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County · Mississippi
George County
25,880Population
6.3 %Change since 2020
331Net migration
5.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 25,880 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 6.3 %
- Net migration
- 331 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 24,349 (2020)
- Births
- 369 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.3
- Deaths
- 335 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 34
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 331 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 12.8
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28039
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 % |
| 2024 | 4.4 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 5.2 % |
| 2021 | 7.1 % |
| 2020 | 9.4 % |
| 2019 | 7.8 % |
| 2018 | 7.0 % |
| 2017 | 7.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.6 % |
| 2014 | 8.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 25,880 |
| 2023 | 25,589 |
| 2022 | 25,219 |
| 2021 | 24,795 |
| 2020 | 24,367 |