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Mississippi Public Records Search
Mississippi public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for Mississippi and has a page for each of its 82 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 2,943,045).
๐ Mississippi Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | Mississippi State Department of Health โ Vital Records Source: msdh.ms.gov โ |
| Sex offender registry | Mississippi Sex Offender Registry (Department of Public Safety) Source: state.sor.dps.ms.gov โ |
| Courts | Mississippi Judiciary |
| Criminal cases | In Mississippi, felony cases are tried in Circuit Court; misdemeanors are heard by Justice Court (outside city limits) and municipal courts, and Justice Court judges also hold felony bond and preliminary hearings. |
| Land records | In Mississippi, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the Chancery Clerk in each county. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in Mississippi are heard by the Chancery Court in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in Mississippi are handled by the Chancery Court in each county. |
| Counties | Most Mississippi court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists Mississippi records county by county. |
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Largest Counties
Harrison County
Pop. 213,730
Hinds County
Pop. 211,975
DeSoto County
Pop. 195,871
Rankin County
Pop. 160,573
Jackson County
Pop. 147,002
Madison County
Pop. 114,247
Lee County
Pop. 83,012
Forrest County
Pop. 78,435
Lauderdale County
Pop. 70,588
Lamar County
Pop. 66,734
Jones County
Pop. 65,837
Lafayette County
Pop. 59,843
All 82 Mississippi Counties
Adams County
Pop. 28,674
Alcorn County
Pop. 34,228
Amite County
Pop. 12,451
Attala County
Pop. 17,222
Benton County
Pop. 7,566
Bolivar County
Pop. 28,395
Calhoun County
Pop. 12,754
Carroll County
Pop. 9,378
Chickasaw County
Pop. 16,774
Choctaw County
Pop. 8,091
Claiborne County
Pop. 8,122
Clarke County
Pop. 15,155
Clay County
Pop. 18,213
Coahoma County
Pop. 20,105
Copiah County
Pop. 27,536
Covington County
Pop. 18,015
DeSoto County
Pop. 195,871
Forrest County
Pop. 78,435
Franklin County
Pop. 7,516
George County
Pop. 25,880
Greene County
Pop. 13,675
Grenada County
Pop. 20,931
Hancock County
Pop. 46,492
Harrison County
Pop. 213,730
Hinds County
Pop. 211,975
Holmes County
Pop. 15,560
Humphreys County
Pop. 7,121
Issaquena County
Pop. 1,295
Itawamba County
Pop. 24,198
Jackson County
Pop. 147,002
Jasper County
Pop. 15,799
Jefferson County
Pop. 6,900
Jefferson Davis County
Pop. 11,059
Jones County
Pop. 65,837
Kemper County
Pop. 8,562
Lafayette County
Pop. 59,843
Lamar County
Pop. 66,734
Lauderdale County
Pop. 70,588
Lawrence County
Pop. 11,672
Leake County
Pop. 21,462
Lee County
Pop. 83,012
Leflore County
Pop. 26,157
Lincoln County
Pop. 34,956
Lowndes County
Pop. 57,210
Madison County
Pop. 114,247
Marion County
Pop. 24,008
Marshall County
Pop. 34,374
Monroe County
Pop. 33,483
Montgomery County
Pop. 9,411
Neshoba County
Pop. 28,973
Newton County
Pop. 21,063
Noxubee County
Pop. 9,825
Oktibbeha County
Pop. 51,965
Panola County
Pop. 32,764
Pearl River County
Pop. 59,030
Perry County
Pop. 11,406
Pike County
Pop. 38,980
Pontotoc County
Pop. 32,014
Prentiss County
Pop. 25,489
Quitman County
Pop. 5,542
Rankin County
Pop. 160,573
Scott County
Pop. 27,666
Sharkey County
Pop. 3,234
Simpson County
Pop. 25,597
Smith County
Pop. 14,051
Stone County
Pop. 19,569
Sunflower County
Pop. 23,029
Tallahatchie County
Pop. 10,921
Tate County
Pop. 28,551
Tippah County
Pop. 21,423
Tishomingo County
Pop. 18,553
Tunica County
Pop. 9,157
Union County
Pop. 28,363
Walthall County
Pop. 13,839
Warren County
Pop. 42,105
Washington County
Pop. 41,181
Wayne County
Pop. 19,749
Webster County
Pop. 10,039
Wilkinson County
Pop. 7,820
Winston County
Pop. 17,418
Yalobusha County
Pop. 12,458
Yazoo County
Pop. 23,024
All 426 Mississippi Cities & Towns
Abbeville
Pop. 383
Aberdeen
Pop. 4,833
Ackerman
Pop. 1,544
Agricola
Pop. 388
Alcorn State University
Pop. 972
Algoma
Pop. 729
Alligator
Pop. 107
Amory
Pop. 6,412
Anguilla
Pop. 468
Arcola
Pop. 282
Arkabutla
Pop. 202
Arnold Line
Pop. 1,859
Artesia
Pop. 323
Ashland
Pop. 537
Austin
Pop. 0
Baldwyn
Pop. 3,084
Bassfield
Pop. 182
Batesville
Pop. 7,356
Baxterville
Pop. 423
Bay Springs
Pop. 1,488
Bay St. Louis
Pop. 10,526
Beaumont
Pop. 666
Beauregard
Pop. 283
Beechwood
Pop. 4,168
Belmont
Pop. 1,817
Belzoni
Pop. 1,740
Benndale
Pop. 18
Benoit
Pop. 345
Benton
Pop. 603
Bentonia
Pop. 298
Bethlehem
Pop. 155
Beulah
Pop. 232
Big Creek
Pop. 127
Big Point
Pop. 731
Biggersville
Pop. 82
Biloxi
Pop. 48,144
Blue Mountain
Pop. 897
Blue Springs
Pop. 439
Bobo
Pop. 194
Bogue Chitto
Pop. 309
Bogue Chitto
Pop. 335
Bolivar
Pop. 59
Bolton
Pop. 420
Bond
Pop. 636
Booneville
Pop. 9,367
Bovina
Pop. 256
Boyle
Pop. 493
Brandon
Pop. 25,870
Braxton
Pop. 184
Bridgetown
Pop. 3,195
Brookhaven
Pop. 11,654
Brooksville
Pop. 875
Bruce
Pop. 1,621
Buckatunna
Pop. 140
Bude
Pop. 772
Burnsville
Pop. 846
Byhalia
Pop. 1,370
Byram
Pop. 12,656
Caledonia
Pop. 1,117
Calhoun City
Pop. 1,474
Canton
Pop. 10,777
Carrollton
Pop. 414
Carthage
Pop. 4,855
Cary
Pop. 225
Centreville
Pop. 1,127
Chalybeate
Pop. 0
Charleston
Pop. 1,696
Chunky
Pop. 268
Clara
Pop. 540
Clarksdale
Pop. 13,861
Cleary
Pop. 2,295
Cleveland
Pop. 10,183
Clinton
Pop. 26,617
Cloverdale
Pop. 676
Coahoma
Pop. 218
Coffeeville
Pop. 779
Coldwater
Pop. 1,326
Collins
Pop. 2,241
Collinsville
Pop. 1,725
Columbia
Pop. 6,534
Columbus
Pop. 22,820
Columbus AFB
Pop. 1,293
Como
Pop. 1,074
Conehatta
Pop. 1,166
Corinth
Pop. 14,219
Courtland
Pop. 478
Crawford
Pop. 409
Crenshaw
Pop. 615
Crosby
Pop. 220
Crowder
Pop. 534
Cruger
Pop. 244
Crystal Springs
Pop. 4,668
D'Iberville
Pop. 13,399
D'Lo
Pop. 366
Darling
Pop. 82
De Kalb
Pop. 832
De Soto
Pop. 178
DeLisle
Pop. 1,906
Decatur
Pop. 1,886
Delta City
Pop. 0
Dennis
Pop. 85
Derma
Pop. 921
Diamondhead
Pop. 9,391
Doddsville
Pop. 66
Drew
Pop. 1,678
Dublin
Pop. 4
Duck Hill
Pop. 1,308
Dumas
Pop. 459
Duncan
Pop. 267
Dundee
Pop. 20
Durant
Pop. 1,973
Eagle Bend
Pop. 408
Eastabuchie
Pop. 82
Ecru
Pop. 1,109
Eden
Pop. 134
Edwards
Pop. 927
Elizabeth
Pop. 145
Elliott
Pop. 681
Ellisville
Pop. 4,434
Enterprise
Pop. 479
Escatawpa
Pop. 3,494
Ethel
Pop. 328
Eudora
Pop. 620
Eupora
Pop. 2,097
Falcon
Pop. 116
Falkner
Pop. 440
Farmington
Pop. 2,022
Farrell
Pop. 133
Fayette
Pop. 1,342
Fernwood
Pop. 57
Flora
Pop. 1,648
Florence
Pop. 4,810
Flowood
Pop. 10,853
Forest
Pop. 5,364
Foxworth
Pop. 326
French Camp
Pop. 255
Friars Point
Pop. 847
Fulton
Pop. 4,640
Gattman
Pop. 84
Gautier
Pop. 19,055
Georgetown
Pop. 245
Glen
Pop. 375
Glen Allan
Pop. 350
Glendale
Pop. 1,257
Glendora
Pop. 139
Gloster
Pop. 858
Gluckstadt
Pop. 3,394
Golden
Pop. 185
Goodman
Pop. 1,228
Grace
Pop. 91
Greenville
Pop. 27,015
Greenwood
Pop. 13,627
Grenada
Pop. 12,138
Gulf Hills
Pop. 8,451
Gulf Park Estates
Pop. 6,264
Gulfport
Pop. 74,621
Gunnison
Pop. 279
Guntown
Pop. 2,606
Hamilton
Pop. 320
Harperville
Pop. 192
Hatley
Pop. 486
Hattiesburg
Pop. 48,522
Hazlehurst
Pop. 3,445
Heidelberg
Pop. 607
Helena
Pop. 975
Henderson Point
Pop. 237
Hermanville
Pop. 400
Hernando
Pop. 18,542
Hickory
Pop. 405
Hickory Flat
Pop. 492
Hide-A-Way Lake
Pop. 2,569
Hillsboro
Pop. 999
Holcomb
Pop. 336
Hollandale
Pop. 2,123
Holly Springs
Pop. 6,472
Horn Lake
Pop. 26,574
Houston
Pop. 3,702
Hurley
Pop. 1,305
Independence
Pop. 133
Indianola
Pop. 8,702
Inverness
Pop. 816
Isola
Pop. 583
Itta Bena
Pop. 1,516
Iuka
Pop. 3,075
Jacinto
Pop. 167
Jackson
Pop. 141,449
Jonestown
Pop. 906
Jumpertown
Pop. 429
Kearney Park
Pop. 485
Kilmichael
Pop. 563
Kiln
Pop. 2,016
Kirkville
Pop. 356
Kokomo
Pop. 172
Kosciusko
Pop. 6,774
Kossuth
Pop. 159
Lake
Pop. 468
Lakeview
Pop. 596
Lamar
Pop. 0
Lambert
Pop. 1,138
Latimer
Pop. 6,756
Lauderdale
Pop. 317
Laurel
Pop. 17,508
Leaf
Pop. 61
Leakesville
Pop. 3,743
Learned
Pop. 54
Leland
Pop. 3,627
Lena
Pop. 157
Lexington
Pop. 1,407
Liberty
Pop. 532
Long Beach
Pop. 17,217
Longview
Pop. 211
Louin
Pop. 266
Louise
Pop. 167
Louisville
Pop. 5,899
Lucedale
Pop. 3,124
Lula
Pop. 191
Lumberton
Pop. 1,647
Lyman
Pop. 2,298
Lynchburg
Pop. 2,161
Lyon
Pop. 271
Maben
Pop. 761
Macon
Pop. 2,446
Madison
Pop. 28,210
Magee
Pop. 3,924
Magnolia
Pop. 1,816
Mantachie
Pop. 1,145
Mantee
Pop. 245
Marietta
Pop. 193
Marion
Pop. 1,682
Marks
Pop. 1,241
Mathiston
Pop. 868
Mayersville
Pop. 464
McComb
Pop. 11,762
McCool
Pop. 104
McLain
Pop. 315
Meadville
Pop. 430
Mendenhall
Pop. 2,130
Meridian
Pop. 33,549
Meridian Station
Pop. 661
Merigold
Pop. 344
Metcalfe
Pop. 746
Mississippi State
Pop. 4,655
Mississippi Valley State University
Pop. 741
Mize
Pop. 310
Monticello
Pop. 1,369
Montrose
Pop. 100
Mooreville
Pop. 2,154
Moorhead
Pop. 1,764
Morgan City
Pop. 192
Morgantown
Pop. 1,038
Morton
Pop. 3,641
Moselle
Pop. 89
Moss Point
Pop. 11,791
Mound Bayou
Pop. 1,394
Mount Olive
Pop. 883
Mount Pleasant
Pop. 391
Myrtle
Pop. 488
Natchez
Pop. 14,233
Nellieburg
Pop. 1,197
Nettleton
Pop. 1,928
New Albany
Pop. 7,729
New Augusta
Pop. 541
New Hamilton
Pop. 480
New Hebron
Pop. 364
New Hope
Pop. 3,952
New Houlka
Pop. 684
New Site
Pop. 120
Newton
Pop. 3,079
Nicholson
Pop. 3,146
Nitta Yuma
Pop. 0
North Carrollton
Pop. 373
North Tunica
Pop. 429
Noxapater
Pop. 379
Oak Grove
Pop. 2,098
Oakland
Pop. 459
Ocean Springs
Pop. 18,954
Okolona
Pop. 2,416
Olive Branch
Pop. 47,365
Osyka
Pop. 360
Ovett
Pop. 333
Oxford
Pop. 26,801
Pace
Pop. 170
Pachuta
Pop. 197
Paden
Pop. 105
Panther Burn
Pop. 128
Paris
Pop. 302
Pascagoula
Pop. 21,476
Pass Christian
Pop. 6,429
Pattison
Pop. 40
Pearl
Pop. 28,458
Pearl River
Pop. 4,047
Pearlington
Pop. 1,278
Pelahatchie
Pop. 1,300
Petal
Pop. 11,538
Pheba
Pop. 162
Philadelphia
Pop. 6,938
Picayune
Pop. 12,017
Pickens
Pop. 819
Pittsboro
Pop. 157
Plantersville
Pop. 846
Polkville
Pop. 588
Pontotoc
Pop. 6,046
Pope
Pop. 266
Poplarville
Pop. 2,898
Port Gibson
Pop. 1,166
Porterville
Pop. 0
Potts Camp
Pop. 398
Prentiss
Pop. 911
Puckett
Pop. 345
Purvis
Pop. 1,955
Quitman
Pop. 1,948
Raleigh
Pop. 1,073
Randolph
Pop. 613
Rawls Springs
Pop. 1,499
Raymond
Pop. 1,387
Red Banks
Pop. 25
Redwater
Pop. 637
Redwood
Pop. 299
Rena Lara
Pop. 104
Renova
Pop. 679
Richland
Pop. 7,607
Richton
Pop. 936
Ridgeland
Pop. 24,576
Rienzi
Pop. 274
Ripley
Pop. 5,359
Robinhood
Pop. 1,298
Rolling Fork
Pop. 1,473
Rosedale
Pop. 1,435
Roxie
Pop. 466
Ruleville
Pop. 2,279
Runnelstown
Pop. 325
Sallis
Pop. 129
Saltillo
Pop. 4,968
Sandersville
Pop. 615
Sardis
Pop. 1,683
Satartia
Pop. 38
Saucier
Pop. 1,014
Schlater
Pop. 220
Scooba
Pop. 730
Scott
Pop. 27
Sebastopol
Pop. 259
Seminary
Pop. 293
Senatobia
Pop. 8,428
Shannon
Pop. 1,491
Sharon
Pop. 1,910
Shaw
Pop. 1,347
Shelby
Pop. 1,800
Sherman
Pop. 635
Shubuta
Pop. 393
Shuqualak
Pop. 378
Sidon
Pop. 291
Silver City
Pop. 167
Silver Creek
Pop. 174
Skene
Pop. 129
Slate Springs
Pop. 98
Sledge
Pop. 336
Smithville
Pop. 506
Snow Lake Shores
Pop. 300
Soso
Pop. 395
Southaven
Pop. 57,493
St. Martin
Pop. 8,139
Standing Pine
Pop. 479
Starkville
Pop. 25,844
State Line
Pop. 459
Stewart
Pop. 268
Stoneville
Pop. 0
Stonewall
Pop. 841
Strayhorn
Pop. 176
Sturgis
Pop. 204
Summit
Pop. 1,438
Sumner
Pop. 249
Sumrall
Pop. 2,172
Sunflower
Pop. 886
Sylvarena
Pop. 87
Symonds
Pop. 24
Taylor
Pop. 410
Taylorsville
Pop. 1,111
Tchula
Pop. 1,648
Terry
Pop. 1,552
Thaxton
Pop. 701
Tishomingo
Pop. 364
Toccopola
Pop. 293
Toomsuba
Pop. 512
Tremont
Pop. 473
Tucker
Pop. 807
Tula
Pop. 123
Tunica
Pop. 865
Tunica Resorts
Pop. 2,281
Tupelo
Pop. 37,775
Tutwiler
Pop. 1,635
Tylertown
Pop. 1,478
Union
Pop. 2,003
University
Pop. 5,315
Utica
Pop. 604
Vaiden
Pop. 885
Valley Park
Pop. 95
Van Vleet
Pop. 43
Vancleave
Pop. 5,078
Vardaman
Pop. 1,068
Verona
Pop. 2,718
Vicksburg
Pop. 20,032
Victoria
Pop. 1,121
Wade
Pop. 1,183
Walls
Pop. 1,412
Walnut
Pop. 687
Walnut Grove
Pop. 508
Walthall
Pop. 114
Water Valley
Pop. 3,409
Waterford
Pop. 33
Waveland
Pop. 7,043
Waynesboro
Pop. 4,507
Webb
Pop. 377
Weir
Pop. 438
Wesson
Pop. 1,779
West
Pop. 134
West Hattiesburg
Pop. 6,715
West Point
Pop. 9,758
Wheeler
Pop. 524
White Oak
Pop. 314
Wiggins
Pop. 4,350
Winona
Pop. 3,906
Winstonville
Pop. 137
Winterville
Pop. 45
Woodland
Pop. 116
Woodville
Pop. 835
Yazoo City
Pop. 9,913