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Bakeries and dessert shops in Leflore County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Leflore County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$28.2M
On food away from home · $2,765 a household
Spending per listing
$14.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
25,686
−9.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Leflore County comes to about $28.2M a year: $2,765 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $14.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Leflore County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Leflore County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,551 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Leflore County declined 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Leflore County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Leflore County compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the bakeries and dessert shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Leflore County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLeflore CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.08.49.8
Spending per listing$14.1M$3.9M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,5511,7331,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.8%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−9.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,765$3,288$4,070
Median household income$35,277$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored32

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$162K
One-person businesses, 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Leflore County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Population and households in Leflore County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,686−9.4% since 2020
Households
10,203
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
594 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$35,277+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,012
Median home value
$101,200
Jobs located here
13,054
Daytime population
30,010Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Leflore County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pontotoc County, MS6175.9$5.3M+2.9%#504 of 1,889
2Marshall County, MS5975.3$6M+2.6%#569 of 1,889
3George County, MS5888.6$3.9M+8.1%#633 of 1,889
4DeSoto County, MS56669.3$4.3M+6.3%#705 of 1,889
5Tishomingo County, MS5455.7$5.6M−1.1%#767 of 1,889
6Jackson County, MS54498.5$4.2M+3.0%#790 of 1,889
7Adams County, MS5376.1$4.8M+2.2%#815 of 1,889
8Itawamba County, MS5377.3$4.5M+1.3%#818 of 1,889
9Panola County, MS4954.1$7.5M−1.4%#944 of 1,889
10Lincoln County, MS4664.6$7M+0.5%#1,058 of 1,889
Leflore County, MSNot scored22.0$14.1M−9.4%

Other business types in Leflore County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Leflore County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Leflore County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Leflore County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $28.2M a year, or $2,765 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $14.1M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,203 households in Leflore County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Leflore County, MS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Leflore County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Leflore County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,551 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Leflore County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Leflore County at 25,686 people in 2025, down 9.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,203 households. The median household income in Leflore County is $35,277 a year, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Leflore County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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