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Insurance agencies in Lauderdale County, MS

How Lauderdale County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,597 of 2,272 scored counties
#55 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
50
11 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
34
−5.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$67.3M
On vehicle insurance · $2,345 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.4
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,317
−3.2% 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

At $2,345 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Lauderdale County spend about $67.3M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.3M per agency, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Lauderdale County has 50 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 17.4 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lauderdale County in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 844 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $275K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lauderdale County.

Population estimates show Lauderdale County declined 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Lauderdale County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,597 of 2,272 scored counties and #55 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Lauderdale County compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Insurance agencies in Lauderdale County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.416.315.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment844929966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.6%+1.5%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,345$2,496$1,957
Median household income$50,817$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score3654

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36 → 34−5.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
118
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5011 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$275K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,317−3.2% since 2020
Households
28,707
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
704 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$50,817+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,958
Median home value
$133,300
Jobs located here
32,099
Daytime population
75,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lauderdale County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS8886.1$4.7M+2.6%#78 of 2,272
2Tate County, MS811110.0$2.9M+2.1%#197 of 2,272
3George County, MS8199.7$2.8M+8.1%#200 of 2,272
4DeSoto County, MS799913.9$2M+6.3%#254 of 2,272
5Stone County, MS77811.9$2.3M+7.2%#293 of 2,272
6Tippah County, MS76911.2$2.5M−1.6%#312 of 2,272
7Itawamba County, MS731212.5$2.2M+1.3%#385 of 2,272
8Walthall County, MS7059.5$2.9M+0.4%#452 of 2,272
9Greene County, MS70512.2$2.1M+1.3%#469 of 2,272
10Jackson County, MS688514.7$1.7M+3.0%#532 of 2,272
55Lauderdale County, MS365017.4$1.3M−3.2%#1,597 of 2,272

Other business types in Lauderdale County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Lauderdale County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 insurance agencies in Lauderdale County. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Lauderdale County, MS spend on vehicle insurance?

About $67.3M a year, or $2,345 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,707 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lauderdale County, MS compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Lauderdale County has 17.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 54, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 844 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Lauderdale County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 70,317 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,707 households. Median household income in Lauderdale County is $50,817, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.5%, 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. Lauderdale County scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,597 of 2,272 scored counties.

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