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Lamar County
66,734Population
3.9 %Change since 2020
224Net migration
3.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 66,734 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.9 %
- Net migration
- 224 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 64,219 (2020)
- Births
- 746 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Deaths
- 558 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 188
- International migration
- 57 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 167 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 3.4
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28073
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 % |
| 2024 | 2.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.6 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 5.0 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 66,734 |
| 2023 | 66,207 |
| 2022 | 65,811 |
| 2021 | 65,420 |
| 2020 | 64,393 |