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Newton County
21,063Population
-1.1 %Change since 2020
-2Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 21,063 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.1 %
- Net migration
- -2 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 21,290 (2020)
- Births
- 312 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.8
- Deaths
- 281 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 31
- International migration
- 6 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -8 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.1
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28101
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.0 % |
| 2021 | 5.2 % |
| 2020 | 7.6 % |
| 2019 | 5.7 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.2 % |
| 2016 | 6.0 % |
| 2015 | 6.2 % |
| 2014 | 6.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 21,063 |
| 2023 | 21,041 |
| 2022 | 21,017 |
| 2021 | 21,088 |
| 2020 | 21,254 |