Demographics of Grenada County, Mississippi

Grenada County, Mississippi had 20,868 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −706 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.

Grenada County, in four figures

20,868
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −3.3%
Change since July 2020: −706 people.; 39.2 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $48,804 ±$5,032
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.

Grenada County, Mississippi's population shrank 3.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Grenada 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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Grenada County, Mississippi's population shrank 3.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Grenada 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	21,574	100.0	100.0
2021	21,323	98.8	100.2
2022	21,142	98.0	100.7
2023	21,070	97.7	101.6
2024	20,918	97.0	102.5
2025	20,868	96.7	103.1

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Population of Grenada 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	21,574	−53	−34	0	−20
2021	21,323	−251	−138	+6	−124
2022	21,142	−181	−95	+15	−93
2023	21,070	−72	−78	+16	−7
2024	20,918	−152	−87	+30	−95
2025	20,868	−50	−93	+26	+17

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.2 ±0.6: for men 37.8 ±0.6 and for women 40.8 ±2.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Grenada County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under 5	1,288 ±30	6.1% ±0.1	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,845 ±447	18.1% ±2.1	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,751 ±300	8.3% ±1.4	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,043 ±465	23.8% ±2.2	25.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,301 ±433	25.0% ±2.0	24.6% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,989 ±399	18.8% ±1.9	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $48,804 ±$5,032, and income per person $28,048 ±$2,274, 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 Grenada County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under $25,000	1,972 ±342	23.3% ±3.9	23.1% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,405 ±446	28.4% ±5.1	22.0% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,340 ±345	15.8% ±4.0	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,002 ±233	11.8% ±2.7	12.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	955 ±251	11.3% ±2.9	14.4% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	287 ±126	3.4% ±1.5	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	503 ±149	5.9% ±1.7	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 Grenada County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Mississippi	United States
All ages	5,115 ±843	24.6% ±4.1	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,627 ±333	32.8% ±5.6	26.0% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,199 ±451	21.1% ±4.1	17.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,289 ±393	23.8% ±6.8	15.2% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Grenada County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Grenada County	Mississippi	United States
Housing units	10,444 ±17	1,341,114 ±478	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.0% ±3.4	85.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.0% ±3.5	14.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.6% ±4.4	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.4% ±5.1	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$132,200 ±$21,066	$169,800 ±$1,198	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$807 ±$67	$954 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±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 Grenada County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Hispanic or Latino	0 to 214	0% to 1.0%	3.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,678 ±382	50.3% ±1.8	55.2% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	9,489 ±197	44.7% ±0.9	36.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 26	0% to 0.1%	1.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 17	0% to 0.1%	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 319	0% to 1.5%	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	795 ±380	3.7% ±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 Grenada County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Born in the state	18,253 ±520	86.0% ±2.5	70.8% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,682 ±519	12.6% ±2.4	26.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	10 to 172	< 0.1% to 0.8%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	14 to 368	0.1% to 1.7%	2.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 16	0% to 0.1%	1.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	10 to 360	< 0.1% to 1.7%	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%.

Grenada County among the counties of Mississippi

44th of 82 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Mississippi page.

Counties of Mississippi near Grenada County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Yazoo County	22,947	−14.0%
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%

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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