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Rankin County
160,573Population
2.3 %Change since 2020
1,100Net migration
2.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 160,573 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.3 %
- Net migration
- 1,100 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.8 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 157,031 (2020)
- Births
- 1,801 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Deaths
- 1,414 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 387
- International migration
- 280 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 820 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.9
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28121
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.8 % |
| 2024 | 2.3 % |
| 2023 | 2.3 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 3.6 % |
| 2020 | 5.2 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 3.7 % |
| 2016 | 4.1 % |
| 2015 | 4.2 % |
| 2014 | 4.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 160,573 |
| 2023 | 160,184 |
| 2022 | 158,733 |
| 2021 | 157,600 |
| 2020 | 157,175 |