Who's moving to and from Lamar County, Mississippi?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 4,228 people in, 4,282 out. Most were moving between Mississippi counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−54 people
−46 households
Arrivals' income
$57.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$54.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lamar County went in Mississippi

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Mississippi counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Mobile County, AL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Mississippi. People, 2022–23.

  1. Forrest County1,304
  2. Jones County192
  3. Marion County143
  4. Harrison County141
  5. Covington County130
  6. Pearl River County98
  7. Jefferson Davis County68
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,785

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Mississippi. People, 2022–23.

  1. Forrest County1,363
  2. Marion County166
  3. Harrison County156
  4. Jones County154
  5. Covington County119
  6. Pearl River County111
  7. Rankin County89
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,737

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Net moves with Jackson County
withheld
Net moves with Pike County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lamar usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4622–23††‡†
Net migration of Lamar County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−40
2014–15 †+50
2015–16−73
2016–17 †−173
2017–18+139
2018–19 ‡−64
2019–20+108
2020–21+127
2021–22−52
2022–23 †−46

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Lamar County, Mississippi?” movedwhere.com/county/lamar-county-ms. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.