Jurisdiction directory

Mississippi home project permits by county

Many Mississippi households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 7 Mississippi counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

in Mississippi

Population covered

1.1M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Local

Local adoption of the IRC; coastal counties enforce wind requirements

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Harrison County209,000 residents · seat Gulfport Hinds County217,000 residents · seat Jackson DeSoto County189,000 residents · seat Hernando Rankin County161,000 residents · seat Brandon Jackson County143,000 residents · seat Pascagoula Madison County110,000 residents · seat Canton Lee County82,000 residents · seat Tupelo

All Mississippi counties we cover

7 counties, largest first.

Hinds CountySeat: Jackson · 217,000 residents Harrison CountySeat: Gulfport · 209,000 residents DeSoto CountySeat: Hernando · 189,000 residents Rankin CountySeat: Brandon · 161,000 residents Jackson CountySeat: Pascagoula · 143,000 residents Madison CountySeat: Canton · 110,000 residents Lee CountySeat: Tupelo · 82,000 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Mississippi State Fire Marshal

Model vintage August 2026. The links above are the issuing agencies' own pages — we publish them so you can confirm the current rule yourself, not as evidence that each fact on this page was re-checked with them today. Cost figures are modeled estimates based on national baselines adjusted for local labor and material pricing, not quotes. Permit rules change; confirm with the building department before starting work.