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Primary care and pediatric clinics in DeSoto County, MS

How DeSoto County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #722 of 1,656 scored counties
#7 of 44 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
52
7 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
81
+20.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$82.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,163 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
197,918
+6.3% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in DeSoto County comes to about $82.6M a year: $1,163 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

DeSoto County has 52 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 13%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in DeSoto County in 2023, up 20.9% from 2019. That is one for every 876 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts list 106 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $5M has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in DeSoto County.

Population estimates put the population change in DeSoto County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). DeSoto County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #722 of 1,656 scored counties and #7 of 44 scored counties in Mississippi.

How DeSoto County compares

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

Primary care and pediatrics in DeSoto County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureDeSoto CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.38.57.2
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.2M$1.8M
Households per official establishment876757593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.9%−4.7%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,163$992$1,288
Median household income$85,297$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score5418

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 81+20.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
772
Annual payroll, 2023
$74.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
106Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
527 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County

Population, 2025 estimate
197,918+6.3% since 2020
Households
70,986
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
476 sq. mi.
People per square mile
402
Median household income
$85,297+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,760
Median home value
$269,600
Jobs located here
80,765
Daytime population
177,794Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with DeSoto County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, MS61104.9$2.1M+1.6%#487 of 1,656
2Itawamba County, MS5755.2$1.9M+1.3%#616 of 1,656
3Pearl River County, MS56135.9$1.7M+5.6%#656 of 1,656
4George County, MS5677.5$1.3M+8.1%#664 of 1,656
5Marshall County, MS5553.8$2.5M+2.6%#670 of 1,656
6Pontotoc County, MS5575.9$1.6M+2.9%#693 of 1,656
7DeSoto County, MS54527.3$1.6M+6.3%#722 of 1,656
8Tate County, MS4887.3$1.4M+2.1%#913 of 1,656
9Oktibbeha County, MS45115.0$1.9M+0.4%#1,008 of 1,656
10Neshoba County, MS4276.8$1.4M−0.9%#1,095 of 1,656

Other business types in DeSoto County

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

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in DeSoto County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 primary care and pediatric clinics in DeSoto County. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 20.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 106 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in DeSoto County, MS spend on medical and dental services?

About $82.6M a year, or $1,163 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,986 households in DeSoto County and national spending patterns by income.

How does DeSoto County, MS compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

DeSoto County has 7.3 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.6M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, DeSoto County would have about 46, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 876 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is DeSoto County, MS growing?

Population estimates put DeSoto County at 197,918 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,986 households. Median household income in DeSoto County is $85,297, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. DeSoto County scores 54 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #722 of 1,656 scored counties.

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