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Winston County
17,418Population
-1.6 %Change since 2020
-9Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 17,418 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.6 %
- Net migration
- -9 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 17,710 (2020)
- Births
- 183 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 222 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -39
- International migration
- 9 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -18 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.5
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28159
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.9 % |
| 2020 | 8.5 % |
| 2019 | 6.1 % |
| 2018 | 5.8 % |
| 2017 | 6.2 % |
| 2016 | 7.3 % |
| 2015 | 8.3 % |
| 2014 | 10.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,418 |
| 2023 | 17,476 |
| 2022 | 17,527 |
| 2021 | 17,573 |
| 2020 | 17,686 |