# Employer firms in Lamar County

Employer firms in Lamar County was 1,269 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-28073`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/lamar-county-mississippi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-28073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,269 |
| 2022 | 1,252 |
| 2021 | 1,232 |
| 2020 | 1,216 |
| 2019 | 1,229 |
| 2018 | 1,225 |
| 2017 | 1,198 |
| 2016 | 1,173 |
| 2015 | 1,178 |
| 2014 | 1,144 |
| 2013 | 1,155 |
| 2012 | 1,155 |
| 2011 | 1,152 |
| 2010 | 1,150 |
| 2009 | 1,174 |
| 2008 | 1,161 |
| 2007 | 1,138 |
| 2006 | 1,048 |
| 2005 | 995 |
| 2004 | 922 |
| 2003 | 876 |
| 2002 | 879 |
| 2001 | 866 |
| 2000 | 848 |
| 1999 | 841 |
| 1998 | 813 |
| 1997 | 786 |
| 1996 | 742 |
| 1995 | 679 |
| 1994 | 627 |
| 1993 | 594 |
| 1992 | 544 |
| 1991 | 514 |
| 1990 | 485 |
| 1989 | 454 |
| 1988 | 416 |
| 1987 | 380 |
| 1986 | 365 |
| 1985 | 335 |
| 1984 | 306 |
| 1983 | 262 |
| 1982 | 250 |
| 1981 | 231 |
| 1980 | 234 |
| 1979 | 229 |
| 1978 | 212 |