County profile
Lamar County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1031 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,611
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,505
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,403
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$70.9k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
34.5%±2.6%
Poverty rate
14.7%±1.9%
Business applications
1,133 · 2025
Retail establishments
283
42.3/10k 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
Retail trade31%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation23%
Admin & support8%
Finance & insurance7%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,403
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $54.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,625
International migration+390
Natural change+1,042
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$224.7k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±1.4%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$7.2M
44 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 89Wildfire 82Heat wave 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2292016
2362017
2432018
2472019
2512020
2732021
3082022
3252023
3602024
3662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 47% since 2021302021
622022
412023
452024
442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.3 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
10.5 km
NS
Nearest port
95.0 km
J. RAY MCDERMOTT GULFPORT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
33.4 km
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lamar?
Lamar's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.