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County · Mississippi
Kemper County
8,562Population
-4.7 %Change since 2020
-36Net migration
5.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 8,562 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.7 %
- Net migration
- -36 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 8,987 (2020)
- Births
- 78 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.1
- Deaths
- 112 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -34
- International migration
- -1 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -35 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -4.2
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28069
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 4.3 % |
| 2022 | 5.5 % |
| 2021 | 7.0 % |
| 2020 | 9.4 % |
| 2019 | 7.6 % |
| 2018 | 7.0 % |
| 2017 | 7.4 % |
| 2016 | 7.7 % |
| 2015 | 10.5 % |
| 2014 | 12.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,562 |
| 2023 | 8,620 |
| 2022 | 8,692 |
| 2021 | 8,809 |
| 2020 | 8,962 |