MS · GEOID 28061

Jasper County area

Jasper County, Mississippi covers 677.5 square miles: 676.3 square miles of land and 1.2 square miles of water.

Official Census measurements2026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area676.3 mi²
Water area1.2 mi²
Total area677.5 mi²
National land rank#1388

County outline

Generalized outline of Jasper County, Mississippi
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Jasper County is located

Jasper County highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 99.8% of Jasper County’s measured area and water for 0.2%. Its combined area converts to 1,754.8 square kilometers or approximately 433,613 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land676.3111,751.637432,839
Water1.2093.131773.8
Total677.521,754.769433,612.8

How Jasper County compares

By original Census land area, Jasper County ranks #25 of 82 in Mississippi and #1388 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 1.193 times the Mississippi county-equivalent median of 567 square miles. It accounts for 1.4% of the combined county land area in the state.

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What stands out about Jasper County?

Jasper County has more land than 1,834 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Jasper County676.3 mi²
Mississippi median567 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Jasper County at #1,502 nationally by total area, 114 places farther from the top than its land rank. Other county equivalents gain more area when their water measurements are included.

Its water share is 0.2%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 1 percentage points lower. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Jasper County in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#1387Kankakee County, Illinois676.5Compare
#1388Jasper County, Mississippi676.3This county
#1389Bulloch County, Georgia676Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 32.021286, -89.120697. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 1,751,636,161 m²; AWATER: 3,130,850 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How many acres of land are in Jasper County?

The land measurement converts to approximately 432,839 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 433,613 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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