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County · Mississippi
DeSoto County
195,871Population
5.7 %Change since 2020
2,121Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 195,871 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.7 %
- Net migration
- 2,121 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 185,312 (2020)
- Births
- 2,108 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.8
- Deaths
- 1,824 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 284
- International migration
- 205 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,916 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.8
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28033
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 2.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 5.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.4 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 195,871 |
| 2023 | 193,961 |
| 2022 | 191,585 |
| 2021 | 188,957 |
| 2020 | 186,129 |