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Covington County, MS

Demographic and economic profile of Covington County, MS, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Covington County is a small rural Mississippi county of 18,226 residents with a labor force participation rate of 56.7% and a workforce where 84.7% hold a high school diploma but only 15.9% have a bachelor's degree or higher, pointing to an available blue-collar labor pool at modest wages — median worker earnings run $34,637. The county's cost structure is notably low, with a median home value of $98,500 and median gross rent of $639 per month, though a poverty rate of 17.7% and a 4.5% population decline over five years reflect ongoing demographic contraction. Unemployment stands at 4.7% against a median household income of $45,051, with GDP per capita at $38,485.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

18,226

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$45,051

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

37.3 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-4.5% since 2018

Covington County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone10,880 (60.0%)
  • Black or African American Alone6,313 (34.8%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races399 (2.2%)
  • Some Other Race Alone268 (1.5%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race185 (1.0%)
  • Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone54 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish191
  2. 2.Vietnamese21
  3. 3.Other Indo-European16
  4. 4.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)15
  5. 5.Korean12

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

24.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

17.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.1%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

846

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$38,485

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$26,323

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

17.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance2,160
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,387
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)919
  4. 4.Construction (Group)587
  5. 5.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities424

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,034
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations1,639
  3. 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,561
  4. 4.Service Occupations1,045
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations996

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Manufacturing (LQ 1.91×)1,445
  2. 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.68×)204
  3. 3.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.51×)265
  4. 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.25×)2,221
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.22×)1,012

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$98,500

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$639/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

77.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,999580 (10.2%)
  • $60,000 to $69,999462 (8.1%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999395 (7.0%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999387 (6.8%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999379 (6.7%)
  • Less Than $10,000337 (5.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

15.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

84.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

56.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$34,637

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

23.8 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

7.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone6,039 (84.2%)
  • Worked At Home413 (5.8%)
  • Carpooled356 (5.0%)
  • Other163 (2.3%)
  • Public Transit113 (1.6%)
  • Walked89 (1.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.