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Scott County
27,666Population
-1.2 %Change since 2020
-198Net migration
3.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 27,666 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.2 %
- Net migration
- -198 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 27,993 (2020)
- Births
- 470 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.0
- Deaths
- 358 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 112
- International migration
- 89 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -287 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -7.2
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28123
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 % |
| 2024 | 2.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.0 % |
| 2020 | 6.5 % |
| 2019 | 5.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27,666 |
| 2023 | 27,619 |
| 2022 | 27,710 |
| 2021 | 27,617 |
| 2020 | 27,977 |