County profile
Panola County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1565 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,911
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
579
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,691
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$45.9k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
17.7%±2.3%
Poverty rate
23.3%±3.3%
Business applications
626 · 2025
Retail establishments
143
43.7/10k 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 care24%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,691
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−28
International migration+30
Natural change−480
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.8k±$20.9k
Median gross rent
$874/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±2.7%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$3.6M
13 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$878/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 92Earthquake 91Heat wave 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1942016
1922017
2102018
2072019
2112020
2352021
2672022
3032023
3262024
3582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 86% since 202172021
132022
122023
102024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.5 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
GRYR
Nearest port
57.6 km
UNION 76 OIL CO
Nearest commercial airport
38.0 km
UNIVERSITY-OXFORD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Panola?
Panola's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 73% 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.