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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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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Mississippi N/A 19.1 543,697 51 of 52
Hinds County Urban 21.6 46,201 2,793
Harrison County Urban 17.4 35,642 2,337
Jackson County Urban 14.1 20,160 1,752
DeSoto County Urban 10.0 18,650 772
Lauderdale County Rural 25.1 17,243 2,983
Forrest County Urban 21.5 15,850 2,789
Rankin County Urban 10.0 15,343 772
Jones County Rural 20.8 13,571 2,723
Oktibbeha County Rural 28.6 13,109 3,063
Washington County Rural 28.8 12,339 3,066
Madison County Urban 11.0 11,985 1,010
Lee County Rural 13.8 11,284 1,681
Pike County Rural 27.5 10,619 3,044
Lamar County Urban 16.1 10,386 2,126
Lowndes County Rural 16.9 9,585 2,255
Lafayette County Rural 18.7 9,533 2,520
Bolivar County Rural 33.7 9,404 3,117
Pearl River County Rural 16.4 9,120 2,175
Warren County Rural 20.3 8,738 2,678
Leflore County Rural 31.9 8,321 3,105
Panola County Rural 24.1 7,874 2,944
Adams County Rural 28.2 7,682 3,056
Coahoma County Rural 36.3 7,331 3,127
Lincoln County Rural 21.3 7,326 2,774
Marshall County Urban 22.8 7,263 2,886
Neshoba County Rural 25.1 7,013 2,983
Yazoo County Urban 31.4 6,846 3,097
Sunflower County Rural 29.9 6,510 3,082
Copiah County Urban 23.0 6,184 2,898
Hancock County Urban 13.3 6,083 1,574
Holmes County Urban 38.0 5,904 3,134
Alcorn County Rural 17.4 5,863 2,337
Scott County Urban 20.7 5,661 2,716
Monroe County Rural 16.7 5,494 2,219
Winston County Rural 30.4 5,217 3,086
Simpson County Urban 19.4 4,902 2,608
Marion County Rural 20.4 4,774 2,690
Grenada County Rural 22.3 4,664 2,850
Pontotoc County Rural 14.9 4,626 1,928
Clay County Rural 24.8 4,496 2,969
George County Rural 18.7 4,496 2,520
Wayne County Rural 22.9 4,484 2,893
Newton County Rural 22.0 4,462 2,821
Tate County Urban 16.8 4,435 2,236
Leake County Rural 19.9 4,112 2,648
Chickasaw County Rural 24.1 3,964 2,944
Tippah County Rural 18.9 3,962 2,552
Union County Rural 14.3 3,947 1,803
Tishomingo County Rural 19.9 3,667 2,648
Attala County Rural 20.7 3,586 2,716
Amite County Rural 27.0 3,379 3,028
Prentiss County Rural 13.5 3,211 1,622
Stone County Urban 17.9 3,178 2,418
Covington County Rural 17.7 3,173 2,385
Tunica County Urban 33.8 3,171 3,119
Tallahatchie County Rural 26.5 3,155 3,018
Jasper County Rural 18.9 3,036 2,552
Clarke County Rural 19.2 2,934 2,584
Lawrence County Rural 23.8 2,823 2,928
Jefferson Davis County Rural 25.0 2,770 2,976
Yalobusha County Rural 22.7 2,765 2,877
Smith County Rural 19.3 2,712 2,595
Noxubee County Rural 25.6 2,543 2,998
Walthall County Rural 18.1 2,465 2,452
Montgomery County Rural 25.6 2,451 2,998
Itawamba County Rural 10.8 2,423 965
Calhoun County Rural 18.7 2,381 2,520
Claiborne County Rural 27.2 2,134 3,030
Carroll County Rural 22.4 2,094 2,855
Wilkinson County Rural 28.2 2,038 3,056
Perry County Urban 18.1 2,016 2,452
Greene County Rural 20.5 2,004 2,697
Kemper County Rural 24.6 1,978 2,961
Humphreys County Rural 26.4 1,976 3,015
Quitman County Rural 33.5 1,920 3,115
Jefferson County Rural 28.5 1,909 3,060
Franklin County Rural 23.3 1,753 2,910
Webster County Rural 15.1 1,481 1,963
Benton County Urban 17.6 1,316 2,369
Choctaw County Rural 15.9 1,276 2,098
Sharkey County Rural 31.8 1,194 3,103
Issaquena County Rural 17.2 127 2,305
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 12:05 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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