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County · Mississippi
Benton County
7,566Population
-1.1 %Change since 2020
-68Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 7,566 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.1 %
- Net migration
- -68 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 7,651 (2020)
- Births
- 88 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.6
- Deaths
- 105 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -17
- International migration
- 2 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -70 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -9.0
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28009
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 7.2 % |
| 2019 | 5.4 % |
| 2018 | 5.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.9 % |
| 2015 | 8.1 % |
| 2014 | 9.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,566 |
| 2023 | 7,491 |
| 2022 | 7,574 |
| 2021 | 7,645 |
| 2020 | 7,669 |