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Grocery stores in Tunica County, MS

How Tunica County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery 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
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.2M
On groceries · $5,060 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
94% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,819
−9.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in Tunica County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.2 per 10,000 households, 94% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

At $5,060 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Tunica County spend about $19.2M a year on groceries. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Tunica County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 950 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Tunica County from 2020 to 2025 at −9.4%, 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 Tunica 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.

Grocery stores in Tunica County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureTunica CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.28.16.8
Spending per listing$3.8M$6.9M$9.3M
Households per official establishment9502,8282,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−9.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,060$5,547$6,319
Median household income$39,364$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored25

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
68
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Tunica 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 Tunica County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,819−9.4% since 2020
Households
3,800
Median age
35.7
Homes lived in by their owners
40%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
454 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$39,364
Average household income
$57,859
Median home value
$175,900
Jobs located here
5,492
Daytime population
10,765Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS84334.6$13.4M+6.3%#122 of 2,070
2Rankin County, MS80305.0$12.3M+3.2%#197 of 2,070
3Hancock County, MS7694.4$13.1M+1.6%#267 of 2,070
4Jackson County, MS71315.4$10.8M+3.0%#389 of 2,070
5Madison County, MS67306.8$9.2M+6.5%#487 of 2,070
6Lafayette County, MS65168.4$7.1M+6.6%#552 of 2,070
7Harrison County, MS62576.8$8.2M+4.0%#634 of 2,070
8Oktibbeha County, MS59115.0$10.6M+0.4%#710 of 2,070
9Lamar County, MS54218.3$7.2M+4.7%#893 of 2,070
10Pearl River County, MS54209.1$6.1M+5.6%#897 of 2,070
Tunica County, MSNot scored513.2$3.8M−9.4%

Other business types in Tunica 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 stores are in Tunica County, MS?

There are 5 grocery stores on map listings in Tunica County as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $19.2M a year, or $5,060 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,800 households in Tunica County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tunica County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Tunica County has 13.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 94% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.8M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Tunica County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 950 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Tunica County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Tunica County at 8,819 people in 2025, down 9.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,800 households. Median household income in Tunica County is $39,364, 51% 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 stores · All 56 business types in Tunica County

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