County profile
Bolivar County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1574 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,073
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
709
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,262
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$39.6k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
28.0%±2.8%
Poverty rate
32.6%±3.5%
Business applications
460 · 2025
Retail establishments
145
50.8/10k 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
Health care29%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation8%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,262
residents · 2025 · -8.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,239
International migration+190
Natural change−542
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.0k±$12.6k
Median gross rent
$685/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±2.0%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.6M
20 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 92Drought 89Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1972016
2042017
2072018
2112019
2172020
2252021
2432022
2552023
2742024
2772025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 2021262021
162022
122023
152024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
95.2 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
GTR
Nearest port
0.1 km
Port of Rosedale, MS
Nearest commercial airport
35.8 km
GREENVILLE MID-DELTA
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,479,709 short tons/yr · Port of Rosedale, MS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bolivar?
Bolivar's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, contracting 2.9% year over year — slower than 87% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.