County profile
Chickasaw County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2316 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$573.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,805
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
318
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,730
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$43.6k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
12.0%±2.4%
Poverty rate
23.5%±4.1%
Business applications
284 · 2025
Retail establishments
85
50.6/10k 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
Manufacturing62%
Retail trade17%
Health care8%
Food & accommodation6%
Construction4%
Transportation3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,730
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $40.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−205
International migration+31
Natural change−178
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$492.5M2019
$536.5M2020
$591.7M2021
$593.3M2022
$583.1M2023
$573.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.8k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$670/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
15.0%±3.3%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
6 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 87Earthquake 82Drought 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2022
1332013
1332014
1392015
1552016
1412017
1432018
1462019
1522020
1702021
2182022
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 200% since 202122021
32022
82023
32024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.9 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
20.4 km
CPKC
Nearest port
41.0 km
DOMTAR AMORY CHIP MILL
Nearest commercial airport
42.0 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.0k
avg. annual pay · +7% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chickasaw?
Chickasaw's economy produced $573.9M in 2024, contracting 1.6% year over year — slower than 84% 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.