Brookhaven, MS Micro Area

The Brookhaven, MS micro area is one county in Mississippi: Lincoln County. About 35,012 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.3% more than in April 2020.

Lincoln County, centralBrookhaven
Lincoln County in Mississippi
Population, July 2025
35,012 0.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Lincoln County
Land area
586 sq mi (1,518 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Mississippi
Combined statistical area
Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS
CBSA code
15020

The county in the Brookhaven, MS micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Lincoln CountyCentral35,012

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Brookhaven11,650 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Jackson, MS Metro Area609,847 people
  2. Vicksburg, MS Micro Area41,759 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. McComb, MS Micro Area23 mi south
  2. Jackson, MS Metro Area53 mi north
  3. Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area56 mi west

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