Demographics Table
County![]() |
Value (Percent)![]() |
People (Below Poverty)![]() |
Rank within US (of 3146 counties) ![]() |
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Mississippi | 20.3 | 585,786 | 51 of 52 |
United States | 13.4 | 42,510,843 | N/A |
Adams County | 31.5 | 9,052 | 3,081 |
Alcorn County | 15.0 | 5,440 | 1,745 |
Amite County | 26.7 | 3,281 | 2,986 |
Attala County | 26.7 | 4,834 | 2,987 |
Benton County | 20.3 | 1,652 | 2,583 |
Bolivar County | 35.0 | 10,593 | 3,114 |
Calhoun County | 21.6 | 3,066 | 2,703 |
Carroll County | 17.0 | 1,676 | 2,138 |
Chickasaw County | 20.6 | 3,441 | 2,617 |
Choctaw County | 19.9 | 1,600 | 2,549 |
Claiborne County | 41.0 | 3,419 | 3,136 |
Clarke County | 19.1 | 2,997 | 2,472 |
Clay County | 25.5 | 4,941 | 2,954 |
Coahoma County | 34.8 | 7,882 | 3,112 |
Copiah County | 24.0 | 6,611 | 2,875 |
Covington County | 24.2 | 4,515 | 2,888 |
DeSoto County | 9.2 | 16,261 | 505 |
Forrest County | 26.0 | 18,604 | 2,967 |
Franklin County | 15.1 | 1,153 | 1,766 |
George County | 17.2 | 4,018 | 2,171 |
Greene County | 18.4 | 1,801 | 2,356 |
Grenada County | 21.1 | 4,362 | 2,669 |
Hancock County | 18.5 | 8,619 | 2,361 |
Harrison County | 20.1 | 39,981 | 2,570 |
Hinds County | 21.3 | 48,955 | 2,688 |
Holmes County | 42.4 | 7,202 | 3,138 |
Humphreys County | 36.4 | 3,020 | 3,123 |
Issaquena County | 36.0 | 383 | 3,121 |
Itawamba County | 13.5 | 3,021 | 1,430 |
Jackson County | 16.2 | 22,794 | 1,978 |
Jasper County | 22.3 | 3,661 | 2,760 |
Jefferson County | 37.6 | 2,530 | 3,127 |
Jefferson Davis County | 24.9 | 2,781 | 2,922 |
Jones County | 21.7 | 14,483 | 2,709 |
Kemper County | 28.5 | 2,579 | 3,037 |
Lafayette County | 22.1 | 10,788 | 2,737 |
Lamar County | 18.3 | 11,217 | 2,332 |
Lauderdale County | 20.8 | 15,181 | 2,647 |
Lawrence County | 18.6 | 2,352 | 2,394 |
Leake County | 26.4 | 5,824 | 2,978 |
Lee County | 14.6 | 12,254 | 1,653 |
Leflore County | 36.8 | 10,260 | 3,126 |
Lincoln County | 21.0 | 7,094 | 2,663 |
Lowndes County | 20.4 | 11,722 | 2,604 |
Madison County | 9.6 | 9,883 | 580 |
Marion County | 25.5 | 6,193 | 2,950 |
Marshall County | 18.8 | 6,275 | 2,422 |
Monroe County | 17.4 | 6,125 | 2,211 |
Montgomery County | 27.1 | 2,686 | 3,000 |
Neshoba County | 25.6 | 7,388 | 2,958 |
Newton County | 25.6 | 5,305 | 2,957 |
Noxubee County | 32.5 | 3,406 | 3,091 |
Oktibbeha County | 30.1 | 13,499 | 3,060 |
Panola County | 20.3 | 6,877 | 2,586 |
Pearl River County | 17.1 | 9,188 | 2,150 |
Perry County | 19.0 | 2,254 | 2,457 |
Pike County | 33.0 | 12,637 | 3,094 |
Pontotoc County | 16.2 | 5,055 | 1,976 |
Prentiss County | 21.9 | 5,275 | 2,722 |
Quitman County | 35.6 | 2,497 | 3,118 |
Rankin County | 8.3 | 12,245 | 351 |
Scott County | 25.5 | 7,141 | 2,953 |
Sharkey County | 27.4 | 1,178 | 3,008 |
Simpson County | 19.4 | 5,098 | 2,494 |
Smith County | 18.9 | 3,002 | 2,435 |
Stone County | 19.8 | 3,466 | 2,543 |
Sunflower County | 31.7 | 6,937 | 3,083 |
Tallahatchie County | 31.7 | 3,713 | 3,082 |
Tate County | 18.1 | 4,775 | 2,298 |
Tippah County | 20.0 | 4,321 | 2,557 |
Tishomingo County | 19.7 | 3,787 | 2,537 |
Tunica County | 24.0 | 2,322 | 2,874 |
Union County | 15.1 | 4,255 | 1,772 |
Walthall County | 24.0 | 3,431 | 2,873 |
Warren County | 20.6 | 9,487 | 2,623 |
Washington County | 33.9 | 15,399 | 3,103 |
Wayne County | 20.5 | 4,136 | 2,609 |
Webster County | 22.2 | 2,136 | 2,754 |
Wilkinson County | 34.7 | 2,673 | 3,109 |
Winston County | 23.1 | 4,104 | 2,815 |
Yalobusha County | 18.4 | 2,234 | 2,346 |
Yazoo County | 31.8 | 7,503 | 3,085 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2023 12:16 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2023 12:16 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.