Sales tax in Hinds County, Mississippi

What is the sales tax rate in Hinds County?

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Hinds County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Hinds County?

At 7%, a $100 purchase carries $7.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $70.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8%, the same purchases carry $8.00 and $80.00. That is general merchandise; Mississippi taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Every county in Mississippi has the same 7% floor. See every Mississippi county.

Sales tax in counties next to Hinds County

Hinds County borders 7 counties.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Mississippi's general sales tax rate is 7 percent and no Mississippi county has authority to levy a sales tax of its own, so the county component is a confirmed zero rather than a county decision to charge nothing. The City of Jackson, the county seat, levies a 1 percent special infrastructure tax on sales of tangible personal property and services taxed at 7 percent or more, so the combined rate is 8 percent inside the Jackson city limits and 7 percent everywhere else in Hinds County, which makes the city limit and not the county line the tax boundary. That 1 percent does not reach groceries, which are taxed below 7 percent, and does not reach restaurant food and beverage sales, which carry separate Jackson convention taxes instead. Groceries, meaning food and drink eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, are taxed at 5 percent statewide rather than 7 percent, reduced from the full 7 percent on July 1, 2025 by House Bill 1 of the 2025 session. Tourism, hotel, motel and restaurant levies imposed in many Mississippi cities and counties are separate taxes on lodging and prepared food, are not general retail taxes, and are not included in these rates.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Hinds County?

Use Mississippi's own address lookup. In Hinds County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 7% to 8%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Hinds County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Mississippi collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Mississippi's economic nexus threshold. Mississippi sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

• Sales tax calculator

  Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.

• Do you have to collect?

  Whether your sales into Mississippi cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in Hinds County

  The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.

• Sales tax by county

  Every US county, and how Mississippi compares with the rest of the country.