Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 171 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Jasper County, MS’s 1.1% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Jasper County, MS’s population shrank by 4.4%.

-171

population change (2023 to 2024)

-1.1%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Jasper County, MS's population increased 7 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2000 and 2001, when Jasper County, MS gained 177 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2009 and 2010 when there were 896 fewer residents.

Jasper County, MS lost 171 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2023 and 2024 natural population change was negative in Jasper County, MS, with deaths exceeding births by 102.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2023 to 2024, Jasper County, MS’s population change from immigration was positive with about zero more people coming from another country directly to Jasper County, MS than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Jasper County, MS’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 68 more people moving to any other county in the US.

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Between 2023 and 2024, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Jasper County, MS.

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