Lamar County, Mississippi
9 public bodies govern here, 1 school district is based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 65,713
- Median household income
- $70,909
- ±4,616
- Unemployed
- 4.8%
- 1,585 of 32,847 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 88.6%
- 22,477 of 25,381 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Lamar | 65,353 (2021) | Po Box 1240, Purvis | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 3
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Lumberton | 1,640 (2021) | Po Box 211, Lumberton | — |
| City of Purvis | 1,921 (2021) | Po Box 308, Purvis | — |
| Town of Sumrall | 1,851 (2021) | Po Box 247, Sumrall | — |
Special districts 5
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Lamar Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 1 Keystone Dr, Hattiesburg | — |
| Northeast Lamar Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 118 College Dr, Hattiesburg | — |
| Oak Grove Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 2536 Old Hwy 24, Hattiesburg | — |
| Southwest Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 247, Purvis | — |
| Lamar County Soil Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 235 Highway 589, Purvis | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
Lamar County School District
School district17 schools
424 Martin Luther King Drive, Purvis, MS, 39475
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
East Jerusalem Farmer's Market (115 W. 9th Ave. Petal) · Forrest County Farmers Market (1200 Corinne Street Hattiesburg) · Petal Farmers Market (334 N. Main Street Petal)
Pearl River Market (233 Second Street Columbia)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.