County profile
Kemper County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2609 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$358.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
979
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
101
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,600
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$46.4k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±4.6%
Poverty rate
24.8%±4.9%
Business applications
119 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
17.5/10k 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
Health care36%
Manufacturing30%
Retail trade13%
Agriculture11%
Other services5%
Food & accommodation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,600
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $41.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−171
International migration−11
Natural change−178
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$386.8M2019
$353.7M2020
$349.2M2021
$395.4M2022
$354.8M2023
$358.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$99.6k±$21.3k
Median gross rent
$677/mo±$284/mo
Vacancy rate
18.4%±4.5%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
14.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 66Tornado 56Drought 55
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.6 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
15.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
51.1 km
MANNINGTON CORP PORT OF EPES DOCK & SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
48.0 km
KEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.1k
avg. annual pay · +9% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kemper?
Kemper's economy produced $358.7M in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 75% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.