County profile
Clay County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2158 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$688.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,835
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
340
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,238
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$43.1k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
17.3%±2.9%
Poverty rate
20.9%±4.4%
Business applications
303 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
41.1/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade20%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation12%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,238
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−249
International migration+3
Natural change−131
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$516.4M2019
$538.1M2020
$603.8M2021
$665.7M2022
$702.7M2023
$688.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$129.1k±$25.9k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$115/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±3.1%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$1.5M
6 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 80Tornado 75Hurricane 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1292015
1172016
1142017
1192018
1232019
1272020
1362021
1642022
1872024
1732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 50% since 202142021
82022
72023
52024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
70.2 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
8.4 km
CAGY
Nearest port
28.1 km
TOM SOYA GRAIN CO PORT OF CLAY
Nearest commercial airport
29.1 km
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $688.5M in 2024, contracting 2.0% year over year — slower than 85% 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.