County profile
Harrison County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#364 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
74,300
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,368
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
217,136
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$59.5k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
27.5%±1.2%
Poverty rate
17.1%±1.1%
Business applications
4,162 · 2025
Retail establishments
832
38.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Global Seafood Technologies, Inc.Consumer Defensive$4.2M52D2Peoples Financial CorporationFinancial Services———3Hancock Whitney CorporationFinancial Services———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
Food & accommodation37%
Health care24%
Retail trade21%
Admin & support7%
Construction6%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
217,136
residents · 2025 · +4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,996
International migration+4,619
Natural change−419
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$9.3B2019
$9.5B2020
$10.6B2021
$11.3B2022
$12.3B2023
$12.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$212.2k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±0.8%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$271.9M
2,294 units · 10.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Lightning 97Tornado 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3612016
3642017
3812018
4002019
4142020
4562021
5322022
5642023
5872024
5952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 107% since 20211,1102021
1,9912022
2,0592023
2,1162024
2,2942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.3 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CPKC
Nearest port
8.5 km
J. RAY MCDERMOTT GULFPORT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
11.6 km
GULFPORT-BILOXI INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,268,067 short tons/yr · Port of Gulfport, MS
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Harrison?
Harrison's economy produced $12.8B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.