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Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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Mississippi N/A 14.3 105,525 51 of 52
United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Issaquena County Rural 4.0 7 174
Benton County Urban 10.3 215 1,873
Sharkey County Rural 27.2 251 3,108
Webster County Rural 9.6 270 1,726
Choctaw County Rural 12.1 282 2,262
Itawamba County Rural 6.0 376 637
Humphreys County Rural 21.0 404 3,014
Wilkinson County Rural 23.4 407 3,075
Carroll County Rural 15.3 410 2,678
Quitman County Rural 24.9 414 3,093
Perry County Urban 15.2 416 2,664
Greene County Rural 15.0 421 2,650
Lawrence County Rural 14.7 429 2,607
Tunica County Urban 22.0 429 3,045
Montgomery County Rural 18.9 433 2,945
Jefferson County Rural 27.2 446 3,108
Walthall County Rural 12.7 446 2,361
Claiborne County Rural 24.9 449 3,093
Kemper County Rural 21.3 456 3,025
Jefferson Davis County Rural 16.8 466 2,820
Calhoun County Rural 13.6 487 2,494
Yalobusha County Rural 15.5 494 2,700
Franklin County Rural 23.3 500 3,073
Jasper County Rural 13.1 527 2,423
Noxubee County Rural 22.9 558 3,065
Tallahatchie County Rural 21.5 612 3,029
Smith County Rural 17.0 614 2,836
Tishomingo County Rural 12.5 660 2,318
Attala County Rural 16.3 691 2,775
Prentiss County Rural 10.9 696 2,012
Leake County Rural 14.3 717 2,574
Wayne County Rural 15.2 724 2,664
Union County Rural 10.6 735 1,933
Clarke County Rural 16.8 743 2,820
Newton County Rural 15.0 750 2,650
Amite County Rural 24.4 811 3,089
Grenada County Rural 15.8 814 2,725
Covington County Rural 16.7 823 2,811
Stone County Urban 17.0 842 2,836
Tippah County Rural 15.3 873 2,678
George County Rural 13.1 876 2,423
Pontotoc County Rural 10.7 889 1,959
Alcorn County Rural 10.5 936 1,912
Marion County Rural 15.6 960 2,710
Chickasaw County Rural 21.9 972 3,043
Copiah County Urban 15.0 982 2,650
Scott County Urban 14.7 1,016 2,607
Simpson County Urban 14.8 1,029 2,624
Clay County Rural 20.6 1,034 3,003
Winston County Rural 25.4 1,105 3,097
Lafayette County Rural 10.6 1,144 1,933
Tate County Urban 14.8 1,164 2,624
Sunflower County Rural 23.2 1,174 3,069
Monroe County Rural 12.7 1,177 2,361
Holmes County Urban 34.1 1,195 3,136
Hancock County Urban 9.4 1,249 1,665
Yazoo County Urban 23.2 1,298 3,069
Marshall County Urban 15.8 1,380 2,725
Neshoba County Rural 20.7 1,458 3,005
Oktibbeha County Rural 14.3 1,502 2,574
Panola County Rural 18.9 1,524 2,945
Adams County Rural 21.7 1,525 3,037
Lincoln County Rural 17.9 1,538 2,904
Warren County Rural 14.5 1,576 2,592
Coahoma County Rural 30.9 1,587 3,126
Leflore County Rural 26.5 1,588 3,105
Pearl River County Rural 12.4 1,788 2,298
Bolivar County Rural 27.4 1,975 3,111
Lamar County Urban 11.1 1,998 2,047
Lowndes County Rural 14.3 2,043 2,574
Pike County Rural 24.4 2,163 3,089
Washington County Rural 21.6 2,206 3,033
Lee County Rural 10.2 2,231 1,851
Madison County Urban 8.1 2,349 1,265
Jones County Rural 14.3 2,432 2,574
Rankin County Urban 6.3 2,578 721
Forrest County Urban 16.5 3,020 2,792
Lauderdale County Rural 19.3 3,562 2,965
Jackson County Urban 10.6 3,996 1,933
DeSoto County Urban 7.9 4,029 1,205
Harrison County Urban 14.1 7,427 2,551
Hinds County Urban 16.4 8,752 2,784
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 3:17 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 Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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