Mississippi

Home/Mississippi Mississippi State-to-state migration of people and income, 2022–2023 filing years At a glance (2023) Cost of living 87 13% below the U.S. average Median home value $161,400 national $303,400 Home prices, 5 years +38.6% over the 5 years to 2023 Monthly rent $923 national $1,348 Homeownership 69% national 65% Unemployment 3.1% national 3.6% Household income $54,915 national $78,538 Median age 38.4 yrs national 38.7 The cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. The median home is valued at $161,400 (nominal). Home prices have risen about 39% over the five years to 2023. Median rent is about $923 a month. Unemployment averaged 3.1% in 2023 (national 3.6%). Median household income is $54,915. These figures describe all residents, not just tax filers, come from separate sources than the migration data on this page, and do not indicate why anyone moved. Between the 2022 and 2023 filing years, Mississippi saw a net loss of 3,179 tax-filing households and a net loss of 3,109 individuals. Against a population of about 2,939,690, that is a net outflow of about 1.1 per 1,000 residents. On net, the area lost $64.9M in associated adjusted gross income (AGI, nominal dollars). The largest inflow, about 5,685 households, came from Tennessee; the largest outflow, about 5,641 households, went to Tennessee. In the prior (2022) filing year, the area saw a net loss of 563 individuals. These figures cover federal income tax filers only and do not indicate why people moved. Net income (AGI) $64.9M nominal dollars Net households 3,179 tax returns Net people 3,109 exemptions 1.1 net people per 1,000 residents (population 2,939,690) Income (AGI) in and out Moved in$1.7B Moved out$1.8B Net -$64.9M (nominal) HowAmericaMoves.com Mississippi counties Net migration by county. Hover for figures; click a county to open it. Net outNet in(AGI $) Hover an area to trace its top 5 inbound (in) and outbound (out) moves. Net income (AGI) that moved in minus out, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).Net tax returns (filing households) that moved in minus out.Net people per 1,000 residents, so larger and smaller areas compare fairly. Hover an area to trace its top moves HowAmericaMoves.com Top origin states 1Tennessee5,685$301.6M2Louisiana3,689$220M3Texas3,314$175.5M4Alabama2,588$151.3M5Florida2,167$126.3M6Georgia1,551$79.9M7California1,129$73.6M8Arkansas793$39.5M9Illinois776$42.3M10Virginia651$42.7M HowAmericaMoves.com Top destination states 1Tennessee5,641$271.2M2Texas4,839$238.5M3Alabama3,287$182.2M4Louisiana3,108$153.6M5Florida2,359$180.2M6Georgia1,877$90.8M7Arkansas1,033$51.9M8California973$60M9North Carolina855$58.6M10Illinois721$31.7M HowAmericaMoves.com Churn by state both directions at once The biggest two-way exchanges of filing households, 2022–2023. Moved in and moved out are gross one-way counts; net is the difference. Click a column to sort. Tennessee 5,685 5,641 +44 +$30.3M Texas 3,314 4,839 -1,525 -$63M Louisiana 3,689 3,108 +581 +$66.4M Alabama 2,588 3,287 -699 -$31M Florida 2,167 2,359 -192 -$53.9M Georgia 1,551 1,877 -326 -$10.9M California 1,129 973 +156 +$13.6M Arkansas 793 1,033 -240 -$12.4M Illinois 776 721 +55 +$10.6M North Carolina 633 855 -222 -$19.5M Virginia 651 720 -69 -$2.7M Colorado 518 603 -85 +$29K Counts are filing households (IRS returns), matching the lists above; income is nominal AGI. A dash means the IRS published only one direction of that exchange (small flows are suppressed), so no net is computed. HowAmericaMoves.com Net migration by year Net 2012–2023: -$1.2B (-63,822 people) 20122023 HowAmericaMoves.com Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars) Year Net AGI Net people 2012 -$93.5M -4,930 2013 -$128.6M -6,545 2014 -$215.4M -8,352 2015 -$202.9M -5,812 2016 -$208.8M -6,091 2017 -$152M -7,337 2018 -$117.1M -6,534 2019 -$124.6M -8,042 2020 -$53.5M -4,071 2021 +$47.8M -2,436 2022 +$125.1M -563 2023 -$64.9M -3,109 Migration in context How big is this move, relative to the state? In the 2022–2023 filing year, about 3,109 more people left Mississippi than moved in (counting tax filers and their dependents) — a net loss of about $64.9M in income (nominal) — in a state of 2,942,470 people. Population 2,942,470 Census 2023 estimate Net migration rate 1.1 net people per 1,000 residents A Town Of 10,000 Would Net About -11 People. Net income per resident −$22 nominal dollars ≈ -$64.9M total across 2,942,470 residents. The rate lets you compare Mississippi with a stateof any size: it’s the net flow divided by population. The IRS counts tax filers; population counts all residents, so read the rate as a scale indicator, not a literal share of people. HowAmericaMoves.com Components of population change 2023 (Census) Where the state’s overall change came from. Census counts all residents; the IRS migration above is one slice of the domestic-migration component. Births +35,099 Deaths 35,712 Net domestic migration 3,356 Net international migration +5,371 Total change +1,233 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program. Figures are people, not tax filers. HowAmericaMoves.com Income & cost of living What a dollar is worth here Prices around Mississippi run about 13% below the national average. In plain terms: $100 spent here buys about what $115 buys in the average American community. The figures below apply that to income, each compared to the U.S. average of $70,002 per person. Income per person $49,661 what people here earn (BEA 2023, nominal) 29% below the U.S. average Price level 86.8 100 = U.S. average prices (BEA price parity) everyday costs about 13.2% lower than average What that income buys $57,218 local income restated at U.S.-average prices 18% below the U.S. average Cheaper than U.S. avgU.S. average (100)Pricier Price parity shown at the state level (BEA does not publish a single figure below the metro level). HowAmericaMoves.com Where the cost comes from price parity by category Index where 100 = U.S. average for that category. Housing is usually what separates one place from another. Housing & rents54.9 Goods94.4 Utilities83.5 Other services97.7 Housing is measured from rents (including an estimated rental value for owner-occupied homes), so a run-up in purchase prices shows here only as it reaches rents. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Covers all residents, a separate universe from the IRS filer income above. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Who lives here The people of Mississippi American Community Survey, 2019–2023 (a 5-year average of all residents, not just tax filers). Median age 38.4 years Median household income $54,915 per household (ACS 2019–2023, nominal) 30% below the U.S. median College degree 24% adults 25+ with a bachelor's or higher Poverty rate 19.1% residents below the poverty line Average commute 26 min mean travel time to work Broadband at home 82% households with any broadband Race and ethnicity (share of residents) White 55%Hispanic 4%Black 37%Asian 1%Other 3% White, Black, and Asian counts are people who are not Hispanic or Latino; Hispanic or Latino can be of any race. Shares are rounded and may not total 100. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Covers all residents, a separate universe from the IRS filer data. A 5-year estimate is an average over 2019–2023; compare years at least five apart, since consecutive windows overlap. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Housing what it costs to live here (ACS 2019–2023) Median home value $161,400 owner-occupied homes 47% below the U.S. median Median rent $923 gross rent per month 32% below the U.S. median Homeownership 69% of occupied homes are owner-occupied Home-price appreciation FHFA index, 2023 Past year +5.8% price change, 2022 to 2023 Past 5 years +39% price change, 2018 to 2023 A repeat-sales index (how much the same homes changed in price), so it tracks the market over time rather than the current level. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual all-transactions HPI; the county series is FHFA’s developmental index. New home construction building permits, 2023 7,700new housing units authorized in 2023 Single-family 93%Multifamily 7% Units authorized by residential building permits (new supply), summed from counties for the state and U.S. Permits are authorizations, not completions. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Home value is what owners estimate their homes are worth, not recent sale prices. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2019–2023), nominal dollars. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Local economy & risk Jobs and natural hazards Unemployment rate 3.1% BLS 2023 annual average Labor force 1,250,896 1,211,931 employed Disaster declarations 2 major federal, 2023 most common: Severe Storm Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS) and FEMA. A disaster declaration marks federal assistance eligibility, not damage severity, and says nothing about why anyone moved. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Unemployment now 3.5% May 2026 ▼ 0.2 points vs May 2025 January 2024May 2026 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS). Monthly unemployment for this state, not seasonally adjusted. Updated every month, so it moves faster than the annual average above. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Who’s moving by income Net migration by income bracket Tax-filing households that moved into Mississippi minus those that left, by the adjusted gross income they reported, 2022–2023. Positive means more arrived than left at that income level. $1–$10k 16 In 3,345Out 3,361-$436K AGI $10k–$25k 1,563 In 8,080Out 9,643-$28.7M AGI $25k–$50k 1,553 In 7,852Out 9,405-$54M AGI $50k–$75k 460 In 4,198Out 4,658-$27.6M AGI $75k–$100k +54 In 2,446Out 2,392+$5.9M AGI $100k–$200k +190 In 3,335Out 3,145+$28.7M AGI $200k+ +136 In 1,102Out 966+$11.5M AGI Among the highest earners ($200k+), Mississippi ranks #22 of 51 states for net household migration (+136). Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-level gross migration file (returns with negative AGI are excluded, so this won’t exactly match the totals above). Income is what filers reported, not a reason anyone moved. Compare all states by income bracket. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Goods trade What Mississippi ships and receives Physical goods shipped between Mississippi and other states, 2022. This is freight, not the migration of people or income shown above. $108.7B Ships to other states +31% since 2017 $120.0B Receives from states +25% since 2017 $11.4B Net balance Top goods shipped out Other coal and petroleum products, not elsewhere classified $14.9B Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment $13.4B Machinery $10.9B Mixed freight $9.6B Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and their preparations $8.3B Plastics and rubber $7.6B Top goods received Pharmaceutical products $21.7B Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel $11.4B Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) $9.9B Mixed freight $9.6B Fuel oils $8.0B Machinery $7.3B Biggest trading partners (both ways) Goods trade runs in both directions: states swap different goods, so a partner is often near the top of both columns. Net is ships minus receives (positive means Mississippi ships more to that partner than it gets back). Partner Ships to Receives Net Total Louisiana $12.5B $17.5B -$5.0B $30.0B Tennessee $7.9B $15.1B -$7.2B $23.0B Georgia $6.8B $15.0B -$8.2B $21.8B Alabama $9.8B $11.1B -$1.3B $20.9B Texas $13.7B $6.9B +$6.8B $20.6B California $5.2B $7.8B -$2.6B $12.9B Florida $7.5B $3.0B +$4.5B $10.5B Arkansas $3.0B $4.0B -$971M $7.1B Goods shipped every five years by the Census Commodity Flow Survey (a sample, so figures are estimates and the smallest flows are withheld). Value is nominal. The totals and partner table above count trade between Mississippi and other states; the goods lists count everything the state ships or receives, including within-state shipments. Compare all states. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Taxes the state collects What Mississippi collects in taxes Total state taxes $10.9B FY 2023, nominal Per resident $3,691 total state taxes ÷ population Largest categories (share of total) General sales & gross receipts$5.1B 47% Individual income tax$2.5B 23% Corporation net income tax$818M 8% Insurance premium sales tax$455.7M 4% Motor fuels sales tax$455M 4% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections. This is what the state government collected (not local taxes), not a measure of any individual’s tax burden. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Elections National maps → How Mississippi has voted. Certified returns, popular vote only. This is a separate dataset from the migration figures on this page. President, 1976–2024 Year Democratic Republican Other Margin Total 2024 466,668 747,744 13,596 R +22.9 1,228,008 2020 539,398 756,764 17,597 R +16.5 1,313,759 2016 485,131 700,714 23,512 R +17.8 1,209,357 2012 562,949 710,746 11,889 R +11.5 1,285,584 2008 554,662 724,497 6,100 R +13.2 1,285,259 2004 440,034 666,295 8,530 R +20.3 1,114,859 2000 404,964 573,230 16,732 R +16.9 994,926 1996 394,022 439,838 59,997 R +5.1 893,857 1992 400,258 487,793 93,742 R +8.9 981,793 1988 363,921 557,890 9,716 R +20.8 931,527 1984 352,192 582,377 6,535 R +24.5 941,104 1980 429,281 441,089 21,380 R +1.3 891,750 1976 381,329 366,846 20,215 D +1.9 768,390 U.S. Senate races all states → Year Winner Democratic Republican Other Margin 2024 Roger F. Wicker 451,981 763,420 — R +25.6 2020 Cindy Hyde-smith 578,691 709,511 23,152 R +10.0 2018special Cindy Hyde-smith 420,819 486,769 — R +7.3 2018 Roger F. Wicker 369,567 547,619 19,029 R +19.0 2014 Thad Cochran 239,439 378,481 13,938 R +22.0 2012 Roger F. Wicker 503,467 709,626 28,475 R +16.6 2008special Roger F. Wicker — 683,409 560,064 — 2008 Thad Cochran 480,915 766,111 — R +22.9 2006 Trent Lott 213,000 388,399 9,522 R +28.7 2002 Thad Cochran — 533,269 97,226 — 2000 Trent Lott 314,090 654,941 25,113 R +34.3 U.S. House seats won district maps → 2024 D 1 R 3 2022 D 1 R 3 2020 D 1 R 3 2018 D 1 R 3 2016 D 1 R 3 2014 D 1 R 3 2012 D 1 R 3 2010 D 1 R 3 2008 D 3 R 1 2006 D 2 R 2 2004 D 2 R 2 2002 D 2 R 2 2000 D 3 R 2 2024 results by county Republican wonDemocratic wonIndependent / other Which party received the most votes, as a solid color.Winning margin as a share of all votes cast.Change in margin since 2020, in percentage points.Total votes cast, all candidates. HowAmericaMoves.com Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab county returns (CC0). Margins are the popular-vote gap as a share of all votes cast. Counties in Mississippi (82) Adams CountyAlcorn CountyAmite CountyAttala CountyBenton CountyBolivar CountyCalhoun CountyCarroll CountyChickasaw CountyChoctaw CountyClaiborne CountyClarke CountyClay CountyCoahoma CountyCopiah CountyCovington CountyDeSoto CountyForrest CountyFranklin CountyGeorge CountyGreene CountyGrenada CountyHancock CountyHarrison CountyHinds CountyHolmes CountyHumphreys CountyIssaquena CountyItawamba CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJefferson CountyJefferson Davis CountyJones CountyKemper CountyLafayette CountyLamar CountyLauderdale CountyLawrence CountyLeake CountyLee CountyLeflore CountyLincoln CountyLowndes CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyNeshoba CountyNewton CountyNoxubee CountyOktibbeha CountyPanola CountyPearl River CountyPerry CountyPike CountyPontotoc CountyPrentiss CountyQuitman CountyRankin CountyScott CountySharkey CountySimpson CountySmith CountyStone CountySunflower CountyTallahatchie CountyTate CountyTippah CountyTishomingo CountyTunica CountyUnion CountyWalthall CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWilkinson CountyWinston CountyYalobusha CountyYazoo County Get the next update for Mississippi The IRS releases new migration data once a year. 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