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Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 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 12.5 40,521,584 N/A
Mississippi N/A 19.2 548,804 51 of 52
Hinds County Urban 21.0 45,809 2,735
Harrison County Urban 18.4 37,450 2,472
Jackson County Urban 15.7 22,256 2,023
DeSoto County Urban 9.8 18,083 739
Lauderdale County Rural 24.8 17,290 2,965
Forrest County Urban 22.8 16,868 2,866
Rankin County Urban 9.5 14,417 664
Jones County Rural 21.3 13,933 2,754
Oktibbeha County Rural 28.5 13,133 3,064
Washington County Rural 29.3 12,788 3,078
Pike County Rural 30.7 11,875 3,094
Lee County Rural 13.5 11,039 1,585
Lamar County Urban 16.8 10,759 2,259
Madison County Urban 9.8 10,534 736
Lowndes County Rural 18.1 10,235 2,433
Lafayette County Rural 19.6 9,967 2,608
Bolivar County Rural 31.8 9,054 3,104
Pearl River County Rural 15.8 8,663 2,045
Leflore County Rural 32.2 8,524 3,108
Neshoba County Rural 28.0 7,938 3,057
Warren County Rural 18.1 7,923 2,439
Lincoln County Rural 22.3 7,675 2,831
Coahoma County Rural 37.0 7,623 3,130
Adams County Rural 27.2 7,461 3,029
Panola County Rural 20.4 6,712 2,678
Yazoo County Urban 29.1 6,569 3,075
Copiah County Urban 23.4 6,353 2,900
Sunflower County Rural 28.7 6,347 3,067
Hancock County Urban 13.7 6,263 1,657
Marshall County Urban 19.5 6,181 2,593
Scott County Urban 21.9 6,030 2,791
Alcorn County Rural 17.1 5,791 2,311
Holmes County Urban 35.0 5,598 3,126
Monroe County Rural 16.7 5,557 2,241
Marion County Rural 22.8 5,362 2,865
Pontotoc County Rural 16.7 5,166 2,236
George County Rural 20.9 4,986 2,722
Newton County Rural 23.5 4,803 2,903
Grenada County Rural 22.2 4,669 2,821
Winston County Rural 26.0 4,490 2,997
Chickasaw County Rural 26.6 4,392 3,017
Tate County Urban 16.7 4,352 2,228
Wayne County Rural 22.1 4,343 2,813
Leake County Rural 21.0 4,335 2,727
Simpson County Urban 17.1 4,321 2,305
Covington County Rural 23.6 4,251 2,917
Clay County Rural 23.0 4,214 2,882
Attala County Rural 23.6 4,103 2,912
Tippah County Rural 18.9 4,013 2,527
Prentiss County Rural 16.3 3,866 2,151
Stone County Urban 20.8 3,660 2,710
Tishomingo County Rural 19.2 3,561 2,566
Amite County Rural 27.1 3,398 3,025
Union County Rural 12.3 3,388 1,317
Clarke County Rural 20.6 3,176 2,693
Tallahatchie County Rural 25.7 3,095 2,990
Tunica County Urban 31.4 3,002 3,101
Jasper County Rural 17.2 2,785 2,327
Walthall County Rural 20.3 2,783 2,660
Lawrence County Rural 22.5 2,683 2,847
Jefferson Davis County Rural 23.1 2,579 2,887
Smith County Rural 18.2 2,578 2,458
Yalobusha County Rural 20.5 2,510 2,686
Humphreys County Rural 32.1 2,453 3,106
Calhoun County Rural 18.8 2,426 2,512
Claiborne County Rural 30.4 2,419 3,089
Montgomery County Rural 24.2 2,337 2,942
Noxubee County Rural 23.2 2,337 2,893
Itawamba County Rural 10.4 2,324 865
Perry County Urban 20.6 2,304 2,692
Jefferson County Rural 31.8 2,139 3,105
Carroll County Rural 21.8 2,084 2,790
Greene County Rural 18.4 1,824 2,473
Franklin County Rural 23.8 1,805 2,924
Quitman County Rural 30.2 1,789 3,087
Kemper County Rural 22.0 1,778 2,808
Wilkinson County Rural 21.5 1,601 2,769
Webster County Rural 15.8 1,550 2,051
Choctaw County Rural 19.1 1,543 2,555
Benton County Urban 17.6 1,328 2,380
Sharkey County Rural 26.9 1,025 3,023
Issaquena County Rural 20.6 176 2,699
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 02/09/2025 8:39 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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