# Choctaw County, Mississippi: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Ackerman Choctaw County is a power-producing county: the plants here serve load well beyond its borders. Choctaw County is home to Ackerman. Unemployment was 3.5% in August 2026, against 6.5% in 2019. Its power plants have 2,263 MW of capacity, 77% of it natural gas, the 2nd largest fleet in Mississippi. Next door, Oktibbeha County has 1 data center. Entergy Mississippi LLC is the largest utility serving Choctaw County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 13.21¢/kWh in 2024, above the 12.78¢ median for Mississippi utilities. 2,263 MW of operating power plants, mostly natural gas 13.21¢ per kWh for Entergy Mississippi LLC residential customers, 2024 -0.1% total jobs since 2019, now 2,257 ## Cities and towns in Choctaw County Choctaw County is home to Ackerman. Ackerman1,536 residents Weir433 residents French Camp256 residents Mathiston63 residents · 7% of the city - Mathiston also extends into [Webster County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/webster-county). Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Choctaw County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Mississippi | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 8,204 | 8,048 | ▼ 1.9% | 74th of 82 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 2,259 | 2,257 | ▼ 0.1% | 39th of 82 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $43,987 | $54,833 | ▲ 24.7% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 6.5% | 3.5% | ▼ 3.0pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Employers here counted 2,257 jobs in 2025, down 0.1% from 2019. 8,048 people live here, down 1.9% since 2020. ## Who powers Choctaw County ### Utilities with service territory in Choctaw County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Entergy Mississippi LLC | Investor Owned | Bundled | 384,611 | 13.21¢ | 39% | | 4-County Electric Power Assn | Cooperative | Bundled | 41,076 | 12.88¢ | 29% | | Delta Electric Power Assn | Cooperative | Bundled | 20,460 | 13.75¢ | 8% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Natural gas | 1,750 MW | 77% | | Coal | 514 MW | 23% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Choctaw County | Entergy Mississippi LLC | Natural gas | 899 MW | 2003 | | Quantum Choctaw Power LLC | Tennessee Valley Authority | Natural gas | 850 MW | 2006 | | Red Hills Generating Facility | Choctaw Generation L.P, L.L.L.P. | Coal | 514 MW | 2001 | ## The Choctaw County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 2,257 | $54,833 | 1.00 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Choctaw County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Choctaw County. Mississippi has 1 local measure on record statewide. ## Choctaw County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Choctaw County, Attala County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Choctaw County | 8,048 | ▼ 0.1% | 2,263 MW | — | — | — | | Attala County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/attala-county) | 17,100 | ▲ 1.0% | 551 MW | — | — | — | | Montgomery County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/montgomery-county) | 9,354 | ▲ 6.6% | — | — | — | — | | Oktibbeha County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/oktibbeha-county) | 51,896 | ▲ 0.1% | 26 MW | — | 1 | — | | Webster County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/webster-county) | 10,167 | ▲ 4.8% | — | — | — | — | | Winston County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/winston-county) | 17,473 | ▲ 2.1% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Mississippi [All Mississippi countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi)[Oktibbeha County51,896 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/oktibbeha-county)[Winston County17,473 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/winston-county)[Attala County17,100 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/attala-county)[Webster County10,167 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/webster-county)[Montgomery County9,354 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/montgomery-county) ## Choctaw County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Choctaw County, Mississippi? 3 utilities have service territory in Choctaw County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Entergy Mississippi LLC, 4-County Electric Power Assn, Delta Electric Power Assn. The largest, Entergy Mississippi LLC, charged residential customers 13.21¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Choctaw County? 3 operating plants with 2,263 MW of capacity. The largest is Choctaw County (899 MW, natural gas). ### Are there data centers in Choctaw County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Choctaw County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Oktibbeha County. ### Is Choctaw County adding jobs? Employers counted 2,257 jobs in 2025 against 2,259 in 2019 (-0.1%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Choctaw County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Choctaw County. Mississippi has 1 local measure statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/choctaw-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).