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Amite County
12,451Population
-2.1 %Change since 2020
-11Net migration
4.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 12,451 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.1 %
- Net migration
- -11 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 12,723 (2020)
- Births
- 115 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Deaths
- 198 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -83
- International migration
- 4 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -15 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.9
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 4.0 % |
| 2022 | 5.2 % |
| 2021 | 7.4 % |
| 2020 | 8.6 % |
| 2019 | 7.3 % |
| 2018 | 6.7 % |
| 2017 | 7.4 % |
| 2016 | 8.0 % |
| 2015 | 7.6 % |
| 2014 | 8.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12,451 |
| 2023 | 12,474 |
| 2022 | 12,572 |
| 2021 | 12,626 |
| 2020 | 12,702 |