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County · Mississippi
Covington County
18,015Population
-1.8 %Change since 2020
-62Net migration
3.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 18,015 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.8 %
- Net migration
- -62 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 18,339 (2020)
- Births
- 245 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.6
- Deaths
- 285 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -40
- International migration
- -6 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -56 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.4
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.5 % |
| 2020 | 7.5 % |
| 2019 | 5.3 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.5 % |
| 2016 | 6.1 % |
| 2015 | 5.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18,015 |
| 2023 | 18,020 |
| 2022 | 18,126 |
| 2021 | 18,280 |
| 2020 | 18,301 |