Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery stores in Sunflower County, MS
The grocery stores in Sunflower County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,927 of 2,070 scored counties
#44 of 61 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40M
- On groceries · $4,984 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.7
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,893
- −10.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Sunflower County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #1,927 of 2,070 scored counties and #44 of 61 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Sunflower County spend about $40M a year on groceries, or $4,984 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Sunflower County has 11 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.7 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Sunflower County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,678 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sunflower County declined 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 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 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $6.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,678 | 2,828 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| 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 | 17 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 supermarkets and grocery 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 | 84 | 33 | 4.6 | $13.4M | +6.3% | #122 of 2,070 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 80 | 30 | 5.0 | $12.3M | +3.2% | #197 of 2,070 |
| 3Hancock County, MS | 76 | 9 | 4.4 | $13.1M | +1.6% | #267 of 2,070 |
| 4Jackson County, MS | 71 | 31 | 5.4 | $10.8M | +3.0% | #389 of 2,070 |
| 5Madison County, MS | 67 | 30 | 6.8 | $9.2M | +6.5% | #487 of 2,070 |
| 6Lafayette County, MS | 65 | 16 | 8.4 | $7.1M | +6.6% | #552 of 2,070 |
| 7Harrison County, MS | 62 | 57 | 6.8 | $8.2M | +4.0% | #634 of 2,070 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 59 | 11 | 5.0 | $10.6M | +0.4% | #710 of 2,070 |
| 9Lamar County, MS | 54 | 21 | 8.3 | $7.2M | +4.7% | #893 of 2,070 |
| 10Pearl River County, MS | 54 | 20 | 9.1 | $6.1M | +5.6% | #897 of 2,070 |
| 44Sunflower County, MS | 17 | 11 | 13.7 | $3.6M | −10.9% | #1,927 of 2,070 |
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 stores are in Sunflower County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 grocery stores in Sunflower County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
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 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. 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 stores?
Sunflower County has 13.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.6M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Sunflower County would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,678 households, against one for every 2,053 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 17 for grocery stores (low), #1,927 of 2,070 scored counties.
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