Health care · County · Mississippi
Dentists and orthodontists in Leflore County, MS
How Leflore County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,868 of 1,886 scored counties
#44 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On medical and dental services · $865 a household
- Spending per listing
- $803K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,686
- −9.4% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, Leflore County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #1,868 of 1,886 scored counties and #44 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dentists and orthodontists in Leflore County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
At $865 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in Leflore County spend about $8.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $803K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Leflore County in 2023. That is one for every 1,134 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Leflore County declined 9.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
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 medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists 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 | Leflore County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 10.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $803K | $946K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,134 | 1,252 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $865 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $35,277 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 offices of dentists 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.
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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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pontotoc County, MS | 68 | 6 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +2.9% | #307 of 1,886 |
| 2Pearl River County, MS | 68 | 14 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +5.6% | #316 of 1,886 |
| 3George County, MS | 65 | 7 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +8.1% | #423 of 1,886 |
| 4Tate County, MS | 63 | 7 | 6.4 | $1.6M | +2.1% | #468 of 1,886 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 57 | 14 | 6.9 | $1.5M | +1.6% | #676 of 1,886 |
| 6Scott County, MS | 52 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #837 of 1,886 |
| 7DeSoto County, MS | 49 | 83 | 11.7 | $995K | +6.3% | #990 of 1,886 |
| 8Yazoo County, MS | 47 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.5M | −14.0% | #1,031 of 1,886 |
| 9Neshoba County, MS | 46 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #1,075 of 1,886 |
| 10Prentiss County, MS | 45 | 8 | 8.3 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #1,128 of 1,886 |
| 44Leflore County, MS | 12 | 11 | 10.8 | $803K | −9.4% | #1,868 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Leflore County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Leflore County, MS?
There are 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Leflore County as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Leflore County, MS spend on medical and dental services?
About $8.8M a year, or $865 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $803K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. 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 dentists and orthodontists?
Leflore County has 10.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $803K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Leflore County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,134 households, against one for every 952 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 scores 12 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,868 of 1,886 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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