Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery and convenience stores in Sunflower County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Sunflower County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,366 of 2,402 scored counties
#60 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 26
- 12 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40M
- On groceries · $4,984 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.4
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,893
- −10.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Sunflower County has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #2,366 of 2,402 scored counties and #60 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $4,984 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Sunflower County spend about $40M a year on groceries. Spread across 26 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.5M per store, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Sunflower County has 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 32.4 for every 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sunflower County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,148 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Sunflower County from 2020 to 2025 at −10.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sunflower 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.
| Measure | Sunflower County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.4 | 24.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,148 | 1,439 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −10.9% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $4,984 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $39,956 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2612 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Sunflower 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 Sunflower County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,893−10.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,034
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $39,956+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,047
- Median home value
- $100,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,525
- Daytime population
- 24,285Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 76 | 124 | 17.5 | $3.6M | +6.3% | #277 of 2,402 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 74 | 114 | 19.0 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #336 of 2,402 |
| 3Tate County, MS | 70 | 18 | 16.3 | $3.5M | +2.1% | #442 of 2,402 |
| 4Madison County, MS | 65 | 87 | 19.8 | $3.2M | +6.5% | #600 of 2,402 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 64 | 39 | 19.3 | $3M | +1.6% | #644 of 2,402 |
| 6Jackson County, MS | 63 | 119 | 20.6 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #686 of 2,402 |
| 7Stone County, MS | 58 | 15 | 22.4 | $2.5M | +7.2% | #881 of 2,402 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 56 | 32 | 14.7 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #925 of 2,402 |
| 9Harrison County, MS | 55 | 180 | 21.6 | $2.6M | +4.0% | #993 of 2,402 |
| 10Lafayette County, MS | 55 | 49 | 25.7 | $2.3M | +6.6% | #1,000 of 2,402 |
| 60Sunflower County, MS | 9 | 26 | 32.4 | $1.5M | −10.9% | #2,366 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Sunflower County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores9
- Grocery stores17
- Convenience stores8
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Sunflower County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 grocery and convenience stores in Sunflower County. 12 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sunflower County, MS spend on groceries?
About $40M a year, or $4,984 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,034 households in Sunflower County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sunflower County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Sunflower County has 32.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sunflower County would have about 12, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,148 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Sunflower County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Sunflower County at 22,893 people in 2025, down 10.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,034 households. The median household income in Sunflower County is $39,956 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Sunflower County scores 9 for grocery and convenience stores (very low), #2,366 of 2,402 scored counties.
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