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Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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Mississippi 19.4 557,111 51 of 52
United States 12.6 40,661,636 N/A
Issaquena County 21.1 165 2,729
Benton County 14.5 1,107 1,808
Sharkey County 27.3 1,110 3,032
Greene County 15.3 1,478 1,969
Choctaw County 18.4 1,501 2,478
Carroll County 16.0 1,560 2,102
Wilkinson County 21.4 1,610 2,752
Webster County 16.5 1,617 2,171
Franklin County 22.9 1,744 2,856
Jefferson County 30.1 2,040 3,084
Kemper County 25.3 2,109 2,967
Quitman County 34.8 2,151 3,119
Itawamba County 9.9 2,214 727
Smith County 15.6 2,246 2,026
Perry County 21.4 2,437 2,753
Jefferson Davis County 21.8 2,450 2,783
Montgomery County 25.5 2,513 2,983
Lawrence County 21.0 2,526 2,717
Yalobusha County 21.9 2,706 2,793
Calhoun County 20.5 2,712 2,670
Humphreys County 35.4 2,773 3,124
Noxubee County 28.0 2,860 3,048
Claiborne County 34.8 2,872 3,118
Clarke County 20.2 3,144 2,653
Tunica County 32.4 3,155 3,104
Jasper County 19.5 3,168 2,596
Stone County 18.5 3,261 2,493
Union County 12.3 3,379 1,300
Tallahatchie County 29.1 3,520 3,070
Wayne County 18.0 3,540 2,407
Walthall County 25.6 3,553 2,986
Chickasaw County 21.9 3,633 2,790
Tishomingo County 20.8 3,883 2,696
Amite County 30.8 3,892 3,091
Prentiss County 16.5 3,950 2,184
Tate County 15.3 3,991 1,966
Covington County 22.7 4,152 2,847
Clay County 23.2 4,309 2,883
Winston County 25.4 4,403 2,972
Tippah County 20.6 4,444 2,692
Pontotoc County 14.5 4,469 1,800
Attala County 25.9 4,609 2,996
Leake County 22.7 4,754 2,846
Grenada County 22.8 4,855 2,848
Simpson County 19.2 4,884 2,565
George County 21.1 4,978 2,727
Newton County 24.1 5,004 2,921
Alcorn County 16.5 5,629 2,178
Monroe County 17.3 5,811 2,309
Marion County 24.4 5,818 2,934
Copiah County 22.1 6,079 2,807
Yazoo County 27.0 6,099 3,026
Scott County 22.8 6,314 2,851
Holmes County 39.2 6,496 3,133
Marshall County 20.6 6,562 2,690
Lincoln County 20.0 6,888 2,637
Sunflower County 31.3 7,003 3,096
Hancock County 15.7 7,126 2,033
Panola County 22.0 7,274 2,800
Neshoba County 25.8 7,382 2,991
Pearl River County 14.5 7,925 1,798
Coahoma County 37.5 7,980 3,131
Adams County 29.3 8,083 3,073
Warren County 19.0 8,459 2,548
Leflore County 31.6 8,633 3,099
Bolivar County 33.0 9,750 3,106
Lafayette County 20.6 10,600 2,686
Madison County 10.2 10,860 800
Lee County 13.4 11,046 1,563
Lamar County 17.6 11,086 2,351
Lowndes County 19.7 11,279 2,613
Pike County 31.8 12,425 3,100
Oktibbeha County 27.7 13,042 3,040
Washington County 30.4 13,648 3,089
Jones County 21.7 14,339 2,779
Rankin County 9.6 14,498 665
Lauderdale County 23.8 16,738 2,908
Forrest County 23.0 17,164 2,867
DeSoto County 9.6 17,400 661
Jackson County 15.2 21,504 1,952
Harrison County 17.9 36,124 2,399
Hinds County 20.9 46,616 2,714
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/24/2024 3:35 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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