Adams County vs Copiah County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Copiah County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Copiah County are counties in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adams County has the higher population (29,098 vs 27,994 in Copiah County). Copiah County has the higher median household income ($47,994 vs $40,250 in Adams County). Adams County has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $105,600 in Copiah County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Copiah County
Population	29,098	27,994
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,250	$47,994
Median home value	$106,300	$105,600
Median gross rent	$720	$682
Housing units	14,920	12,457
Homeownership rate	66.5%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Copiah County
Population	31,266 → 29,098 (-6.9%)	28,501 → 27,994 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$29,936 → $40,250 (+34.5%)	$42,151 → $47,994 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $106,300 (+15.4%)	$95,200 → $105,600 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $720 (+20.0%)	$733 → $682 (-7.0%)

Adams County

Population

31,26629,098

Median household income

$29,936$40,250

Median home value

$92,100$106,300

Median gross rent

$600$720

Copiah County

Population

28,50127,994

Median household income

$42,151$47,994

Median home value

$95,200$105,600

Median gross rent

$733$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Copiah County
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.3%
75 and over	8.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Copiah County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	43.2%
Black or African American	55.5%	50.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Copiah County
No high school diploma	16.4%	13.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Copiah County
Drove alone	89.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Copiah County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Copiah County
Poverty rate	28.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1971	1986