| County: | Pike County |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Ex Image: | Holly Hill.jpg |
| Ex Image Size: | 220px |
| Founded: | 1815 |
| Seat Wl: | Magnolia |
| Largest City Wl: | McComb |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 411 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 409 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.7 |
| Area Percentage: | 0.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 40324 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Web: | www.co.pike.ms.us |
| District: | 3rd |
| Time Zone: | Central |
| Named For: | Zebulon Pike |
Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324.[1] The county seat is Magnolia.[2] Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of the McComb, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Pike County was formed from Marion County by an act of the Territorial General Assembly on December 9, 1815. Holmesville was selected as the county seat on December 11, 1816; it was named in honor of Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, an army officer killed in the War of 1812. In 1873 Magnolia was voted in as the new county seat.[3] The county was devoted to agriculture and is still mostly rural.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (0.4%) is water.[4]
| White | 16,769 | 41.59% | |
| Black or African American | 21,457 | 53.21% | |
| Native American | 113 | 0.28% | |
| Asian | 254 | 0.63% | |
| Pacific Islander | 7 | 0.02% | |
| Other/Mixed | 1,097 | 2.72% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 627 | 1.55% |
Pike County is a swing county in presidential elections; since 2000 it has voted Democratic four times and Republican twice.