County profile
Calhoun County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2580 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$378.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,702
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
224
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,643
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$43.1k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
12.1%±2.0%
Poverty rate
20.4%±2.5%
Business applications
187 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
46.4/10k 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
Retail trade30%
Health care23%
Manufacturing19%
Agriculture12%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,643
residents · 2025 · -4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $44.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−354
International migration+77
Natural change−289
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$290.8M2019
$333.6M2020
$370.3M2021
$370.1M2022
$379.0M2023
$378.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$90.3k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$662/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±3.6%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$592.4k
2 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 77Drought 76Heat wave 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1652015
1752016
1782017
1832018
1852019
1782020
1922021
2192022
2172024
2812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
32023
32024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.3 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
MSV
Nearest port
76.4 km
DOMTAR AMORY CHIP MILL
Nearest commercial airport
53.1 km
UNIVERSITY-OXFORD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Calhoun?
Calhoun's economy produced $378.4M in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% 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.