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Pizza places in Hinds County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Hinds County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,583 of 2,090 scored counties
#27 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 41
- 32 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 220
- All limited-service restaurants · −3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $276.3M
- On food away from home · $3,084 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 211,888
- −6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Hinds County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,583 of 2,090 scored counties and #27 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 pizza places in Hinds County. Chain locations make up 78% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 43% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Hinds County spend about $276.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,084 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 pizza places, that is $6.7M per pizza place, 33% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 220 businesses with payroll in Hinds County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 407 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hinds County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hinds County declined 6.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hinds County compares
The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places 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 | Hinds County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 5.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $5.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 407 | 459 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.5% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,084 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,402 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 228 → 220All limited-service restaurants · −3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,385
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $73.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4132 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
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hinds 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.
Population and households in Hinds County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 211,888−6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 89,578
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 870 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 251
- Median household income
- $49,402+10.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,611
- Median home value
- $159,900
- Jobs located here
- 120,149
- Daytime population
- 246,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for pizza places, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Hinds County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pearl River County, MS | 69 | 9 | 4.1 | $8M | +5.6% | #328 of 2,090 |
| 2Marshall County, MS | 66 | 7 | 5.3 | $6M | +2.6% | #440 of 2,090 |
| 3Madison County, MS | 65 | 27 | 6.1 | $6.7M | +6.5% | #470 of 2,090 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 64 | 9 | 4.4 | $8.1M | +1.6% | #497 of 2,090 |
| 5Jackson County, MS | 63 | 36 | 6.2 | $5.7M | +3.0% | #542 of 2,090 |
| 6George County, MS | 61 | 5 | 5.4 | $6.3M | +8.1% | #606 of 2,090 |
| 7DeSoto County, MS | 59 | 54 | 7.6 | $5.2M | +6.3% | #684 of 2,090 |
| 8Panola County, MS | 53 | 5 | 4.1 | $7.5M | −1.4% | #883 of 2,090 |
| 9Tishomingo County, MS | 52 | 5 | 5.7 | $5.6M | −1.1% | #929 of 2,090 |
| 10Lamar County, MS | 52 | 18 | 7.1 | $5.2M | +4.7% | #936 of 2,090 |
| 27Hinds County, MS | 36 | 41 | 4.6 | $6.7M | −6.6% | #1,583 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Hinds County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Hinds County, MS?
There are 41 pizza places on map listings in Hinds County as of September 2026. 32 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 220 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 63 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hinds County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $276.3M a year, or $3,084 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 89,578 households in Hinds County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hinds County, MS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hinds County has 4.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.7M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hinds County would have about 54, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 407 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Hinds County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Hinds County at 211,888 people in 2025, down 6.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 89,578 households. The median household income in Hinds County is $49,402 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.7% 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. Hinds County scores 36 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,583 of 2,090 scored counties.
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