County profile
Sunflower County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1967 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$862.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,028
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
406
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,893
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$40.0k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±2.2%
Poverty rate
28.9%±3.8%
Business applications
388 · 2025
Retail establishments
80
34.6/10k 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 care36%
Transportation22%
Retail trade17%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation10%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,893
residents · 2025 · -10.9% since 2020
Income per capita $41.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,501
International migration+345
Natural change−618
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$650.8M2019
$723.6M2020
$824.2M2021
$855.1M2022
$944.1M2023
$862.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.3k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$694/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±2.3%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.9M
10 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 91Drought 89Earthquake 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1822017
1792018
1822019
1892020
1962021
2022022
1872023
2192024
2212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 2021112021
152022
182023
62024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.5 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
17.7 km
CAGY
Nearest port
34.5 km
Port of Rosedale, MS
Nearest commercial airport
38.8 km
GREENVILLE MID-DELTA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sunflower?
Sunflower's economy produced $862.7M in 2024, contracting 8.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.