County profile
Rankin County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#430 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
62,811
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,083
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
162,181
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$79.4k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
33.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
9.8%±1.3%
Business applications
3,028 · 2025
Retail establishments
611
38.0/10k 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 care22%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation19%
Transportation16%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
162,181
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,161
International migration+1,636
Natural change+1,188
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$7.0B2019
$7.2B2020
$8.1B2021
$9.0B2022
$9.9B2023
$10.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$237.4k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
6.6%±0.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$164.1M
563 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Tornado 95Heat wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3452016
3512017
3642018
3742019
3792020
4122021
4702022
4942023
5162024
5282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 63% since 20213452021
2662022
3292023
5862024
5632025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
79.3 km
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, YAZOO CITY, GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
13.3 km
JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Rankin?
Rankin's economy produced $10.2B in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.