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Clothing and shoe stores in Copiah County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Copiah County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,284 of 2,087 scored counties
#6 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
10
4 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,599 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,497
−2.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 clothing and shoe stores in Copiah County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 39% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Households in Copiah County spend about $16.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,599 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Copiah County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 2,515 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Copiah County declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Copiah County is 43 (lower middle), #1,284 of 2,087 scored counties and #6 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Copiah County compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Clothing and shoe stores in Copiah County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureCopiah CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.922.216.2
Spending per listing$1.6M$756K$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,5159411,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.7%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,599$1,677$2,055
Median household income$49,089$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score434

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$252K
One-person businesses, 2023
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
104 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 clothing and shoe stores in Copiah 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.

Population and households in Copiah County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,497−2.7% since 2020
Households
10,060
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
777 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$49,089+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,358
Median home value
$114,100
Jobs located here
6,176
Daytime population
22,252Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Copiah County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS52129.1$1.8M+2.6%#964 of 2,087
2Pearl River County, MS522712.3$1.4M+5.6%#986 of 2,087
3Stone County, MS50811.9$1.4M+7.2%#1,051 of 2,087
4Hancock County, MS483215.8$1.1M+1.6%#1,138 of 2,087
5George County, MS462425.8$663K+8.1%#1,206 of 2,087
6Copiah County, MS43109.9$1.6M−2.7%#1,284 of 2,087
7Tate County, MS411513.6$1.3M+2.1%#1,362 of 2,087
8Jackson County, MS4011319.6$909K+3.0%#1,416 of 2,087
9Tishomingo County, MS38910.2$1.6M−1.1%#1,463 of 2,087
10Itawamba County, MS381616.6$994K+1.3%#1,477 of 2,087

Other business types in Copiah County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Copiah County, MS?

There are 10 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Copiah County as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Copiah County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $16.1M a year, or $1,599 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,060 households in Copiah County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Copiah County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Copiah County has 9.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.6M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Copiah County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,515 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Copiah County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Copiah County at 27,497 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,060 households. The median household income in Copiah County is $49,089 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.5% 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. Copiah County scores 43 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,284 of 2,087 scored counties.

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