County profile
Copiah County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1887 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$948.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,524
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
440
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,497
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$49.1k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±2.4%
Poverty rate
23.0%±3.2%
Business applications
475 · 2025
Retail establishments
88
31.9/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Retail trade17%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation4%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,497
residents · 2025 · -2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $44.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−980
International migration+591
Natural change−359
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$680.5M2019
$687.6M2020
$786.0M2021
$820.4M2022
$875.4M2023
$948.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.1k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$766/mo±$100/mo
Vacancy rate
19.4%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$962.0k
4 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Tornado 89Hail 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1882017
1952018
2022019
2002020
2102021
2442022
2502023
2522024
2622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -20% since 202152021
62022
92023
52024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.6 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
CN
Nearest port
62.1 km
MARTIN MARIETTA (BANK UNLOADING)
Nearest commercial airport
60.4 km
JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.9k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Copiah?
Copiah's economy produced $948.5M in 2024, growing 8.3% year over year — faster than most 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.