County profile
Alcorn County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1427 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,564
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
766
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,569
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$51.3k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
15.8%±2.4%
Business applications
411 · 2025
Retail establishments
179
51.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing25%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade8%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,569
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $48.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−105
International migration+472
Natural change−531
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.1k±$16.4k
Median gross rent
$751/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±2.0%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$7.8M
35 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Tornado 88Cold wave 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2182017
2292018
2342019
2382020
2612021
3032022
3302023
3522024
3562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 133% since 2021152021
122022
302023
132024
352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
59.1 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
4.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
32.9 km
ERGON INC YELLOW CREEK WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
70.2 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Alcorn?
Alcorn's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.