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County · Mississippi
Clay County
18,213Population
-2.2 %Change since 2020
-51Net migration
4.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 18,213 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.2 %
- Net migration
- -51 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 18,632 (2020)
- Births
- 249 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.7
- Deaths
- 264 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -15
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -51 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.8
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28025
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 7.0 % |
| 2020 | 11.9 % |
| 2019 | 7.7 % |
| 2018 | 6.4 % |
| 2017 | 7.1 % |
| 2016 | 8.5 % |
| 2015 | 9.7 % |
| 2014 | 13.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18,213 |
| 2023 | 18,265 |
| 2022 | 18,334 |
| 2021 | 18,482 |
| 2020 | 18,621 |