The 10 Cities In Mississippi With The Highest Divorce Rates For 2024


The cities in Mississippi with the highest divorce rate are Kosciusko and Grenada for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Cities with highest divorce rate in Mississippi research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to analyze Mississippi’s most recent Census data to determine the divorce rate for each city in Mississippi based on the percentage of currently divorced residents. Here are the results of our analysis:

  • The city with the highest divorce rate in Mississippi is Kosciusko based on the most recent Census data.

  • Kosciusko is 14.0% Divorced.

  • The city with the lowest divorce rate in Mississippi is Diamondhead.

  • Diamondhead is 2.0% Divorced.

  • Mississippi is 8.0% Divorced.

Cities With Highest Divorce Rate In Mississippi Map


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There are some 189,366 people living in Mississippi over fifteen years of age who are divorced. You can compare that to the 28,339,199 Americans who are currently divorced in 2024.

Many people decide to run away – or split up – across the Magnolia State.

Isn’t the divorce rate in America close to 50%? Yes indeed. But we’re measuring something else; we are looking at counts and percentages of people over 15 years old who are currently divorced. That 50% statistic is for the percentage of people who have ever been divorced.

For today’s analysis, the focus will be on the number of currently divorced people.

So now that we have you biting your nails, rethinking your worldview, and pulling out your hair, let’s look at the places in Mississippi with the highest rates of divorcees.

The 10 Cities In Mississippi With The Highest Divorce Rates

  1. Kosciusko
  2. Grenada
  3. Meridian
  4. Philadelphia
  5. McComb
  6. New Albany
  7. Forest
  8. Leakesville
  9. Natchez
  10. Greenville

Let’s quickly recap before we dive into the Saturday Night Science behind the data.

What is the city in Mississippi with the highest divorce rate? That would be Kosciusko, with 14.0% of people over 15 years of age being divorced, per the most recent census data.

What is the overall Mississippi divorce rate? According to the 2018-2022 Community Survey, the overall divorce rate in Mississippi is 8.0%, which compares to the US divorce rate of 10.9%.

Alrighty, on to how we calculated the places with the highest divorce rates in Mississippi.

For more Mississippi reading, check out:

The 10 Places With The Highest Divorce Rate In Mississippi For 2024

Kosciusko, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Chillin662 | CC BY-SA 4.0
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Population: 7,056
Divorce Rate: 14.0%
Divorcees: 790
Median Income: $33,719
More on Kosciusko: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Grenada, MS

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Population: 12,594
Divorce Rate: 12.0%
Divorcees: 1,209
Median Income: $40,714
More on Grenada: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Meridian, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Dudemanfellabra | CC BY-SA 3.0
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5
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Population: 34,990
Divorce Rate: 12.0%
Divorcees: 3,359
Median Income: $32,797
More on Meridian: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Philadelphia, MS

Source: Wikipedia User James Case | CC BY 2.0
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Population: 7,065
Divorce Rate: 12.0%
Divorcees: 678
Median Income: $38,713
More on Philadelphia: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Mccomb, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Steve Wilson | CC BY 2.0
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5
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Population: 12,295
Divorce Rate: 12.0%
Divorcees: 1,180
Median Income: $37,288
More on Mccomb: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

New Albany, MS

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Population: 7,657
Divorce Rate: 12.0%
Divorcees: 735
Median Income: $50,890
More on New Albany: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Forest, MS

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Population: 5,416
Divorce Rate: 12.0%
Divorcees: 519
Median Income: $50,093
More on Forest: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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Population: 5,463
Divorce Rate: 11.0%
Divorcees: 480
Median Income: $49,250
More on Leakesville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Natchez, MS

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Population: 14,380
Divorce Rate: 11.0%
Divorcees: 1,265
Median Income: $31,800
More on Natchez: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Greenville, MS

Source: Wikipedia User brad jones | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
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Population: 29,495
Divorce Rate: 11.0%
Divorcees: 2,595
Median Income: $35,148
More on Greenville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How We Determined The Places In Mississippi That Get Un-Hitched The Most

Since this is the 58th category of rankings we are compiling for the site, we had a pretty good idea of where to find data on marriage and divorce in America. We used Saturday Night Science to look at the U.S. Census Bureau on divorce rates. Because who likes tracking misery more than the U.S. government?

Specifically, we looked at the 2018-2022 American Community Survey table S1201 — Marital Status.

Pretty straightforward on that front — we just had to extract the following column of data:

  • Population 15 Years and Over -> Divorced

There are some interesting/fun/sad data like .1% of female Americans aged 15-19 are divorced, but 0% of males (That’s probably a rounding issue, but still).

But the national data is for another day. Today, the analysis focuses on the 62 places in Mississippi with a population of over 5,000.

We ranked each place by the percentage of divorcees over 15 years of age from highest to lowest. We crowned the divorce capital of Mississippi the place with the highest incidence of divorcees, Kosciusko.

And if you’re trying to avoid divorce, check out Diamondhead, the city with the lowest divorce rate in Mississippi.

We updated this article for 2024 and this list is our fifth time ranking the cities in Mississippi with the highest divorce rates.

Getting Some Closure In Mississippi After Untying The Know

Besides just coming up with what we thought would be a great new blog/book title, “Untying the Knot In Mississippi: Life After Divorce,” we now have a sense of what places in the Magnolia State don’t pay much attention to the whole “’til death do we part” phrase.

The cities with the highest divorce rate in Mississippi are Kosciusko, Grenada, Meridian, Philadelphia, McComb, New Albany, Forest, Leakesville, Natchez, and Greenville.

Try to keep in mind that the reason cities rank where they do in Mississippi could be because of the age, education, and income distribution, as all of those things impact the rate of divorce.

And that’s probably for the best. Getting out of a toxic relationship is much better than staying in it.

Just make sure you have your running shoes ready to go.

For more Mississippi reading, check out:

Cities With The Highest Divorce Rates In Mississippi

Rank City Population Divorcees Divorce Rate
1 Kosciusko, MS 7,056 790 14.0%
2 Grenada, MS 12,594 1,209 12.0%
3 Meridian, MS 34,990 3,359 12.0%
4 Philadelphia, MS 7,065 678 12.0%
5 Mccomb, MS 12,295 1,180 12.0%
6 New Albany, MS 7,657 735 12.0%
7 Forest, MS 5,416 519 12.0%
8 Leakesville, MS 5,463 480 11.0%
9 Natchez, MS 14,380 1,265 11.0%
10 Greenville, MS 29,495 2,595 11.0%
11 Indianola, MS 9,572 842 11.0%
12 Vicksburg, MS 21,337 1,877 11.0%
13 Columbus, MS 23,896 2,102 11.0%
14 Yazoo City, MS 10,573 930 11.0%
15 Corinth, MS 14,520 1,277 11.0%
16 Columbia, MS 5,831 513 11.0%
17 Cleveland, MS 11,082 886 10.0%
18 Byram, MS 12,922 1,033 10.0%
19 Pearl, MS 27,255 2,180 10.0%
20 Brookhaven, MS 11,714 937 10.0%
21 Canton, MS 10,951 876 10.0%
22 Richland, MS 7,208 518 9.0%
23 West Point, MS 10,063 724 9.0%
24 Ridgeland, MS 24,618 1,772 9.0%
25 Amory, MS 6,642 478 9.0%
26 Pascagoula, MS 21,904 1,577 9.0%
27 Jackson, MS 153,271 11,035 9.0%
28 Ripley, MS 5,440 391 9.0%
29 Clarksdale, MS 14,769 1,063 9.0%
30 Holly Springs, MS 6,942 499 9.0%
31 Tupelo, MS 37,939 2,428 8.0%
32 Brandon, MS 25,142 1,609 8.0%
33 Booneville, MS 9,027 577 8.0%
34 Laurel, MS 17,241 1,103 8.0%
35 Greenwood, MS 14,242 911 8.0%
36 Petal, MS 11,047 707 8.0%
37 Gulfport, MS 72,524 4,641 8.0%
38 Gautier, MS 19,007 1,064 7.0%
39 Hattiesburg, MS 48,466 2,714 7.0%
40 Moss Point, MS 12,173 681 7.0%
41 Pass Christian, MS 5,802 324 7.0%
42 D’iberville, MS 12,922 723 7.0%
43 Louisville, MS 6,061 339 7.0%
44 Pontotoc, MS 5,676 317 7.0%
45 Bay St. Louis, MS 9,788 469 6.0%
46 Clinton, MS 27,668 1,328 6.0%
47 Senatobia, MS 8,288 397 6.0%
48 Horn Lake, MS 26,652 1,279 6.0%
49 Biloxi, MS 49,141 1,965 5.0%
50 Hernando, MS 17,262 690 5.0%
51 Long Beach, MS 16,809 672 5.0%
52 Ocean Springs, MS 18,417 736 5.0%
53 Oxford, MS 25,713 1,028 5.0%
54 Starkville, MS 24,274 776 4.0%
55 Madison, MS 27,595 883 4.0%
56 Southaven, MS 54,908 1,757 4.0%
57 Picayune, MS 11,804 377 4.0%
58 Flowood, MS 10,204 326 4.0%
59 Waveland, MS 7,075 226 4.0%
60 Batesville, MS 7,464 179 3.0%
61 Olive Branch, MS 45,938 1,102 3.0%
62 Diamondhead, MS 9,360 149 2.0%
About Chris Kolmar

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