Places/MS/Monroe County, MS
County profile

Monroe County, MS

United States · GDP 2024
#1620 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,352
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
600
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,318
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
16.4%±2.0%
Poverty rate
18.0%±2.7%
Business applications
490 · 2025
Retail establishments
121
36.2/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing40%
Health care21%
Retail trade15%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
33,318
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $46.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration264
International migration+61
Natural change621

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$986.8M
2019
$1.0B
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.8k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$768/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
17.5%±2.5%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.5M
26 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Earthquake 87Tornado 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
181
2016
183
2017
190
2018
187
2019
200
2020
217
2021
238
2022
239
2023
268
2024
263
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
189% since 2021
9
2021
15
2022
24
2023
18
2024
26
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.1 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
9.7 km
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS TERMINAL ABERDEEN
Nearest commercial airport
49.7 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Monroe?

Monroe's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among 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.