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Grocery and convenience stores in Choctaw County, MS

How Choctaw County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.3M
On groceries · $5,283 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.0
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,048
−1.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 grocery and convenience stores in Choctaw County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 26.0 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $5,283 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Choctaw County spend about $18.3M a year on groceries. That works out to $2M per store, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Choctaw County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 866 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Choctaw County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Choctaw 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 grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Choctaw County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureChoctaw CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.024.518.7
Spending per listing$2M$2.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment8661,4391,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,283$5,547$6,319
Median household income$50,919$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored16

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
94
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Choctaw 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 Choctaw County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,048−1.9% since 2020
Households
3,464
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
418 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$50,919
Average household income
$63,816
Median home value
$117,200
Jobs located here
2,427
Daytime population
7,357Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Choctaw County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS7612417.5$3.6M+6.3%#277 of 2,402
2Rankin County, MS7411419.0$3.2M+3.2%#336 of 2,402
3Tate County, MS701816.3$3.5M+2.1%#442 of 2,402
4Madison County, MS658719.8$3.2M+6.5%#600 of 2,402
5Hancock County, MS643919.3$3M+1.6%#644 of 2,402
6Jackson County, MS6311920.6$2.8M+3.0%#686 of 2,402
7Stone County, MS581522.4$2.5M+7.2%#881 of 2,402
8Oktibbeha County, MS563214.7$3.7M+0.4%#925 of 2,402
9Harrison County, MS5518021.6$2.6M+4.0%#993 of 2,402
10Lafayette County, MS554925.7$2.3M+6.6%#1,000 of 2,402
Choctaw County, MSNot scored926.0$2M−1.9%

Other business types in Choctaw County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Choctaw County, MS?

Choctaw County has 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Choctaw County, MS spend on groceries?

About $18.3M a year, or $5,283 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,464 households in Choctaw County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Choctaw County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Choctaw County has 26.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Choctaw County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 866 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Choctaw County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Choctaw County at 8,048 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,464 households. Median household income in Choctaw County is $50,919, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Choctaw County

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