County profile
Union County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1533 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,790
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
536
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,459
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$55.5k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±2.6%
Poverty rate
15.1%±3.1%
Business applications
338 · 2025
Retail establishments
111
39.1/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Transportation16%
Retail trade12%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care10%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,459
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $44.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+589
International migration+125
Natural change−71
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.4k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$865/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±3.0%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$6.9M
27 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$872/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 85Cold wave 73Heat wave 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1872016
1952017
2022018
2092019
2152020
2352021
2782022
2912023
3292024
3412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 42% since 2021192021
202022
212023
182024
272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.5 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
60.7 km
PORT ITAWAMBA
Nearest commercial airport
32.8 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Union?
Union's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.