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Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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Families (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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Mississippi 14.5 106,360 51 of 52
United States 8.9 7,181,779 N/A
Holmes County 34.3 1,140 3,132
Claiborne County 31.4 514 3,127
Coahoma County 30.0 1,529 3,121
Amite County 29.7 1,098 3,120
Pike County 27.5 2,356 3,111
Humphreys County 27.2 549 3,109
Quitman County 26.7 405 3,105
Jefferson County 26.2 432 3,102
Leflore County 25.7 1,465 3,100
Bolivar County 25.3 1,801 3,093
Noxubee County 25.1 620 3,091
Sunflower County 24.2 1,232 3,080
Franklin County 23.9 540 3,074
Tallahatchie County 23.7 641 3,070
Tunica County 23.3 471 3,065
Washington County 23.2 2,470 3,062
Adams County 23.1 1,578 3,058
Covington County 23.0 1,104 3,056
Attala County 22.4 947 3,046
Chickasaw County 22.0 1,038 3,037
Kemper County 21.7 455 3,032
Sharkey County 20.7 177 3,001
Marion County 19.7 1,072 2,968
Clay County 19.0 904 2,935
Lauderdale County 19.0 3,512 2,933
Winston County 18.9 776 2,930
Montgomery County 18.7 456 2,920
Scott County 18.7 1,349 2,919
Neshoba County 18.6 1,286 2,918
Clarke County 18.6 765 2,914
Wilkinson County 17.9 315 2,886
Forrest County 17.9 3,198 2,883
Newton County 17.7 892 2,878
Perry County 17.7 524 2,876
Grenada County 17.6 937 2,867
Leake County 17.5 859 2,861
Yazoo County 16.9 918 2,817
Lincoln County 16.6 1,472 2,799
Jefferson Davis County 16.4 473 2,785
Hinds County 16.3 8,969 2,780
Marshall County 16.3 1,453 2,775
Walthall County 16.2 531 2,772
Stone County 16.1 775 2,754
Lowndes County 15.9 2,245 2,736
Jones County 15.7 2,654 2,721
George County 15.7 1,001 2,715
Simpson County 15.4 981 2,687
Jasper County 15.3 645 2,673
Yalobusha County 15.1 493 2,651
Tippah County 14.9 810 2,640
Harrison County 14.6 7,609 2,615
Copiah County 14.6 960 2,610
Panola County 14.5 1,156 2,592
Calhoun County 14.4 530 2,590
Oktibbeha County 14.2 1,480 2,566
Warren County 14.0 1,467 2,544
Choctaw County 14.0 310 2,540
Webster County 13.4 369 2,470
Issaquena County 13.4 17 2,461
Lawrence County 13.3 395 2,449
Monroe County 13.1 1,159 2,418
Hancock County 12.7 1,681 2,363
Tishomingo County 12.3 613 2,284
Tate County 12.0 892 2,225
Lamar County 11.9 2,162 2,207
Smith County 11.8 407 2,186
Pearl River County 11.7 1,698 2,149
Jackson County 11.5 4,154 2,127
Pontotoc County 11.4 951 2,099
Alcorn County 11.3 1,002 2,077
Lafayette County 11.2 1,292 2,063
Wayne County 11.0 542 2,008
Prentiss County 10.9 676 1,991
Carroll County 10.4 260 1,860
Greene County 10.0 254 1,756
Lee County 9.5 2,063 1,655
Benton County 8.6 162 1,392
Union County 8.6 594 1,384
Madison County 7.5 2,154 1,053
DeSoto County 7.3 3,595 1,018
Rankin County 6.3 2,591 709
Itawamba County 5.6 338 530
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 5:24 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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