County profile
Lauderdale County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#729 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
27,472
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,754
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
70,317
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$50.8k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
23.6%±1.8%
Poverty rate
26.3%±2.7%
Business applications
1,015 · 2025
Retail establishments
352
49.9/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation18%
Wholesale trade9%
Manufacturing9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,317
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,151
International migration+507
Natural change−738
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.4B2019
$3.6B2020
$4.0B2021
$4.3B2022
$4.7B2023
$4.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$133.3k±$13.0k
Median gross rent
$953/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±1.6%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$9.8M
36 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$906/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 98Tornado 94Lightning 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1852016
1862017
1812018
1852019
1872020
1972021
2092022
2182023
2312024
2492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 177% since 2021132021
122022
212023
272024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.9 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
CPKC
Nearest port
59.0 km
ROOSTER BRIDGE WHARF CHIP MILL
Nearest commercial airport
11.6 km
KEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lauderdale?
Lauderdale's economy produced $4.8B in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% 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.