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Wilkinson County
7,820Population
-8.9 %Change since 2020
-127Net migration
6.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 7,820 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -8.9 %
- Net migration
- -127 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 8,585 (2020)
- Births
- 72 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Deaths
- 131 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -59
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -127 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -16.2
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28157
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.0 % |
| 2024 | 5.4 % |
| 2023 | 5.6 % |
| 2022 | 6.5 % |
| 2021 | 11.0 % |
| 2020 | 13.3 % |
| 2019 | 10.6 % |
| 2018 | 9.1 % |
| 2017 | 9.3 % |
| 2016 | 10.8 % |
| 2015 | 10.7 % |
| 2014 | 11.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,820 |
| 2023 | 7,988 |
| 2022 | 8,175 |
| 2021 | 8,303 |
| 2020 | 8,524 |