Pearl River County vs. Mississippi
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Population Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Pearl River County vs. Mississippi
Pearl River County:
2022 Population = 57,261
2022 Percent of State = 1.95%
Mississippi:
2022 Population = 2,940,057
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.88%
Attracting and retaining people to live, work, raise a family, and retire underlies the economic vitality of any region. Population growth is both a cause--and a consequence--of economic growth. Patterns of population growth and change reflect differences among regions to attract and retain people both as producers and consumers in their economy.
The following graphs offer a broad overview of trends in the pattern of population growth and change of Pearl River County with comparisons to Mississippi and the nation at large. This analysis features alternative approaches toward discussing, diagnosing and comparing Pearl River County vs. Mississippi's population growth over 1969-2022. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 tracks Pearl River County's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Pearl River County's population rose from 27,393 in 1969 to 57,261 in 2022, for a net gain of 29,868, or 109.04%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Mississippi's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Mississippi's population rose from 2,220,000 in 1969 to 2,940,057 in 2022, for a net gain of 720,057, or 32.44%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Pearl River County's population growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Mississippi, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's population in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the populations in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in population growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Pearl River County's overall population growth was 109.04% over 1969-2022 outpaced Mississippi's increase of 32.44%, and topped the United States' increase of 65.57%.
Population as a Percent of the Mississippi Total: 1969-2022
Population as a Percent of the Mississippi Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of contrasting the population growth of Pearl River County is to compare its individual percentage contributions to Mississippi's statewide population over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's population grew faster, or declined less, than Mississippi's population, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Pearl River County's population totaled 1.23% of Mississippi's population, while in 2022 it equated to 1.95% thereby yielding a +0.71% share-shift.
   
 
Population Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
+0.71%
=
1.95%
-
1.23%
 
   
Pearl River County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Pearl River County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Pearl River County's population growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Pearl River County's population grew at an annual rate of 1.41% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 2006 (8.16%) and posted its lowest growth in 2009 (-0.80%). In 2022, Pearl River County's population grew by 1.34%
Pearl River County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Pearl River County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again depicts the annual percent change in Pearl River County's population since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Pearl River County's annual population growth rate averaged 1.95%. It averaged 1.51% during the 1980s, 2.23% during the 1990s, 1.57% during the 2000s, -0.02% in the 2010s, 0.75% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Pearl River County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Mississippi and the nation. As the chart reveals, Pearl River County's average annual population growth registered above Mississippi's average during the 1970s (1.95% vs. 1.23%), recorded above Mississippi's average throughout the 1980s (1.51% vs. 0.26%), led Mississippi's average throughout the 1990s (2.23% vs. 0.95%), outpaced Mississippi's average in the 2000s (1.57% vs. 0.45%), posted below Mississippi's average in the 2010s (-0.02% vs. 0.03%), and outperformed Mississippi's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (0.75% vs. -0.33%).
Finally, relative to nationwide population growth trends, Pearl River County outgained the nation in the 1970s (1.95% vs. 1.10%), outpaced the nation in the 1980s (1.51% vs. 0.95%), exceeded the nation over the 1990s (2.23% vs. 1.23%), registered above the nation throughout the 2000s (1.57% vs. 0.95%), fell below the nation over the 2010s (-0.02% vs. 0.74%), and outperformed the nation over 2020-2022 (0.75% vs. 0.31%).
   
 
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
1.41
1.95
1.51
2.23
1.57
-0.02
0.75
1.34
 
0.53
1.23
0.26
0.95
0.45
0.03
-0.33
-0.32
 
0.96
1.10
0.95
1.23
0.95
0.74
0.31
0.38
 
   

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Pearl River County:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
27,393
100.0
N
1.23
1970
 
27,773
101.4
1.39
1.25
1971
 
28,210
103.0
1.57
1.25
1972
 
28,242
103.1
0.11
1.22
1973
 
28,583
104.3
1.21
1.22
1974
 
29,025
106.0
1.55
1.22
1975
 
29,654
108.3
2.17
1.24
1976
 
30,459
111.2
2.71
1.25
1977
 
31,398
114.6
3.08
1.28
1978
 
32,347
118.1
3.02
1.30
1979
 
33,219
121.3
2.70
1.32
1980
 
34,003
124.1
2.36
1.35
1981
 
34,774
126.9
2.27
1.37
1982
 
35,512
129.6
2.12
1.39
1983
 
36,517
133.3
2.83
1.42
1984
 
37,171
135.7
1.79
1.44
1985
 
37,854
138.2
1.84
1.46
1986
 
38,174
139.4
0.85
1.47
1987
 
38,547
140.7
0.98
1.49
1988
 
38,345
140.0
-0.52
1.49
1989
 
38,582
140.8
0.62
1.50
1990
 
38,830
141.8
0.64
1.51
1991
 
39,125
142.8
0.76
1.51
1992
 
39,674
144.8
1.40
1.51
1993
 
40,674
148.5
2.52
1.53
1994
 
41,964
153.2
3.17
1.56
1995
 
43,361
158.3
3.33
1.59
1996
 
44,441
162.2
2.49
1.62
1997
 
45,793
167.2
3.04
1.65
1998
 
46,939
171.4
2.50
1.67
1999
 
48,098
175.6
2.47
1.70
2000
 
48,621
177.5
1.09
1.71
2001
 
49,083
179.2
0.95
1.72
2002
 
49,659
181.3
1.17
1.74
2003
 
49,968
182.4
0.62
1.74
2004
 
50,624
184.8
1.31
1.75
2005
 
50,990
186.1
0.72
1.75
2006
 
55,153
201.3
8.16
1.90
2007
 
56,053
204.6
1.63
1.91
2008
 
56,538
206.4
0.87
1.92
2009
 
56,085
204.7
-0.80
1.90
2010
 
55,690
203.3
-0.70
1.87
2011
 
55,474
202.5
-0.39
1.86
2012
 
55,061
201.0
-0.74
1.85
2013
 
54,931
200.5
-0.24
1.84
2014
 
55,258
201.7
0.60
1.85
2015
 
55,110
201.2
-0.27
1.85
2016
 
55,267
201.8
0.28
1.85
2017
 
55,512
202.7
0.44
1.86
2018
 
55,699
203.3
0.34
1.87
2019
 
55,986
204.4
0.52
1.89
2020
 
56,198
205.2
0.38
1.90
2021
 
56,505
206.3
0.55
1.92
2022
 
57,261
209.0
1.34
1.95
Source: Calculations by the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (MS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Mississippi:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
2,220,000
100.0
N
1.10
1970
 
2,221,128
100.1
0.05
1.09
1971
 
2,265,529
102.1
2.00
1.10
1972
 
2,307,291
103.9
1.84
1.10
1973
 
2,349,802
105.8
1.84
1.11
1974
 
2,378,603
107.1
1.23
1.11
1975
 
2,399,924
108.1
0.90
1.11
1976
 
2,430,324
109.5
1.27
1.12
1977
 
2,459,810
110.8
1.21
1.12
1978
 
2,488,033
112.1
1.15
1.12
1979
 
2,507,967
113.0
0.80
1.12
1980
 
2,525,342
113.8
0.69
1.11
1981
 
2,539,032
114.4
0.54
1.11
1982
 
2,556,776
115.2
0.70
1.10
1983
 
2,567,719
115.7
0.43
1.10
1984
 
2,578,053
116.1
0.40
1.09
1985
 
2,588,103
116.6
0.39
1.09
1986
 
2,593,596
116.8
0.21
1.08
1987
 
2,588,545
116.6
-0.19
1.07
1988
 
2,580,349
116.2
-0.32
1.06
1989
 
2,574,272
116.0
-0.24
1.04
1990
 
2,578,897
116.2
0.18
1.03
1991
 
2,598,733
117.1
0.77
1.03
1992
 
2,623,734
118.2
0.96
1.02
1993
 
2,655,100
119.6
1.20
1.02
1994
 
2,688,992
121.1
1.28
1.02
1995
 
2,722,659
122.6
1.25
1.02
1996
 
2,748,085
123.8
0.93
1.02
1997
 
2,777,004
125.1
1.05
1.02
1998
 
2,804,834
126.3
1.00
1.02
1999
 
2,828,408
127.4
0.84
1.01
2000
 
2,848,353
128.3
0.71
1.01
2001
 
2,852,994
128.5
0.16
1.00
2002
 
2,858,681
128.8
0.20
0.99
2003
 
2,868,312
129.2
0.34
0.99
2004
 
2,889,010
130.1
0.72
0.99
2005
 
2,905,943
130.9
0.59
0.98
2006
 
2,904,978
130.9
-0.03
0.97
2007
 
2,928,350
131.9
0.80
0.97
2008
 
2,947,806
132.8
0.66
0.97
2009
 
2,958,774
133.3
0.37
0.96
2010
 
2,970,366
133.8
0.39
0.96
2011
 
2,977,897
134.1
0.25
0.95
2012
 
2,982,342
134.3
0.15
0.95
2013
 
2,986,574
134.5
0.14
0.94
2014
 
2,987,621
134.6
0.04
0.94
2015
 
2,984,959
134.5
-0.09
0.93
2016
 
2,984,317
134.4
-0.02
0.92
2017
 
2,983,393
134.4
-0.03
0.91
2018
 
2,974,618
134.0
-0.29
0.91
2019
 
2,968,981
133.7
-0.19
0.90
2020
 
2,958,141
133.2
-0.37
0.89
2021
 
2,949,586
132.9
-0.29
0.89
2022
 
2,940,057
132.4
-0.32
0.88
Source: Calculations by the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (MS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
201,298,000
100.0
N
1970
 
203,798,722
101.2
1.24
1971
 
206,817,509
102.7
1.48
1972
 
209,274,882
104.0
1.19
1973
 
211,349,205
105.0
0.99
1974
 
213,333,635
106.0
0.94
1975
 
215,456,585
107.0
1.00
1976
 
217,553,859
108.1
0.97
1977
 
219,760,875
109.2
1.01
1978
 
222,098,244
110.3
1.06
1979
 
224,568,579
111.6
1.11
1980
 
227,224,719
112.9
1.18
1981
 
229,465,744
114.0
0.99
1982
 
231,664,432
115.1
0.96
1983
 
233,792,014
116.1
0.92
1984
 
235,824,907
117.2
0.87
1985
 
237,923,734
118.2
0.89
1986
 
240,132,831
119.3
0.93
1987
 
242,288,936
120.4
0.90
1988
 
244,499,004
121.5
0.91
1989
 
246,819,222
122.6
0.95
1990
 
249,622,814
124.0
1.14
1991
 
252,980,941
125.7
1.35
1992
 
256,514,224
127.4
1.40
1993
 
259,918,588
129.1
1.33
1994
 
263,125,821
130.7
1.23
1995
 
266,278,393
132.3
1.20
1996
 
269,394,284
133.8
1.17
1997
 
272,646,925
135.4
1.21
1998
 
275,854,104
137.0
1.18
1999
 
279,040,168
138.6
1.15
2000
 
282,162,411
140.2
1.12
2001
 
284,968,955
141.6
0.99
2002
 
287,625,193
142.9
0.93
2003
 
290,107,933
144.1
0.86
2004
 
292,805,298
145.5
0.93
2005
 
295,516,599
146.8
0.93
2006
 
298,379,912
148.2
0.97
2007
 
301,231,207
149.6
0.96
2008
 
304,093,966
151.1
0.95
2009
 
306,771,529
152.4
0.88
2010
 
309,378,433
153.7
0.85
2011
 
311,841,632
154.9
0.80
2012
 
314,344,331
156.2
0.80
2013
 
316,735,375
157.3
0.76
2014
 
319,270,047
158.6
0.80
2015
 
321,829,327
159.9
0.80
2016
 
324,367,742
161.1
0.79
2017
 
326,623,063
162.3
0.70
2018
 
328,542,157
163.2
0.59
2019
 
330,233,102
164.1
0.51
2020
 
331,511,512
164.7
0.39
2021
 
332,031,554
164.9
0.16
2022
 
333,287,557
165.6
0.38
Source: Calculations by the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (MS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_100_PN
 
   
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