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 · 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
Manufacturing40%
Health care21%
Retail trade15%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,318
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $46.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−264
International migration+61
Natural change−621
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$986.8M2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
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 · 2016–2025
1812016
1832017
1902018
1872019
2002020
2172021
2382022
2392023
2682024
2632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 189% since 202192021
152022
242023
182024
262025
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 · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about 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.