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Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Poverty: Persons 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 19.1 543,697 51 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Issaquena County Rural 17.2 127 2,305
Sharkey County Rural 31.8 1,194 3,103
Choctaw County Rural 15.9 1,276 2,098
Benton County Urban 17.6 1,316 2,369
Webster County Rural 15.1 1,481 1,963
Franklin County Rural 23.3 1,753 2,910
Jefferson County Rural 28.5 1,909 3,060
Quitman County Rural 33.5 1,920 3,115
Humphreys County Rural 26.4 1,976 3,015
Kemper County Rural 24.6 1,978 2,961
Greene County Rural 20.5 2,004 2,697
Perry County Urban 18.1 2,016 2,452
Wilkinson County Rural 28.2 2,038 3,056
Carroll County Rural 22.4 2,094 2,855
Claiborne County Rural 27.2 2,134 3,030
Calhoun County Rural 18.7 2,381 2,520
Itawamba County Rural 10.8 2,423 965
Montgomery County Rural 25.6 2,451 2,998
Walthall County Rural 18.1 2,465 2,452
Noxubee County Rural 25.6 2,543 2,998
Smith County Rural 19.3 2,712 2,595
Yalobusha County Rural 22.7 2,765 2,877
Jefferson Davis County Rural 25.0 2,770 2,976
Lawrence County Rural 23.8 2,823 2,928
Clarke County Rural 19.2 2,934 2,584
Jasper County Rural 18.9 3,036 2,552
Tallahatchie County Rural 26.5 3,155 3,018
Tunica County Urban 33.8 3,171 3,119
Covington County Rural 17.7 3,173 2,385
Stone County Urban 17.9 3,178 2,418
Prentiss County Rural 13.5 3,211 1,622
Amite County Rural 27.0 3,379 3,028
Attala County Rural 20.7 3,586 2,716
Tishomingo County Rural 19.9 3,667 2,648
Union County Rural 14.3 3,947 1,803
Tippah County Rural 18.9 3,962 2,552
Chickasaw County Rural 24.1 3,964 2,944
Leake County Rural 19.9 4,112 2,648
Tate County Urban 16.8 4,435 2,236
Newton County Rural 22.0 4,462 2,821
Wayne County Rural 22.9 4,484 2,893
Clay County Rural 24.8 4,496 2,969
George County Rural 18.7 4,496 2,520
Pontotoc County Rural 14.9 4,626 1,928
Grenada County Rural 22.3 4,664 2,850
Marion County Rural 20.4 4,774 2,690
Simpson County Urban 19.4 4,902 2,608
Winston County Rural 30.4 5,217 3,086
Monroe County Rural 16.7 5,494 2,219
Scott County Urban 20.7 5,661 2,716
Alcorn County Rural 17.4 5,863 2,337
Holmes County Urban 38.0 5,904 3,134
Hancock County Urban 13.3 6,083 1,574
Copiah County Urban 23.0 6,184 2,898
Sunflower County Rural 29.9 6,510 3,082
Yazoo County Urban 31.4 6,846 3,097
Neshoba County Rural 25.1 7,013 2,983
Marshall County Urban 22.8 7,263 2,886
Lincoln County Rural 21.3 7,326 2,774
Coahoma County Rural 36.3 7,331 3,127
Adams County Rural 28.2 7,682 3,056
Panola County Rural 24.1 7,874 2,944
Leflore County Rural 31.9 8,321 3,105
Warren County Rural 20.3 8,738 2,678
Pearl River County Rural 16.4 9,120 2,175
Bolivar County Rural 33.7 9,404 3,117
Lafayette County Rural 18.7 9,533 2,520
Lowndes County Rural 16.9 9,585 2,255
Lamar County Urban 16.1 10,386 2,126
Pike County Rural 27.5 10,619 3,044
Lee County Rural 13.8 11,284 1,681
Madison County Urban 11.0 11,985 1,010
Washington County Rural 28.8 12,339 3,066
Oktibbeha County Rural 28.6 13,109 3,063
Jones County Rural 20.8 13,571 2,723
Rankin County Urban 10.0 15,343 772
Forrest County Urban 21.5 15,850 2,789
Lauderdale County Rural 25.1 17,243 2,983
DeSoto County Urban 10.0 18,650 772
Jackson County Urban 14.1 20,160 1,752
Harrison County Urban 17.4 35,642 2,337
Hinds County Urban 21.6 46,201 2,793
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:06 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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