County profile
DeSoto County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#450 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
63,252
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,349
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
197,918
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$85.3k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
29.0%±1.3%
Poverty rate
9.7%±1.1%
Business applications
3,773 · 2025
Retail establishments
678
34.4/10k 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
Transportation24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care14%
Manufacturing11%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
197,918
residents · 2025 · +6.3% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,373
International migration+1,491
Natural change+993
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.4B2019
$6.7B2020
$7.6B2021
$8.5B2022
$9.1B2023
$9.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$269.6k±$5.6k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
5.9%±0.9%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$183.5M
890 units · 4.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 97Earthquake 96Heat wave 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2462016
2542017
2692018
2832019
2932020
3282021
3922022
4222023
4312024
4422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -51% since 20211,8082021
1,2402022
1,0432023
1,1592024
8902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
GRYR
Nearest port
23.9 km
FLEISCHMANN'S YEAST, MEMPHIS MOLASSES DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
18.5 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of DeSoto?
DeSoto's economy produced $9.8B in 2024, growing 7.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.