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Grocery and convenience stores in Yalobusha County, MS

How Yalobusha 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 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,310 of 2,402 scored counties
#56 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
17
5 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.4M
On groceries · $5,284 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
34.0
82% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,375
−0.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Yalobusha County is 14 (low), #2,310 of 2,402 scored counties and #56 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 grocery and convenience stores in Yalobusha County. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 34.0 for every 10,000 households, 82% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Yalobusha County spend about $26.4M a year on groceries, or $5,284 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Yalobusha County in 2023. That is one for every 999 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Yalobusha County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureYalobusha CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households34.024.518.7
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment9991,4391,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,284$5,547$6,319
Median household income$49,151$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1416

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
175 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,375−0.5% since 2020
Households
4,996
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
467 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$49,151+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,684
Median home value
$122,300
Jobs located here
2,175
Daytime population
9,571Residents 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 Yalobusha 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
56Yalobusha County, MS141734.0$1.6M−0.5%#2,310 of 2,402

Other business types in Yalobusha County

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

Questions

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

Yalobusha County has 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (29%) 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $26.4M a year, or $5,284 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,996 households in Yalobusha County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yalobusha County has 34.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 82% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.6M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Yalobusha County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 999 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Yalobusha County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Yalobusha County at 12,375 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,996 households. Median household income in Yalobusha County is $49,151, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.5%, 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. Yalobusha County scores 14 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,310 of 2,402 scored counties.

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