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