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Optometrists and eye clinics in Copiah County, MS

The optometrists and eye clinics in Copiah County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 9 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #1,274 of 1,302 scored counties
#21 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.4M
On medical and dental services · $935 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
22% above 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

Copiah County scores 9 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,274 of 1,302 scored counties and #21 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 optometrists and eye clinics in Copiah County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $935 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Copiah County spend about $9.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Copiah County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,353 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Copiah County declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

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 medical and dental services by the optometrists and eye clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Optometrists and eye care in Copiah County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureCopiah CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.03.94.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,3535,7565,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$935$992$1,288
Median household income$49,089$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score916

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$180K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 optometrists 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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Optometrists and eye care across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Copiah County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jackson County, MS75111.9$5.5M+3.0%#117 of 1,302
2Rankin County, MS62203.3$3.4M+3.2%#369 of 1,302
3DeSoto County, MS53324.5$2.6M+6.3%#621 of 1,302
4Harrison County, MS51334.0$2.5M+4.0%#661 of 1,302
5Pearl River County, MS4794.1$2.4M+5.6%#755 of 1,302
6Jones County, MS4193.6$2.7M−1.0%#893 of 1,302
7Madison County, MS40276.1$2M+6.5%#922 of 1,302
8Forrest County, MS38103.3$2.9M+1.1%#939 of 1,302
9Lauderdale County, MS35113.8$2.5M−3.2%#1,002 of 1,302
10Oktibbeha County, MS3383.7$2.6M+0.4%#1,035 of 1,302
21Copiah County, MS955.0$1.9M−2.7%#1,274 of 1,302

Other business types in Copiah County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Copiah County, MS?

There are 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Copiah County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Copiah County, MS spend on medical and dental services?

About $9.4M a year, or $935 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. 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 optometrists and eye clinics?

Copiah County has 5.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Copiah County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,353 households, against one for every 5,742 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 9 for optometrists and eye clinics (very low), #1,274 of 1,302 scored counties.

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