Demographics of Lafayette County, Mississippi

Lafayette County, Mississippi had 59,597 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +3,685 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.

Lafayette County, in four figures

59,597
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +6.6%
Change since July 2020: +3,685 people.; 30.7 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $67,185 ±$3,451
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.

Lafayette County, Mississippi's population grew 6.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lafayette 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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Lafayette County, Mississippi's population grew 6.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lafayette 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	55,912	100.0	100.0
2021	57,671	103.1	100.2
2022	58,684	105.0	100.7
2023	59,350	106.1	101.6
2024	60,075	107.4	102.5
2025	59,597	106.6	103.1

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Population of Lafayette 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	55,912	+98	+3	−2	+82
2021	57,671	+1,759	+30	+18	+1,803
2022	58,684	+1,013	+70	+249	+694
2023	59,350	+666	+105	+159	+400
2024	60,075	+725	+121	+420	+180
2025	59,597	−478	+112	+258	−844

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 30.7 ±0.4: for men 30.0 ±0.4 and for women 31.4 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lafayette County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under 5	2,737 ±274	4.7% ±0.5	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	7,800 ±567	13.4% ±1.0	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	13,816 ±1,197	23.7% ±2.1	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	14,738 ±698	25.3% ±1.2	25.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	11,255 ±574	19.3% ±1.0	24.6% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,981 ±555	13.7% ±1.0	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $67,185 ±$3,451, and income per person $36,403 ±$2,691, 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 Lafayette County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Mississippi	United States
Under $25,000	3,788 ±520	19.9% ±2.7	23.1% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,390 ±484	17.8% ±2.5	22.0% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,941 ±485	15.4% ±2.5	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,337 ±418	12.3% ±2.2	12.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,012 ±480	15.8% ±2.5	14.4% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,644 ±306	8.6% ±1.6	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,932 ±365	10.1% ±1.9	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 Lafayette County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Mississippi	United States
All ages	9,672 ±1,305	18.5% ±2.5	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,598 ±468	15.5% ±4.4	26.0% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,104 ±916	22.7% ±2.8	17.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	970 ±312	9.1% ±2.9	15.2% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lafayette County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lafayette County	Mississippi	United States
Housing units	28,714 ±53	1,341,114 ±478	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	66.3% ±2.0	85.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	33.7% ±2.0	14.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.8% ±2.2	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.2% ±2.8	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$315,400 ±$17,559	$169,800 ±$1,198	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,085 ±$61	$954 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2000 ±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 Lafayette County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,151 ±0	3.7% ±<0.1	3.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	39,956 ±305	68.5% ±0.5	55.2% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	13,164 ±375	22.6% ±0.6	36.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,292 ±139	2.2% ±0.2	1.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	20 to 96	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 286	0% to 0.5%	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,581 ±427	2.7% ±0.7	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 Lafayette County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Mississippi	United States
Born in the state	33,098 ±1,155	56.7% ±2.0	70.8% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	23,111 ±1,077	39.6% ±1.8	26.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	197 ±82	0.3% ±0.1	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,921 ±362	3.3% ±0.6	2.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	665 ±217	1.1% ±0.4	1.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,256 ±347	2.2% ±0.6	1.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Lafayette County among the counties of Mississippi

12th of 82 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Mississippi page.

Counties of Mississippi near Lafayette County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Lee County	83,731	+0.5%
Forrest County	79,034	+1.1%
Lauderdale County	70,317	−3.2%
Lamar County	67,403	+4.7%
Jones County	66,496	−1.0%
Lafayette County	59,597	+6.6%
Pearl River County	59,363	+5.6%
Lowndes County	57,346	−2.4%
Oktibbeha County	51,896	+0.4%
Hancock County	46,873	+1.6%
Warren County	41,759	−6.3%

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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