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County · Mississippi
Wayne County
19,749Population
-0.1 %Change since 2020
150Net migration
4.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 19,749 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.1 %
- Net migration
- 150 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 19,776 (2020)
- Births
- 257 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.0
- Deaths
- 276 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -19
- International migration
- 46 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 104 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.6
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28153
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2 % |
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 6.3 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.4 % |
| 2017 | 6.3 % |
| 2016 | 7.3 % |
| 2015 | 8.0 % |
| 2014 | 8.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,749 |
| 2023 | 19,743 |
| 2022 | 19,617 |
| 2021 | 19,672 |
| 2020 | 19,807 |