County · Mississippi

Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Pontotoc County, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 14 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,705 of 3,143 US counties. Within Mississippi it ranks #32 of 82 counties. It ranks best on math scores (high), time spent in the emergency room (low) and reading scores (high). It ranks worst on firearm deaths (high), homicide rate (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

14Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,705 of 3,143 counties
Mississippi: #32 of 82 in MS
Population: 32,096 (2025)
Land area: 498 mi²
Density: 64.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 28115

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety23#2,375/3,096
Economy24#2,386/3,143
Housing42#1,825/3,140
Health30#2,193/3,144
Healthcare16#2,651/3,143
Environment27#2,266/3,108
Education52#1,507/3,144
Infrastructure7#2,919/3,144
Community13#2,737/3,144
Leisure & amenities26#2,312/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Math scores · high3.51
96/100Mississippi 3.11United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · low88 min
95/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Reading scores · high3.27
86/100Mississippi 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Severe housing problems · low9.2%
84/100Mississippi 14.3%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Depression · low21.3%
82/100Mississippi 20.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Natural hazard risk · low19.7
80/100Mississippi 53.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high23.8 /100k
2/100Mississippi 25.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Homicide rate · high10.7 /100k
2/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
High school diploma or higher · low78.5%
3/100Mississippi 87.2%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Broadband subscriptions · low77.5%
6/100Mississippi 84.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Average weekly wage · low$831
6/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dentists · low16 /100k
12/100Mississippi 52 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 46% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+46 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
39.4% (2010 & 2021) → 55.4% (2022 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.9% (2015-2019) → 50.6% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.9% (2015-2019) → 77.5% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Firearm deathsWorsening
16.9 /100k (2021) → 23.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+41%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
311 /100k (2020) → 185 /100k (2025)
−40%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

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, Pontotoc County, Mississippi improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 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 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Unemployment−4.7 points8.5% → 3.8%
Uninsured−3.2 points18.6% → 15.4%
Students / teacher−1.5×14.8× → 13.3×
Broadband+14 points63.9% → 77.5%
Violent crime−40%311 /100k → 185 /100k

Declined3

Rent burden+15 points35.9% → 50.6%
Rent / income+6.2 points24.0% → 30.2%
Price / income+0.7×2.4× → 3.1×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Pontotoc County, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	30%
Average commute time	25.2 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Average weekly wage	$7092020	$8312025	+17%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	63.9%2015-2019	77.5%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	74%
Child poverty rate	22.3%2019	21.8%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Distance to an airport	77 mi2020	77 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.6 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	20%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Firearm deaths	23.1 /100k2020	23.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3%	Within the margin of error	44%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	21%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	76.5%2015-2019	78.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	24%
Homicide rate	11.4 /100k2020	10.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	26%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,9772019	$53,0142024	+26%	Improved	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4262015-2019	0.4372020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	34%
Median household income	$48,9102019	$59,8982024	+22%	Improved	36%
New business applications	9.6 /1k2020	12.7 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	56%
Poverty rate	15.9%2019	14.9%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	929 /100k2020	593 /100k2025	−36%	Improved	50%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+0.9%	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent as share of income	24.0%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Declined	6%
Rent-burdened households	35.9%2015-2019	50.6%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	5%
Restaurants and bars	4.2 /10k2020	4.7 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	76%
Students per teacher	14.8×2019	13.3×2024	−1.5×	Improved	78%
Suicide rate	15.4 /100k2020	18.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+19%	Within the margin of error	22%
Traffic deaths	31.6 /100k2015-2019	24.1 /100k2020-2024	−24%	Within the margin of error	82%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2020	3.8%2025	−4.7 points	Improved	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.6%2019	15.4%2024	−3.2 points	Improved	85%
Violent crime rate	311 /100k2020	185 /100k2025	−40%	Improved	80%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 Pontotoc County, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pontotoc 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, Pontotoc County, Mississippi itself moved −4.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

31,550 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

11,819 households (±385)

Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k20%2,314
$25k–50k28%3,342
$50k–75k15%1,814

Homes

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

Owners and renters

11,819 households (±385)

Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own70%8,244
Rent30%3,575

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

13,679 workers (±657)

Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone87%11,955
Carpool9.0%†1,234
Public transit0.1%†

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.

Pontotoc County has 540 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Mississippi's), with 12,209 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,345. The Census Bureau also counts 2,661 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 540; 2,661 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 12,209
Average annual pay: $36,345; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	40	12.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	710	$13,200	21
Ambulatory health care services	30	9.5	0.45×Fewer than typical	303	$33,604	74
Religious organizations	29	9.1	1.65×More than typical	225	$31,987	—
Specialty trade contractors	29	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	147	$40,395	286
Gasoline stations	24	7.6	2.33×More than typical	144	$20,799	7
Truck transportation	23	7.3	1.43×More than typical	205	$65,298	101
Limited-service restaurants	21	6.6	0.83×About typical	498	$13,058	6
Lessors of real estate	17	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	25	$35,320	169
Automotive repair and maintenance	15	4.7	0.94×About typical	67	$47,881	74
Building equipment contractors	15	4.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	103	$42,320	74
Full-service restaurants	15	4.7	0.62×Fewer than typical	205	$13,722	9
General merchandise stores	15	4.7	2.68×More than typical	400	$31,510	20

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 31,705 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 $17.9K on contracts performed in Pontotoc County, Mississippi: $0.56 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $17.9K; −97% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.56; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Aviation Administration$17.9K100%

Top recipients

CUSA CONSULTING LLC$17.9K100%
ECLIPSE COMPANIES, LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

155.3KFY2017
33.3KFY2018
3.2MFY2019
7KFY2020
7.3MFY2021
8.4KFY2022
17.2MFY2023
1.7MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$17.9K100%

Largest awards

PROJECT MS NP NATR BMS FY24(1): THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF PERFORMING PREVENTATIVE BRIDGE REPAIRS TO 14 BRIDGES ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY. THE WORK INCLUDES THE REPAIR OF DETERIORATED EXPANSION JOINTS, CLEANING AND RESEALING JOINTS, CONCRETE REPA$529.9K
ECLIPSE COMPANIES, LLC· Pontotoc County, MS· Construction & real property· Apr 1, 2025 – Feb 25, 2026· 693C7325F00043N
EG FUNDED. EG SITE SURVEY TRAVEL, REPORT AND DESIGN FUNDING FOR EG PMO LED POWER SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT TUPELO, MS (TUP) RCAG JCN: 24016474$17.9K
CUSA CONSULTING LLC· Pontotoc County, MS· Equipment maintenance· Jan 15, 2026 – Jan 15, 2026· 6973GH26F00273

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

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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 $179.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pontotoc County, Mississippi: $5,594 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $179.5M; −6.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,594; US $12,975
Loan face value: $6.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$107.4M60%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$27.3M15%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$13.2M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$10.2M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.6M4.2%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$4.6M2.6%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$2.1M1.2%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.4M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.8M3.2%
JACKSON, MS
CITY OF NEW ALBANY$493.6K0.3%
NEW ALBANY, MS
PONTOTOC HOUSING AUTHORITY$373.2K0.2%
PONTOTOC, MS
KUDZU SHANTY, INC.$340.5K0.2%
PONTOTOC, MS
PEA RIDGE FARMS INC$300K

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$152.5M85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15.1M8.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$5.8M3.2%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$2.6M1.4%
Department of Agriculture
Rural Housing Service$896.1K

Assistance by fiscal year

162.8MFY2021
160MFY2022
160.9MFY2023
170MFY2024
191.6MFY2025
179.5MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 Pontotoc 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
FY2017	$4.89	$1,436
FY2018	$1.04	$1,552
FY2019	$99.48	$1,654
FY2020	$0.22	$1,880
FY2021	$234	$1,810
FY2022	$0.27	$1,917
FY2023	$542	$2,079
FY2024	$53.61	$2,047
FY2025	$21.30	$2,165
FY2026	$0.56 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$235	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$529	$5,748
FY2022	$187	$5,221
FY2023	$643	$5,364
FY2024	$200	$5,501
FY2025	$361	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$81.73	$298
FY2022	$17.90	$357
FY2023	$76.97	$301
FY2024	$8.46	$319
FY2025	$305	$360
FY2026	$197

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$45.90	$239
FY2022	$61.25	$185
FY2023	$35.97	$229
FY2024	$43.47	$229
FY2025	$39.88	$249
FY2026	$39.55

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$738	$1,186
FY2022	$130	$465
FY2023	-$30.35	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$5.45	$148
FY2026	$14.83

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	3.7%

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

FY2023, Construction contracts: 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/28115

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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.

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

House

Trent KellyR-MS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.7%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Pontotoc County

Places whose residents live mostly in Pontotoc 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
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-08
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

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Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	−6.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+7.2%	+10.5%
2020	+13.4%	+19.4%
2021	+18.2%	+26.1%
2022	+20.5%	+30.6%
2023	+26.2%	+35.0%
2024	+28.3%	+41.0%
2025	+33.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	−7.0%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+4.1%
2018	+5.7%	+8.9%
2019	+10.0%	+13.5%
2020	+20.8%	+20.8%
2021	+34.9%	+32.1%
2022	+31.1%	+35.4%
2023	+33.7%	+42.9%
2024	+38.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	−3.0%	−6.9%
2015	−3.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.5%	+4.7%
2018	+6.9%	+7.5%
2019	+18.0%	+14.0%
2020	+28.5%	+16.9%
2021	+20.9%	+21.0%
2022	+23.2%	+29.7%
2023	+24.2%	+34.9%
2024	+44.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	17.7%	15.5%
2015	15.6%	14.7%
2016	18.4%	14.0%
2017	14.6%	13.4%
2018	16.5%	13.1%
2019	15.9%	12.3%
2020	12.8%	11.9%
2021	16.3%	12.8%
2022	17.6%	12.6%
2023	13.3%	12.5%
2024	14.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	5.6%	5.3%
2016	5.2%	4.9%
2017	4.3%	4.4%
2018	4.3%	3.9%
2019	4.8%	3.7%
2020	8.5%	8.1%
2021	4.9%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−4.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−5.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	−1.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+3.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+21.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+18.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+14.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+22.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+26.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	18.0%	13.5%
2015	15.9%	10.9%
2016	16.1%	10.0%
2017	17.6%	10.2%
2018	15.5%	10.4%
2019	18.6%	10.8%
2020	17.0%	10.4%
2021	17.8%	10.2%
2022	15.0%	9.5%
2023	14.0%	9.5%
2024	15.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	United States
2014	5.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.7/1k	16.6/1k

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