County profile
Stone County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2321 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$565.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,598
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
306
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,654
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$61.4k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
17.2%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.9%±4.6%
Business applications
320 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
35.5/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing19%
Health care19%
Transportation10%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,654
residents · 2025 · +7.2% since 2020
Income per capita $43.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,549
International migration+67
Natural change−278
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$407.8M2019
$415.1M2020
$470.3M2021
$517.0M2022
$553.0M2023
$565.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.1k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$936/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±3.2%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$8.2M
51 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$969/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Wildfire 84Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1932016
1962017
2162018
2262019
2332020
2532021
2942022
3082023
3272024
3302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021622021
552022
592023
542024
512025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.9 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
39.9 km
J. RAY MCDERMOTT GULFPORT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
42.8 km
GULFPORT-BILOXI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Stone?
Stone's economy produced $565.2M in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.