County profile
Yazoo County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1768 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,104
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
359
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,947
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$39.3k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.3%±2.1%
Poverty rate
30.8%±4.7%
Business applications
396 · 2025
Retail establishments
77
33.2/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,947
residents · 2025 · -14.0% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,672
International migration+331
Natural change−291
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$762.3M2019
$775.6M2020
$852.1M2021
$900.6M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.8k±$18.1k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$110/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±3.5%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$1.0M
12 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Cold wave 91Drought 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1712016
1812017
1762018
1832019
1872020
2032021
2182022
2462023
2482024
2682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
112022
112023
122024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.9 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
CN
Nearest port
8.1 km
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, YAZOO CITY, GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
60.2 km
JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Yazoo?
Yazoo's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.