−47	−65	+143	−125

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.0 ±1.0: for men 38.1 ±1.1 and for women 42.1 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Alcorn County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under 5	1,881 ±208	5.5% ±0.6	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,780 ±440	16.9% ±1.3	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,696 ±295	7.9% ±0.9	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,546 ±565	24.9% ±1.6	25.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,881 ±521	25.9% ±1.5	24.6% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,505 ±474	19.0% ±1.4	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $51,260 ±$4,689, and income per person $28,486 ±$1,316, in 2024 dollars. The median is $56,447 ±$539 in Mississippi and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Alcorn County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under $25,000	3,804 ±528	26.3% ±3.6	23.1% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,298 ±445	22.8% ±3.0	22.0% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,528 ±408	17.5% ±2.8	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,731 ±359	12.0% ±2.5	12.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,837 ±343	12.7% ±2.4	14.4% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	836 ±237	5.8% ±1.6	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	422 ±155	2.9% ±1.1	5.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Alcorn County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Mississippi	United States
All ages	5,304 ±790	15.8% ±2.4	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,181 ±278	15.6% ±3.5	26.0% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,408 ±461	13.9% ±2.6	17.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,715 ±335	19.8% ±3.7	15.2% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Alcorn County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Alcorn County	Mississippi	United States
Housing units	16,283 ±44	1,341,114 ±478	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.8% ±2.0	85.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.2% ±2.0	14.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	67.8% ±2.5	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	32.2% ±3.0	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$142,100 ±$16,439	$169,800 ±$1,198	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$751 ±$89	$954 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±2	1986 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Alcorn County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,308 ±0	3.8% ±<0.1	3.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	27,314 ±427	79.7% ±1.2	55.2% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,486 ±411	10.2% ±1.2	36.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	54 to 270	0.2% to 0.8%	1.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 59	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 128	0% to 0.4%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 80	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,901 ±621	5.5% ±1.8	3.0% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Alcorn County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Born in the state	22,829 ±825	66.6% ±2.4	70.8% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	10,303 ±815	30.0% ±2.4	26.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	58 to 272	0.2% to 0.8%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	992 ±211	2.9% ±0.6	2.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	129 to 407	0.4% to 1.2%	1.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	724 ±194	2.1% ±0.6	1.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Alcorn County among the counties of Mississippi

22nd of 82 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Mississippi page.

Counties of Mississippi near Alcorn County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Warren County	41,759	−6.3%
Washington County	40,446	−9.4%
Pike County	38,712	−3.7%
Lincoln County	35,012	+0.5%
Marshall County	34,654	+2.6%
Alcorn County	34,569	−0.5%
Monroe County	33,318	−2.4%
Panola County	32,691	−1.5%
Pontotoc County	32,096	+2.9%
Adams County	30,061	+2.2%
Neshoba County	28,732	−0.9%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026