County profile
Washington County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1375 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,297
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,011
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,446
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$42.2k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±2.4%
Poverty rate
26.4%±2.7%
Business applications
788 · 2025
Retail establishments
180
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 care33%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing11%
Transportation8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,446
residents · 2025 · -9.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,638
International migration+38
Natural change−625
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.0k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$833/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
18.0%±1.8%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$3.5M
7 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 93Earthquake 91Drought 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2082017
2092018
2082019
2162020
2262021
2632022
2672023
2832024
3062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202172021
502022
182023
72024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
96.7 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
12.3 km
CAGY
Nearest port
14.8 km
Port of Greenville, MS
Nearest commercial airport
22.7 km
GREENVILLE MID-DELTA
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,721,859 short tons/yr · Port of Greenville, MS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% 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.