Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety3#3,013/3,096
Economy17#2,613/3,143
Housing53#1,485/3,140
Health23#2,415/3,144
Healthcare7#2,912/3,143
Environment44#1,737/3,108
Education45#1,724/3,144
Infrastructure2#3,081/3,144
Community23#2,414/3,144
Leisure & amenities36#2,021/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clarke County, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Cost of buying a home today · low16.2%
97/100Mississippi 25.6%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Time spent in the emergency room · low90 min
94/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Job growth · high4.4%
93/100Mississippi -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Social associations · high19.0 /10k
91/100Mississippi 12.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · low0.41%
90/100Mississippi 0.58%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Students per teacher · low10.9×
85/100Mississippi 13.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high37.1 /100k
1/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Homicide rate · high10.9 /100k
2/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Access to exercise opportunities · low6.2%
2/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · high34.0 min
6/100Mississippi 25.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Primary care shortage · high19.0
7/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Lack of reliable transportation · high13.5%
9/100Mississippi 12.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.0% (2015-2019) → 82.2% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 19% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+19 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
60.7% (2015-2019) → 46.5% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Mental health providersImproving
39 /100k (2021) → 66 /100k (2025)
+68%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
PharmaciesWorsening
1.9 /10k (2020) → 0.7 /10k (2025)
−66%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Some collegeImproving
53.6% (2016-2020) → 66.5% (2019-2023)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clarke County, Mississippi improved on 8 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Broadband+19 points63.0% → 82.2%
Uninsured−4 points16.3% → 12.3%
Students / teacher−2.2×13.1× → 10.9×
Bachelor's++5.1 points12.5% → 17.5%
Unemployment−3.6 points7.7% → 4.1%

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.0× → 2.6×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Clarke County, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	45%
Average commute time	29.9 min2015-2019	34.0 min2020-2024	+4.2 min	Within the margin of error	6%
Average weekly wage	$6682020	$8462025	+27%	Improved	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	85%
Broadband subscriptions	63.0%2015-2019	82.2%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	33.2%2019	26.2%2024	−7 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Distance to an airport	81 mi2020	81 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	12.2 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	0.54%2015-2019	0.41%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	57%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	+37%	Within the margin of error	93%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	56%
High school diploma or higher	82.9%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	29%
Homicide rate	14.4 /100k2020	10.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	46%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,2862019	$59,8842024	+32%	Improved	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4892015-2019	0.4832020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$42,8262019	$52,6952024	+23%	Improved	40%
New business applications	13.8 /1k2020	13.4 /1k2025	−2.8%	Little change	8%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−66%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	23.2%2019	19.6%2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Public libraries	2.6 /10k2019	2.6 /10k2024	+2%	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent as share of income	36.7%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Rent-burdened households	60.7%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Restaurants and bars	5.8 /10k2020	6.6 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	79%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	10.9×2024	−2.2×	Improved	90%
Suicide rate	14.2 /100k2020	15.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	32%
Traffic deaths	34.3 /100k2015-2019	20.9 /100k2020-2024	−39%	Within the margin of error	91%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	4.1%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.3%2019	12.3%2024	−4 points	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Clarke County, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clarke County, Mississippi in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clarke County, Mississippi itself moved +5.8 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

15,314 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,945 households (±232)

Clarke County, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k29%1,704
$25k–50k25%1,490
$50k–75k16%960

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,945 households (±232)

Clarke County, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own82%4,892
Rent18%1,053

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,695 workers (±393)

Clarke County, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone83%4,741
Carpool7.7%†437
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Meridian, MS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Clarke County has 224 employer establishments, 147 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Mississippi's), with 2,077 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,160. The Census Bureau also counts 1,104 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 224; 1,104 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 147; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 2,077
Average annual pay: $37,160; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Clarke County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	29	19	3.42×More than typical	119	$13,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	25	16.4	0.89×About typical	220	$14,873	7
Full-service restaurants	13	8.5	1.11×About typical	79	$16,152	—
Ambulatory health care services	10	6.5	0.31×Fewer than typical	89	$48,258	60
Banks and credit unions	8	5.2	1.62×Too few to compare	30	$62,267	—
General merchandise stores	8	5.2	2.96×Too few to compare	56	$19,554	6
Limited-service restaurants	8	5.2	0.65×Too few to compare	123	$14,374	4
Truck transportation	8	5.2	1.04×Too few to compare	63	$49,016	56
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	4.6	0.91×Too few to compare	19	$35,895	16
Gasoline stations	6	3.9	1.21×Too few to compare	19	$24,263	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	3.3	1.87×Too few to compare	17	$31,000	4
Grocery and convenience stores	5	3.3	1.10×Too few to compare	91	$19,725	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,275 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Clarke County, Mississippi: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.9KFY2017
-799.8KFY2018
796.6KFY2019
665.1KFY2020
863.2KFY2021
804.6KFY2022
608.7KFY2023
216.8KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Explore contracts in Clarke County, Mississippi

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $122.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Clarke County, Mississippi: $8,124 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $122.7M; +2.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,124; US $12,957
Loan face value: $2.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$65.4M53%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$12.7M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$12M9.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$8.3M6.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$8.2M6.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.8M3.9%
93.224 · Health Center Program$2M1.6%
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$1.4M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$9.7M7.9%
JACKSON, MS
OUTREACH HEALTH SERVICES INC$2M1.6%
SHUBUTA, MS
INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE INC$664.1K0.5%
FULTON, MS
COUNTY OF CLARKE$357.7K0.3%
QUITMAN, MS
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS INC$318.2K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$91.1M74%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$13.8M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$9.7M7.9%
Department of Transportation
Health Resources and Services Administration$2M1.6%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Communications Commission

Assistance by fiscal year

97.6MFY2021
105.7MFY2022
103.9MFY2023
116MFY2024
119.8MFY2025
122.7MFY2026

County aggregates

86%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Clarke County, Mississippi compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Clarke County, Mississippi
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2017	$0.43	$1,436
FY2018	-$51.41	$1,552
FY2019	$51.38	$1,654
FY2020	$42.79	$1,880
FY2021	$55.99	$1,810
FY2022	$52.91	$1,917
FY2023	$39.85	$2,079
FY2024	$14.25	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	-$0.43	$145
FY2021	$0	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$318	$5,748
FY2022	$752	$5,221
FY2023	$248	$5,364
FY2024	$474	$5,501
FY2025	$419	$5,732
FY2026	$807

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	-$52.22	$298
FY2022	$525	$357
FY2023	$38.27	$301
FY2024	$276	$319
FY2025	$209	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$32.00	$239
FY2022	$33.48	$185
FY2023	$53.66	$229
FY2024	$56.26	$229
FY2025	$36.50	$249
FY2026	$60.76

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$325	$2,304
FY2022	$135	$2,197
FY2023	$138	$2,274
FY2024	$139	$2,267
FY2025	$135	$2,397
FY2026	$133

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$579	$1,186
FY2022	$144	$465
FY2023	-$14.06	$76.52
FY2024	$171	$120
FY2025	$55.05	$148
FY2026	$1.85

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Clarke County, Mississippi
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

Table view

Job growth, Clarke County, Mississippi and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	−3.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2022, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/28023

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clarke County, Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael GuestR-MS-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Clarke County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Meridian, MS10Outlying county

Cities and towns in Clarke County

Places whose residents live mostly in Clarke County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/28023

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	+1.9%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.3%	+3.3%
2018	+4.2%	+6.8%
2019	+7.4%	+10.5%
2020	+12.5%	+19.4%
2021	+15.3%	+26.1%
2022	+26.3%	+30.6%
2023	+37.0%	+35.0%
2024	+36.0%	+41.0%
2025	+42.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	+2.0%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+4.1%
2018	+5.6%	+8.9%
2019	+8.2%	+13.5%
2020	+19.0%	+20.8%
2021	+24.0%	+32.1%
2022	+25.0%	+35.4%
2023	+33.2%	+42.9%
2024	+43.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	0.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	−7.7%	−6.9%
2015	+1.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+4.7%
2018	+9.7%	+7.5%
2019	+13.3%	+14.0%
2020	+1.3%	+16.9%
2021	+15.8%	+21.0%
2022	+23.0%	+29.7%
2023	+26.4%	+34.9%
2024	+39.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+6.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+14.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+29.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+22.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+20.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+23.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+8.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	9.1%	6.2%
2015	7.9%	5.3%
2016	6.5%	4.9%
2017	5.8%	4.4%
2018	5.3%	3.9%
2019	5.8%	3.7%
2020	7.7%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	4.2%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	22.4%	15.5%
2015	21.8%	14.7%
2016	20.9%	14.0%
2017	20.8%	13.4%
2018	21.6%	13.1%
2019	23.2%	12.3%
2020	19.2%	11.9%
2021	18.5%	12.8%
2022	22.3%	12.6%
2023	18.3%	12.5%
2024	19.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	17.4%	13.5%
2015	15.4%	10.9%
2016	14.8%	10.0%
2017	14.7%	10.2%
2018	15.4%	10.4%
2019	16.3%	10.8%
2020	14.9%	10.4%
2021	15.9%	10.2%
2022	13.3%	9.5%
2023	12.0%	9.5%
2024	12.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Clarke County, Mississippi	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	13.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	15.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.4/1k	16.6/1k

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