# Walthall County, Mississippi: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Tylertown Walthall County is not a build-out site today. It feels the boom through the grid it shares, the utilities that serve it and the work nearby. Unemployment was 3.4% in August 2026, against 6.9% in 2019. Walthall County is home to Tylertown. Next door, Washington Parish, Louisiana, has 200 MW of planned generation. Its power plants have 2 MW of capacity, 100% of it other technologies. Entergy Mississippi LLC is the largest utility serving Walthall 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 MW of operating power plants, mostly other technologies 13.21¢ per kWh for Entergy Mississippi LLC residential customers, 2024 -0.7% total jobs since 2019, now 2,296 ## Cities and towns in Walthall County Walthall County is home to Tylertown. Tylertown1,486 residents 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 Walthall County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Mississippi | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 13,869 | 13,928 | ▲ 0.4% | 58th of 82 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 2,313 | 2,296 | ▼ 0.7% | 43rd of 82 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $30,122 | $39,146 | ▲ 30.0% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 6.9% | 3.4% | ▼ 3.5pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Employers here counted 2,296 jobs in 2025, down 0.7% from 2019. 13,928 people live here, up 0.4% since 2020. ## Who powers Walthall County ### Utilities with service territory in Walthall 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% | | Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn | Cooperative | Bundled | 52,077 | 14.25¢ | 18% | | Magnolia Electric Power Assn | Cooperative | Bundled | 31,070 | 15.00¢ | 15% | 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 | |---|---|---| | Other technologies | 2 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | District 70 Transco Gas Pipe Line | Transcontinental Gas PL Corp | Other technologies | 2 MW | 1951 | ## The Walthall County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 2,296 | $39,146 | 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 Walthall County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Walthall County. Mississippi has 1 local measure on record statewide. ## Walthall County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Walthall County, Washington Parish 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 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Walthall County | 13,928 | ▼ 0.7% | 2 MW | — | — | — | | Lawrence County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/lawrence-county) | 11,819 | ▲ 13.5% | 82 MW | — | — | — | | Lincoln County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/lincoln-county) | 35,012 | ▲ 3.7% | — | — | — | — | | Marion County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/marion-county) | 24,001 | ▲ 6.6% | — | — | — | — | | Pike County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/pike-county) | 38,712 | ▼ 0.4% | — | — | — | — | | Washington Parish](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/louisiana/washington-parish) LA | 44,937 | ▲ 5.2% | 599 MW | 200 MW | — | — | ## More of Mississippi [All Mississippi countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi)[Pike County38,712 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/pike-county)[Lincoln County35,012 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/lincoln-county)[Marion County24,001 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/marion-county)[Lawrence County11,819 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/lawrence-county) ## Walthall County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Walthall County, Mississippi? 3 utilities have service territory in Walthall County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Entergy Mississippi LLC, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn, Magnolia Electric Power Assn. The largest, Entergy Mississippi LLC, charged residential customers 13.21¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Walthall County? 1 operating plant with 2 MW of capacity. The largest is District 70 Transco Gas Pipe Line (2 MW, other technologies). ### Are there data centers in Walthall County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Walthall County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Washington Parish. ### Is Walthall County adding jobs? Employers counted 2,296 jobs in 2025 against 2,313 in 2019 (-0.7%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Walthall County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Walthall County. Mississippi has 1 local measure statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/walthall-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/).