Demographics of Coahoma County, Mississippi

Coahoma County, Mississippi had 19,849 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,379 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.

Coahoma County, in four figures

19,849
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −6.5%
Change since July 2020: −1,379 people.; 35.9 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $37,461 ±$3,152
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.

Coahoma County, Mississippi's population shrank 6.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Coahoma 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Coahoma County, Mississippi's population shrank 6.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Coahoma 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	21,228	100.0	100.0
2021	20,722	97.6	100.2
2022	20,347	95.8	100.7
2023	20,147	94.9	101.6
2024	20,041	94.4	102.5
2025	19,849	93.5	103.1

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Population of Coahoma 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	21,228	−159	−26	0	−123
2021	20,722	−506	−94	+1	−398
2022	20,347	−375	−70	+165	−485
2023	20,147	−200	−61	+156	−297
2024	20,041	−106	−73	+302	−340
2025	19,849	−192	−100	+220	−309

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.9 ±0.5: for men 34.3 ±1.6 and for women 37.0 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Coahoma County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under 5	1,470 ±65	7.2% ±0.3	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,071 ±293	19.8% ±1.4	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,973 ±208	9.6% ±1.0	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,964 ±328	24.2% ±1.6	25.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,677 ±266	22.8% ±1.3	24.6% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,385 ±314	16.5% ±1.5	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $37,461 ±$3,152, and income per person $22,797 ±$1,716, 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 Coahoma County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under $25,000	2,874 ±372	34.2% ±4.3	23.1% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,465 ±321	29.3% ±3.7	22.0% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,212 ±269	14.4% ±3.2	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	756 ±183	9.0% ±2.2	12.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	707 ±199	8.4% ±2.4	14.4% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	193 ±76	2.3% ±0.9	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	197 ±92	2.3% ±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 Coahoma County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Mississippi	United States
All ages	7,095 ±883	35.5% ±4.4	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,645 ±409	48.2% ±5.7	26.0% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,389 ±493	33.8% ±4.3	17.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,061 ±215	23.8% ±4.5	15.2% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Coahoma County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Coahoma County	Mississippi	United States
Housing units	10,189 ±31	1,341,114 ±478	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.5% ±2.6	85.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.5% ±2.6	14.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	52.1% ±2.9	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	47.9% ±3.2	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$90,300 ±$7,552	$169,800 ±$1,198	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$749 ±$37	$954 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1970 ±3	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 Coahoma County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Hispanic or Latino	636 ±0	3.1% ±<0.1	3.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,881 ±35	18.9% ±0.2	55.2% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	15,292 ±285	74.4% ±1.4	36.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 135	0% to 0.7%	1.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	12 to 258	0.1% to 1.3%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 26	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 26	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	543 ±260	2.6% ±1.3	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 Coahoma County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Born in the state	17,571 ±438	85.5% ±2.1	70.8% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,551 ±397	12.4% ±1.9	26.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 122	0% to 0.6%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	167 to 567	0.8% to 2.8%	2.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 51	0% to 0.2%	1.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	153 to 541	0.7% to 2.6%	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%.

Coahoma County among the counties of Mississippi

45th of 82 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Mississippi page.

Counties of Mississippi near Coahoma County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Sunflower County	22,893	−10.9%
Leake County	21,662	+1.9%
Tippah County	21,389	−1.6%
Newton County	20,960	−1.4%
Grenada County	20,868	−3.3%
Coahoma County	19,849	−6.5%
Wayne County	19,807	> −0.1%
Stone County	19,654	+7.2%
Tishomingo County	18,639	−1.1%
Clay County	18,238	−2.1%
Covington County	17,898	−2.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 45 Counties by population in Mississippi
No. 67 Counties by population growth in Mississippi

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

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026