Issaquena County vs Jefferson County

A side-by-side comparison of Issaquena County and Jefferson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jefferson County has the higher population (7,127 vs 1,095 in Issaquena County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($36,207 vs $29,271 in Issaquena County). Issaquena County has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $81,400 in Jefferson County).

Population, income & housing

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
Population	1,095	7,127
Median age	49.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,271	$36,207
Median home value	$90,700	$81,400
Median gross rent	$253	$444
Housing units	438	3,383
Homeownership rate	63.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
Population	1,361 → 1,095 (-19.5%)	7,225 → 7,127 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$24,208 → $29,271 (+20.9%)	$25,019 → $36,207 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $90,700 (+14.5%)	$63,400 → $81,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $253 (-32.5%)	$404 → $444 (+9.9%)

Issaquena County

Population

1,3611,095

Median household income

$24,208$29,271

Median home value

$79,200$90,700

Median gross rent

$375$253

Jefferson County

Population

7,2257,127

Median household income

$25,019$36,207

Median home value

$63,400$81,400

Median gross rent

$404$444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	18.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.0%
75 and over	8.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	13.2%
Black or African American	70.1%	81.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	32.7%	19.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	76.1%	89.2%
Carpooled	23.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	56.6%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Issaquena County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	17.2%	28.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1987	1984