Quitman County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.25, -90.29.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 5th pct · 3,028th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 2nd pct · 80th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 2nd pct · 3,156th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 1st pct · 81st of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
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Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
923 jobs at 145 employers (2026 Q1); -7.5% jobs and +5.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 5th pct · 3,028th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 2nd pct · 80th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quitman County, MS | 923 jobs · $668/wk · -7.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 97 | $426 | 1.08 | +5.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 41 | $996 | 1.09 | +2.5% |
| Wholesale trade | 30 | $1,084 | 0.85 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 11 | $466 | 0.40 | -21.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 10 | $454 | 0.71 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D1 moderate drought
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
26 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 87 % · 13 stale
Sites found: 26, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-07288068 | flow 5.34 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) | 37 km |
| USGS-07288048 | flow 0.47 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) | 38 km |
| USGS-07288000 | flow 0.25 ft³/s | 27 km |
| USGS-07287715 | flow 42.6 ft³/s | 28 km |
| USGS-07287714 | stage 165.6 ft | 28 km |
| USGS-07275530 | flow 15.0 ft³/s · STALE | 29 km |
| USGS-07280460 | flow 8.60 ft³/s · STALE | 33 km |
| USGS-341404090385600 | flow 38.1 ft³/s · STALE | 33 km |
| USGS-341550090391300 | flow 0.03 ft³/s | 33 km |
| USGS-07287700 | stage 10.7 ft · quality 100 % (1) · STALE | 34 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
8 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 8, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-342332090060001 | depth 12.6 ft · 1994-09-30 | 24 km |
| USGS-341059090334501 | depth 33.9 ft · 1993-02-09 | 26 km |
| USGS-341311090371801 | depth 28.0 ft · 1987-01-14 | 30 km |
| USGS-344540090230801 | depth 15.7 ft · 1982-02-12 | 57 km |
| USGS-335016089471801 | depth 13.3 ft · 1968-12-31 | 65 km |
| USGS-335911090553901 | depth 24.9 ft · 2025-02-04 | 66 km |
| USGS-342136089315001 | depth 70.6 ft · 1994-09-29 | 71 km |
| USGS-342550089312801 | depth 79.2 ft · 1993-08-23 | 73 km |
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.21)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.13 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$96.8 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,390, highly concentrated. $36.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $40.1 m, contracts $127,130), $39,388 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens Bank & Trust Co. | $49.8 m · 51.4% share · 1 office | |
| First Security Bank | $39.8 m · 41.1% share · 1 office | |
| Southern Bancorp Bank | $7.2 m · 7.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Quitman, MS | $36.4 m FY2026 · $39,388/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $36.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Bank & Trust Co. | $49,806,000 | 51.4% | 1 |
| First Security Bank | $39,791,000 | 41.1% | 1 |
| Southern Bancorp Bank | $7,238,000 | 7.5% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 4,390 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 51.4² + 41.1² + 7.5² = 4,390
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $32,672,323 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $3,256,023 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,134,528 |
| Delta Regional Authority | $499,594 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $363,222 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $182,881 |
| Department of the Interior | $69,600 |
| Department of Defense | $57,530 |
| Department of Transportation | -$3,880,987 |
That is $39,388 per covered job, against 923 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $36.4 m / 923 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $39,388
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Quitman County, MS: 11 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertQuitman County, MS' covered employment is -7.5% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -7.5 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchQuitman County, MS' covered employment is -7.5% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -7.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteQuitman County, MS' covered employment was 7.5% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -7.5 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteQuitman County, MS' average weekly wage was 5.0% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +5 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteQuitman County, MS' average weekly wage of $668 ranks 81st of 82 Mississippi counties, against a median of $903.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 1 on the 0-to-100 scale across 82 Mississippi counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 11 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.