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    <submissionType>144</submissionType>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <cik>0001786773</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



    </filerInfo>
  </headerData>
  <formData>
    <issuerInfo>
      <issuerCik>0001466026</issuerCik>
      <issuerName>Midland States Bancorp, Inc.</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-35272</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>1201 Network Centre Drive</com:street1>
        <com:city>Effingham</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>IL</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>62401</com:zipCode>
      </issuerAddress>
      <issuerContactPhone>217-342-7321</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Donald Spring</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
      <relationshipsToIssuer>
        <relationshipToIssuer>Officer</relationshipToIssuer>
      </relationshipsToIssuer>
    </issuerInfo>
    <securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>UBS Financial Services Inc</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>1000 Harbor Blvd</com:street1>
          <com:street2>3rd Floor</com:street2>
          <com:city>Weehawken</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NJ</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>07086</com:zipCode>
        </address>
      </brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
      <noOfUnitsSold>2048</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>46264</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>21538434</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>11/10/2023</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
    </securitiesInformation>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>common</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>11/08/2022</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RSA Vest</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>136</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>11/08/2023</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>N/A</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>All shares sold were the result of RSA vestings where there was no cash compensation paid for the securities.  Please see attached pdf with full acquisition information.  Sale executed 11/10/23.  The SEC and EDGAR system were closed for Veterans Day Holiday, so as a result, this is the 144 filing for that trade.</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>11/13/2023</noticeDate>
      <signature>/s/ UBS Financial Services Inc, as attorney-in-fact for Donald Spring</signature>
    </noticeSignature>
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