Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Convenience stores in Adams County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Adams County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,994 of 2,261 scored counties
#35 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 18
- 12 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $58.9M
- On groceries · $5,142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,061
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Adams County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,994 of 2,261 scored counties and #35 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,142 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Adams County spend about $58.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 18 convenience stores, that is $3.3M per store, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 18 convenience stores on map listings in Adams County as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 67%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 15.7 for every 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Adams County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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.
| Measure | Adams County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 12.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $4.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,929 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,142 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $43,644 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 10 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 convenience stores in Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,061+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,464
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 462 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $43,644+45.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,479
- Median home value
- $108,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,957
- Daytime population
- 27,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Adams County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, MS | 70 | 35 | 8.0 | $7.9M | +6.5% | #437 of 2,261 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 67 | 72 | 10.1 | $6.1M | +6.3% | #537 of 2,261 |
| 3Rankin County, MS | 63 | 72 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +3.2% | #664 of 2,261 |
| 4Jackson County, MS | 58 | 63 | 10.9 | $5.3M | +3.0% | #842 of 2,261 |
| 5Lamar County, MS | 57 | 23 | 9.1 | $6.6M | +4.7% | #872 of 2,261 |
| 6Hancock County, MS | 57 | 19 | 9.4 | $6.2M | +1.6% | #874 of 2,261 |
| 7Lafayette County, MS | 55 | 19 | 10.0 | $5.9M | +6.6% | #945 of 2,261 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 54 | 12 | 5.5 | $9.8M | +0.4% | #966 of 2,261 |
| 9Alcorn County, MS | 52 | 10 | 6.9 | $7.7M | −0.5% | #1,047 of 2,261 |
| 10Tate County, MS | 49 | 11 | 10.0 | $5.7M | +2.1% | #1,159 of 2,261 |
| 35Adams County, MS | 22 | 18 | 15.7 | $3.3M | +2.2% | #1,994 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Adams County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores34
- Grocery stores28
- Convenience stores22
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Adams County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 convenience stores in Adams County. 12 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Adams County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Adams County, MS spend on groceries?
About $58.9M a year, or $5,142 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,464 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, MS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Adams County has 15.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.3M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Adams County would have about 8, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Adams County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 30,061 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,464 households. The median household income in Adams County is $43,644 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.8% 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. Adams County scores 22 for convenience stores (low), #1,994 of 2,261 scored counties.
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