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County · Mississippi
Lafayette County
59,843Population
7.2 %Change since 2020
576Net migration
3.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 59,843 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 7.2 %
- Net migration
- 576 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 55,816 (2020)
- Births
- 540 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.0
- Deaths
- 486 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 54
- International migration
- 178 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 398 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.6
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28071
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 2.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.5 % |
| 2020 | 6.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 5.2 % |
| 2015 | 5.5 % |
| 2014 | 6.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 59,843 |
| 2023 | 59,400 |
| 2022 | 58,776 |
| 2021 | 57,700 |
| 2020 | 55,916 |