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Grocery and convenience stores in Jefferson Davis County, MS

How Jefferson Davis 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 · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,188 of 2,402 scored counties
#44 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.8M
On groceries · $5,114 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.2
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,941
−2.9% 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

Jefferson Davis County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,188 of 2,402 scored counties and #44 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $5,114 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Jefferson Davis County spend about $22.8M a year on groceries. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Jefferson Davis County has 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Jefferson Davis County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 891 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Jefferson Davis County declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson Davis CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.224.518.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment8911,4391,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.9%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,114$5,547$6,319
Median household income$38,548$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score2116

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,941−2.9% since 2020
Households
4,453
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$38,548+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,389
Median home value
$90,100
Jobs located here
1,670
Daytime population
8,361Residents 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 Jefferson Davis 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
44Jefferson Davis County, MS21920.2$2.5M−2.9%#2,188 of 2,402

Other business types in Jefferson Davis County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery and convenience stores in Jefferson Davis County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $22.8M a year, or $5,114 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,453 households in Jefferson Davis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jefferson Davis County has 20.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Jefferson Davis County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 891 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson Davis County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson Davis County at 10,941 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,453 households. The median household income in Jefferson Davis County is $38,548 a year, 52% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. Jefferson Davis County scores 21 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,188 of 2,402 scored counties.

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

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