Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Education: At least high school
Ages 25+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Education: At Least High School)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | N/A | 86.2 | 1,697,223 | 4 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 89.1 | 202,001,294 | N/A |
| Issaquena County | Rural | 64.3 | 673 | 11 |
| Humphreys County | Rural | 74.8 | 3,802 | 78 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 75.2 | 3,139 | 87 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 75.6 | 5,079 | 95 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 75.9 | 3,737 | 98 |
| Chickasaw County | Rural | 76.0 | 8,720 | 102 |
| Sunflower County | Rural | 77.0 | 13,574 | 131 |
| Yazoo County | Urban | 77.0 | 14,928 | 132 |
| Union County | Rural | 77.6 | 14,361 | 145 |
| Scott County | Urban | 77.7 | 13,838 | 147 |
| Benton County | Urban | 78.0 | 4,226 | 162 |
| Tallahatchie County | Rural | 78.1 | 6,814 | 167 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 78.3 | 7,198 | 174 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 78.8 | 5,825 | 193 |
| Tippah County | Rural | 79.3 | 11,304 | 210 |
| Sharkey County | Rural | 79.7 | 2,002 | 237 |
| Kemper County | Rural | 80.0 | 4,744 | 248 |
| Pontotoc County | Rural | 80.1 | 16,410 | 255 |
| Washington County | Rural | 80.1 | 23,533 | 257 |
| Simpson County | Urban | 80.1 | 14,129 | 259 |
| Holmes County | Urban | 81.0 | 8,709 | 328 |
| Noxubee County | Rural | 81.1 | 5,416 | 333 |
| Greene County | Rural | 81.1 | 8,128 | 335 |
| Coahoma County | Rural | 81.3 | 10,920 | 351 |
| Leake County | Rural | 81.3 | 11,764 | 354 |
| Walthall County | Rural | 81.5 | 7,596 | 369 |
| Tishomingo County | Rural | 81.5 | 10,932 | 372 |
| Clay County | Rural | 81.7 | 10,398 | 388 |
| Panola County | Rural | 81.9 | 18,122 | 405 |
| Alcorn County | Rural | 81.9 | 19,712 | 408 |
| Grenada County | Rural | 82.0 | 12,006 | 429 |
| Smith County | Rural | 82.0 | 8,040 | 430 |
| Claiborne County | Rural | 82.1 | 4,205 | 438 |
| Bolivar County | Rural | 82.2 | 16,489 | 452 |
| Neshoba County | Rural | 82.3 | 14,954 | 461 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 82.5 | 10,393 | 475 |
| Adams County | Rural | 82.5 | 16,753 | 479 |
| Pike County | Rural | 82.7 | 21,416 | 502 |
| Marshall County | Urban | 82.8 | 19,619 | 508 |
| Marion County | Rural | 82.8 | 13,804 | 509 |
| Covington County | Rural | 82.9 | 10,095 | 517 |
| Lawrence County | Rural | 82.9 | 6,704 | 522 |
| Leflore County | Rural | 83.2 | 14,480 | 546 |
| Prentiss County | Rural | 83.5 | 13,810 | 576 |
| Tate County | Urban | 83.5 | 15,272 | 581 |
| Tunica County | Urban | 83.6 | 5,176 | 585 |
| Attala County | Rural | 84.1 | 9,848 | 629 |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | 84.2 | 41,632 | 646 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 84.3 | 4,430 | 663 |
| Yalobusha County | Rural | 84.5 | 7,569 | 686 |
| Webster County | Rural | 84.8 | 5,730 | 728 |
| Copiah County | Urban | 84.9 | 15,728 | 732 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 84.9 | 20,099 | 738 |
| Itawamba County | Rural | 85.2 | 13,637 | 784 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 85.3 | 5,245 | 796 |
| Winston County | Rural | 85.5 | 10,538 | 817 |
| Jefferson Davis County | Rural | 85.5 | 6,901 | 820 |
| Stone County | Urban | 85.6 | 10,147 | 837 |
| Clarke County | Rural | 85.7 | 9,216 | 846 |
| Newton County | Rural | 85.7 | 11,700 | 857 |
| Perry County | Urban | 85.9 | 6,654 | 898 |
| George County | Rural | 86.0 | 13,897 | 912 |
| Jones County | Rural | 86.1 | 38,018 | 925 |
| Pearl River County | Rural | 86.9 | 33,573 | 1,051 |
| Choctaw County | Rural | 86.9 | 5,007 | 1,064 |
| Lee County | Rural | 87.3 | 48,358 | 1,117 |
| Lincoln County | Rural | 87.3 | 20,873 | 1,127 |
| Amite County | Rural | 87.5 | 7,996 | 1,157 |
| Warren County | Rural | 87.7 | 26,360 | 1,183 |
| Lowndes County | Rural | 88.0 | 34,241 | 1,248 |
| Jasper County | Rural | 88.6 | 10,034 | 1,369 |
| Jackson County | Urban | 88.7 | 87,694 | 1,393 |
| Hinds County | Urban | 88.9 | 131,376 | 1,445 |
| Harrison County | Urban | 89.1 | 124,776 | 1,463 |
| Forrest County | Urban | 89.5 | 42,289 | 1,563 |
| Rankin County | Urban | 90.0 | 98,027 | 1,687 |
| Hancock County | Urban | 90.4 | 30,397 | 1,776 |
| Oktibbeha County | Rural | 90.9 | 23,718 | 1,924 |
| Lamar County | Urban | 91.2 | 39,504 | 1,988 |
| DeSoto County | Urban | 91.2 | 111,655 | 1,995 |
| Lafayette County | Rural | 91.8 | 29,624 | 2,135 |
| Madison County | Urban | 92.6 | 67,783 | 2,365 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 7:42 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least high school, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 7:42 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least high school, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.