38,980 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.0% since 2020)
409 square miles of land · 95 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
11 active community water systems list Pike County in the area they serve, reporting 35,257 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF MCCOMB groundwater · local government · MS0570004 | 12,041 served |
| NORTH PIKE WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · public/private · MS0570008 | 5,359 served |
| SUNNYHILL WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · public/private · MS0570014 | 3,833 served |
| MAGNOLIA RURAL WATER ASSN groundwater · public/private · MS0570015 | 2,922 served |
| FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY W/A groundwater · public/private · MS0570002 | 2,434 served |
| CITY OF MAGNOLIA groundwater · local government · MS0570005 | 2,307 served |
| EAST PIKE WATER ASSN. groundwater · public/private · MS0570051 | 2,107 served |
| HOMESTEAD WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · public/private · MS0570003 | 1,832 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 149 people were held in Pike County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 600 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 163.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $29.8 million — $25.2 million to run schools, about $11,238 per student, plus $4.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $15.4 million state, $7.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.7 million.
Spent $41.3 million — $32.7 million to run schools, about $15,268 per student, plus $8.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $17.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 million.
Spent $25 million — $19.3 million to run schools, about $12,390 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.8 million state, $8 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pike County about $17.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
211 bridges in Pike County: 111 in good condition, 88 fair, and 12 poor (5.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 51 over UNNAMED STREAM · built 1933 | 6,400 vehicles a day |
| SUMMIT-HOLMESVILLE over CLEAR CREEK · built 1968 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| IRENE ROAD over SMALL CREEK · built 1991 | 440 vehicles a day |
| MUDDY SPRINGS ROAD over RELIEF TANGIPAHOA RIVER · built 1965 | 430 vehicles a day |
| PIKE ROAD 93 N over BOGUE CHITTO RIVER · built 1963 | 410 vehicles a day |
| LEATHERWOOD ROAD over SMALL CREEK · built 1978 | 180 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $26 million of work in Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $645 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Mississippi are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Pike County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Pike County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Walthall County (17 mi) · Amite County (24 mi) · Lincoln County (25 mi) · Washington Parish, LA (31 mi) · St. Helena Parish, LA (31 mi) · Lawrence County (31 mi).