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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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Families (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Mississippi N/A 14.3 105,525 51 of 52
Hinds County Urban 16.4 8,752 2,784
Harrison County Urban 14.1 7,427 2,551
DeSoto County Urban 7.9 4,029 1,205
Jackson County Urban 10.6 3,996 1,933
Lauderdale County Rural 19.3 3,562 2,965
Forrest County Urban 16.5 3,020 2,792
Rankin County Urban 6.3 2,578 721
Jones County Rural 14.3 2,432 2,574
Madison County Urban 8.1 2,349 1,265
Lee County Rural 10.2 2,231 1,851
Washington County Rural 21.6 2,206 3,033
Pike County Rural 24.4 2,163 3,089
Lowndes County Rural 14.3 2,043 2,574
Lamar County Urban 11.1 1,998 2,047
Bolivar County Rural 27.4 1,975 3,111
Pearl River County Rural 12.4 1,788 2,298
Leflore County Rural 26.5 1,588 3,105
Coahoma County Rural 30.9 1,587 3,126
Warren County Rural 14.5 1,576 2,592
Lincoln County Rural 17.9 1,538 2,904
Adams County Rural 21.7 1,525 3,037
Panola County Rural 18.9 1,524 2,945
Oktibbeha County Rural 14.3 1,502 2,574
Neshoba County Rural 20.7 1,458 3,005
Marshall County Urban 15.8 1,380 2,725
Yazoo County Urban 23.2 1,298 3,069
Hancock County Urban 9.4 1,249 1,665
Holmes County Urban 34.1 1,195 3,136
Monroe County Rural 12.7 1,177 2,361
Sunflower County Rural 23.2 1,174 3,069
Tate County Urban 14.8 1,164 2,624
Lafayette County Rural 10.6 1,144 1,933
Winston County Rural 25.4 1,105 3,097
Clay County Rural 20.6 1,034 3,003
Simpson County Urban 14.8 1,029 2,624
Scott County Urban 14.7 1,016 2,607
Copiah County Urban 15.0 982 2,650
Chickasaw County Rural 21.9 972 3,043
Marion County Rural 15.6 960 2,710
Alcorn County Rural 10.5 936 1,912
Pontotoc County Rural 10.7 889 1,959
George County Rural 13.1 876 2,423
Tippah County Rural 15.3 873 2,678
Stone County Urban 17.0 842 2,836
Covington County Rural 16.7 823 2,811
Grenada County Rural 15.8 814 2,725
Amite County Rural 24.4 811 3,089
Newton County Rural 15.0 750 2,650
Clarke County Rural 16.8 743 2,820
Union County Rural 10.6 735 1,933
Wayne County Rural 15.2 724 2,664
Leake County Rural 14.3 717 2,574
Prentiss County Rural 10.9 696 2,012
Attala County Rural 16.3 691 2,775
Tishomingo County Rural 12.5 660 2,318
Smith County Rural 17.0 614 2,836
Tallahatchie County Rural 21.5 612 3,029
Noxubee County Rural 22.9 558 3,065
Jasper County Rural 13.1 527 2,423
Franklin County Rural 23.3 500 3,073
Yalobusha County Rural 15.5 494 2,700
Calhoun County Rural 13.6 487 2,494
Jefferson Davis County Rural 16.8 466 2,820
Kemper County Rural 21.3 456 3,025
Claiborne County Rural 24.9 449 3,093
Jefferson County Rural 27.2 446 3,108
Walthall County Rural 12.7 446 2,361
Montgomery County Rural 18.9 433 2,945
Lawrence County Rural 14.7 429 2,607
Tunica County Urban 22.0 429 3,045
Greene County Rural 15.0 421 2,650
Perry County Urban 15.2 416 2,664
Quitman County Rural 24.9 414 3,093
Carroll County Rural 15.3 410 2,678
Wilkinson County Rural 23.4 407 3,075
Humphreys County Rural 21.0 404 3,014
Itawamba County Rural 6.0 376 637
Choctaw County Rural 12.1 282 2,262
Webster County Rural 9.6 270 1,726
Sharkey County Rural 27.2 251 3,108
Benton County Urban 10.3 215 1,873
Issaquena County Rural 4.0 7 174
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 6:33 pm.

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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