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Clothing and shoe stores in Itawamba County, MS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,477 of 2,087 scored counties
#10 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
16
5 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,653 a household
Spending per listing
$994K
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.6
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,152
+1.3% 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

Households in Itawamba County spend about $15.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,653 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $994K of household spending for each store on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Itawamba County has 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 2% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Itawamba County in 2023. That is one for every 2,405 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Itawamba County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Itawamba County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,477 of 2,087 scored counties and #10 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Itawamba 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 Itawamba County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureItawamba CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.622.216.2
Spending per listing$994K$756K$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,4059411,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.7%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,653$1,677$2,055
Median household income$55,546$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score384

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$271K
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
165 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 Itawamba 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 Itawamba County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,152+1.3% since 2020
Households
9,619
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
533 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$55,546+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,884
Median home value
$142,400
Jobs located here
5,891
Daytime population
19,887Residents 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 Itawamba 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 Itawamba County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing and shoe stores in Itawamba County. 5 of them (31%) 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. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $15.9M a year, or $1,653 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $994K per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,619 households in Itawamba County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Itawamba County has 16.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $994K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Itawamba County would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,405 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Itawamba County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Itawamba County at 24,152 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,619 households. Median household income in Itawamba County is $55,546, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. Itawamba County scores 38 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,477 of 2,087 scored counties.

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