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County · Mississippi
Forrest County
78,435Population
0.3 %Change since 2020
51Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 78,435 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.3 %
- Net migration
- 51 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 78,177 (2020)
- Births
- 1,002 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.8
- Deaths
- 891 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 111
- International migration
- 161 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -110 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.7
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28035
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.1 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 5.3 % |
| 2020 | 7.6 % |
| 2019 | 5.2 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.7 % |
| 2015 | 6.3 % |
| 2014 | 7.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 78,435 |
| 2023 | 78,432 |
| 2022 | 78,284 |
| 2021 | 77,996 |
| 2020 | 78,212 |