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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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United States 8.9 7,181,779 N/A
Mississippi 14.5 106,360 51 of 52
Hinds County 16.3 8,969 2,780
Harrison County 14.6 7,609 2,615
Jackson County 11.5 4,154 2,127
DeSoto County 7.3 3,595 1,018
Lauderdale County 19.0 3,512 2,933
Forrest County 17.9 3,198 2,883
Jones County 15.7 2,654 2,721
Rankin County 6.3 2,591 709
Washington County 23.2 2,470 3,062
Pike County 27.5 2,356 3,111
Lowndes County 15.9 2,245 2,736
Lamar County 11.9 2,162 2,207
Madison County 7.5 2,154 1,053
Lee County 9.5 2,063 1,655
Bolivar County 25.3 1,801 3,093
Pearl River County 11.7 1,698 2,149
Hancock County 12.7 1,681 2,363
Adams County 23.1 1,578 3,058
Coahoma County 30.0 1,529 3,121
Oktibbeha County 14.2 1,480 2,566
Lincoln County 16.6 1,472 2,799
Warren County 14.0 1,467 2,544
Leflore County 25.7 1,465 3,100
Marshall County 16.3 1,453 2,775
Scott County 18.7 1,349 2,919
Lafayette County 11.2 1,292 2,063
Neshoba County 18.6 1,286 2,918
Sunflower County 24.2 1,232 3,080
Monroe County 13.1 1,159 2,418
Panola County 14.5 1,156 2,592
Holmes County 34.3 1,140 3,132
Covington County 23.0 1,104 3,056
Amite County 29.7 1,098 3,120
Marion County 19.7 1,072 2,968
Chickasaw County 22.0 1,038 3,037
Alcorn County 11.3 1,002 2,077
George County 15.7 1,001 2,715
Simpson County 15.4 981 2,687
Copiah County 14.6 960 2,610
Pontotoc County 11.4 951 2,099
Attala County 22.4 947 3,046
Grenada County 17.6 937 2,867
Yazoo County 16.9 918 2,817
Clay County 19.0 904 2,935
Newton County 17.7 892 2,878
Tate County 12.0 892 2,225
Leake County 17.5 859 2,861
Tippah County 14.9 810 2,640
Winston County 18.9 776 2,930
Stone County 16.1 775 2,754
Clarke County 18.6 765 2,914
Prentiss County 10.9 676 1,991
Jasper County 15.3 645 2,673
Tallahatchie County 23.7 641 3,070
Noxubee County 25.1 620 3,091
Tishomingo County 12.3 613 2,284
Union County 8.6 594 1,384
Humphreys County 27.2 549 3,109
Wayne County 11.0 542 2,008
Franklin County 23.9 540 3,074
Walthall County 16.2 531 2,772
Calhoun County 14.4 530 2,590
Perry County 17.7 524 2,876
Claiborne County 31.4 514 3,127
Yalobusha County 15.1 493 2,651
Jefferson Davis County 16.4 473 2,785
Tunica County 23.3 471 3,065
Montgomery County 18.7 456 2,920
Kemper County 21.7 455 3,032
Jefferson County 26.2 432 3,102
Smith County 11.8 407 2,186
Quitman County 26.7 405 3,105
Lawrence County 13.3 395 2,449
Webster County 13.4 369 2,470
Itawamba County 5.6 338 530
Wilkinson County 17.9 315 2,886
Choctaw County 14.0 310 2,540
Carroll County 10.4 260 1,860
Greene County 10.0 254 1,756
Sharkey County 20.7 177 3,001
Benton County 8.6 162 1,392
Issaquena County 13.4 17 2,461
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/25/2024 5:25 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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