County profile
Attala County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2226 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$640.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,585
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
345
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,100
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$51.6k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±2.8%
Poverty rate
18.0%±2.7%
Business applications
233 · 2025
Retail establishments
62
36.0/10k 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
Construction22%
Health care21%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,100
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $44.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−307
International migration+6
Natural change−428
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$484.3M2019
$542.2M2020
$601.7M2021
$662.6M2022
$655.6M2023
$640.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.6k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$825/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
20.6%±2.8%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 73Earthquake 70Hail 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1402016
1422017
1472018
1472019
1472020
1532021
1612022
1652023
1712024
1912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -84% since 2021252021
22022
22023
32024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.1 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
GRYR
Nearest port
84.8 km
YAZOO COUNTY PORT COMMISSION, DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
97.9 km
JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Attala?
Attala's economy produced $640.7M in 2024, contracting 2.3% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.