County profile
Itawamba County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2098 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$733.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,304
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
400
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,152
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$55.5k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±2.7%
Poverty rate
15.5%±3.1%
Business applications
247 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
30.6/10k 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
Manufacturing47%
Retail trade15%
Health care13%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction10%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,152
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+577
International migration+19
Natural change−308
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$581.1M2019
$605.7M2020
$645.4M2021
$685.7M2022
$723.0M2023
$733.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.4k±$15.0k
Median gross rent
$811/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±2.7%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
9 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$891/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Lightning 78Earthquake 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1652016
1662017
1762018
1822019
1892020
1992021
2282022
2392023
2502024
2522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 29% since 202172021
92022
52023
122024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.0 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
IMR
Nearest port
6.7 km
PORT ITAWAMBA
Nearest commercial airport
37.6 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.2k
avg. annual pay · +11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Itawamba?
Itawamba's economy produced $733.0M in 2024, growing 1.4% year over year — slower than 74% 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.