Lexington, Mississippi
Demographics
The table to the right shows two periods of dramatic population declines: from 1910 to 1920, and in the decades after 1960.

Lexington, Mississippi

Section Title: Demographics
Table Section Text: The table to the right shows two periods of dramatic population declines: from 1910 to 1920, and in the decades after 1960.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	%±

1850	656	—

1860	887	35.2%

1870	744	−16.1%

1880	798	7.3%

1890	1,075	34.7%

1900	1,516	41.0%

1910	2,428	60.2%

1920	1,792	−26.2%

1930	2,590	44.5%

1940	2,930	13.1%

1950	3,198	9.1%

1960	2,839	−11.2%

1970	2,756	−2.9%

1980	2,628	−4.6%

1990	2,227	−15.3%

2000	2,025	−9.1%

2010	1,731	−14.5%

Est. 2017	1,523	−12.0%

U.S. Decennial Census

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The population of Lexington was 1,731 at the 2010 Census, down from 2,025 at the 2000 Census.

final_sentence: The population of Lexington was 1,731 at the 2010 Census, down from 2,025 at the 2000 Census.