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County · Mississippi
Leake County
21,462Population
0.9 %Change since 2020
47Net migration
3.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 21,462 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.9 %
- Net migration
- 47 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 21,273 (2020)
- Births
- 302 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.1
- Deaths
- 289 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 13
- International migration
- 133 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -86 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.2
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 5.2 % |
| 2020 | 7.3 % |
| 2019 | 5.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.5 % |
| 2016 | 5.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.2 % |
| 2014 | 7.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 21,462 |
| 2023 | 21,336 |
| 2022 | 21,279 |
| 2021 | 21,270 |
| 2020 | 21,250 |