County profile
Mississippi County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2508 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$425.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,966
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
214
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,003
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$48.2k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±2.8%
Poverty rate
19.0%±3.9%
Business applications
157 · 2025
Retail establishments
42
35.2/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation21%
Transportation17%
Wholesale trade10%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,003
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $43.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+122
International migration+0
Natural change−288
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$372.5M2019
$364.5M2020
$431.3M2021
$447.7M2022
$440.4M2023
$425.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.0k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$762/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
15.0%±2.9%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$1.1M
10 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 94Ice storm 83Drought 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1312015
1372016
1492017
1502018
1512019
1552020
1642021
1492022
2042023
2612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 900% since 202112021
32022
82023
92024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.8 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
21.3 km
STR
Nearest port
16.4 km
FITZGERALD MARINE & REPAIR, BELMONT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
50.7 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mississippi?
Mississippi's economy produced $425.5M in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over year — slower than 88% 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.