County profile
Amite County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2564 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$389.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,551
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
197
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,487
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$37.2k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
11.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
27.6%±5.4%
Business applications
167 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
26.4/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care23%
Retail trade18%
Transportation11%
Agriculture11%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,487
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+144
International migration+30
Natural change−385
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$290.4M2019
$239.9M2020
$298.2M2021
$359.3M2022
$349.2M2023
$389.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.8k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$670/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±3.8%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$855/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 86Tornado 67Heat wave 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1282016
1412017
1342018
1422019
1462020
1512021
1592022
1932023
1462024
1842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.6 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
20.8 km
GLSR
Nearest port
71.8 km
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ST. FRANCISVILLE CASTING FIELD LAND
Nearest commercial airport
67.6 km
HARDY-ANDERS FLD/NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Amite?
Amite's economy produced $389.3M in 2024, growing 11.5% year over year — faster than 94% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.