County profile
Choctaw County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2001 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$833.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,486
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
130
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,048
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$50.9k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±3.3%
Poverty rate
18.4%±3.7%
Business applications
119 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
29.7/10k 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 care36%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade18%
Agriculture9%
Construction9%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,048
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $43.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11
International migration+28
Natural change−192
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$705.7M2019
$712.6M2020
$777.4M2021
$944.0M2022
$859.5M2023
$833.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.2k±$13.7k
Median gross rent
$638/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
20.8%±3.5%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$660.0k
7 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 64Hurricane 59Drought 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2021–2025
1002021
1062022
1372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
32022
42023
02024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.7 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
MSR
Nearest port
74.5 km
COUNTY OF CLAY GENERAL CARGO WHARF (GRAVEL)
Nearest commercial airport
62.0 km
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.6k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Choctaw?
Choctaw's economy produced $833.5M in 2024, contracting 3.0% year over year — slower than 88% 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.