Tippah County, Mississippi
15 public bodies govern here, 2 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 21,523
- Median household income
- $52,542
- ±6,358
- Unemployed
- 5.5%
- 555 of 10,008 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 82.5%
- 6,614 of 8,017 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Tippah | 21,635 (2021) | 101 E Spring St, Ripley | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 5
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ripley | 5,362 (2021) | 500 S Main St, Ripley | — |
| Town of Blue Mountain | 816 (2021) | Po Box 188, Blue Mountain | — |
| Town of Dumas | 473 (2021) | 3481B Highway 370, Dumas | — |
| Town of Falkner | 441 (2021) | Po Box 117, Falkner | — |
| Town of Walnut | 706 (2021) | Po Box 540, Walnut | — |
Special districts 9
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Tippah County Airport Board | Air transportation | Po Box 127, Blue Mountain | — |
| Muddy Creek Drainage District | Drainage | 305 E Jefferson St, Ripley | — |
| North Tippah Creek Drainage District | Drainage | 3951 County Road 422, Ripley | — |
| Tippah River Drainage District | Drainage | 733 S Line St, Ripley | — |
| Upper Tallahatchie River Drainage District | Drainage | 3780 Cr 744, Dumas | — |
| Upper Tippah Drainage District | Drainage | 1531 Highway 4 W, Ripley | — |
| West Hatchie Creek Drainage District | Drainage | 20 County Road 604, Ripley | — |
| Walnut City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 1329, Corinth | — |
| Tippah County Soil Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 733 S Line St, Ripley | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
North Tippah School District
School district3 schools
20821 HWY 15, Falkner, MS, 38629
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
South Tippah School District
School district6 schools
402 Greenlee Street, Ripley, MS, 38663
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Green Market at the Depot (215 Fillmore Street Corinth) · Corinth Farmers Market (919 Shiloh Road Corinth) · Green Market at the Corinth Depot (Corinth)
Prentiss County Farmers Market (2301 North Second Street Booneville)
New Albany Farmers Market (112 Fairgrounds Circle New Albany) · Biscuits & Jam Farmers' Market (New Albany)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.