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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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County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Value (Percent)
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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Mississippi N/A 19.2 548,804 51 of 52
United States N/A 12.5 40,521,584 N/A
Benton County Urban 17.6 1,328 2,380
Copiah County Urban 23.4 6,353 2,900
DeSoto County Urban 9.8 18,083 739
Forrest County Urban 22.8 16,868 2,866
Hancock County Urban 13.7 6,263 1,657
Harrison County Urban 18.4 37,450 2,472
Hinds County Urban 21.0 45,809 2,735
Holmes County Urban 35.0 5,598 3,126
Jackson County Urban 15.7 22,256 2,023
Lamar County Urban 16.8 10,759 2,259
Madison County Urban 9.8 10,534 736
Marshall County Urban 19.5 6,181 2,593
Perry County Urban 20.6 2,304 2,692
Rankin County Urban 9.5 14,417 664
Scott County Urban 21.9 6,030 2,791
Simpson County Urban 17.1 4,321 2,305
Stone County Urban 20.8 3,660 2,710
Tate County Urban 16.7 4,352 2,228
Tunica County Urban 31.4 3,002 3,101
Yazoo County Urban 29.1 6,569 3,075
Adams County Rural 27.2 7,461 3,029
Alcorn County Rural 17.1 5,791 2,311
Amite County Rural 27.1 3,398 3,025
Attala County Rural 23.6 4,103 2,912
Bolivar County Rural 31.8 9,054 3,104
Calhoun County Rural 18.8 2,426 2,512
Carroll County Rural 21.8 2,084 2,790
Chickasaw County Rural 26.6 4,392 3,017
Choctaw County Rural 19.1 1,543 2,555
Claiborne County Rural 30.4 2,419 3,089
Clarke County Rural 20.6 3,176 2,693
Clay County Rural 23.0 4,214 2,882
Coahoma County Rural 37.0 7,623 3,130
Covington County Rural 23.6 4,251 2,917
Franklin County Rural 23.8 1,805 2,924
George County Rural 20.9 4,986 2,722
Greene County Rural 18.4 1,824 2,473
Grenada County Rural 22.2 4,669 2,821
Humphreys County Rural 32.1 2,453 3,106
Issaquena County Rural 20.6 176 2,699
Itawamba County Rural 10.4 2,324 865
Jasper County Rural 17.2 2,785 2,327
Jefferson County Rural 31.8 2,139 3,105
Jefferson Davis County Rural 23.1 2,579 2,887
Jones County Rural 21.3 13,933 2,754
Kemper County Rural 22.0 1,778 2,808
Lafayette County Rural 19.6 9,967 2,608
Lauderdale County Rural 24.8 17,290 2,965
Lawrence County Rural 22.5 2,683 2,847
Leake County Rural 21.0 4,335 2,727
Lee County Rural 13.5 11,039 1,585
Leflore County Rural 32.2 8,524 3,108
Lincoln County Rural 22.3 7,675 2,831
Lowndes County Rural 18.1 10,235 2,433
Marion County Rural 22.8 5,362 2,865
Monroe County Rural 16.7 5,557 2,241
Montgomery County Rural 24.2 2,337 2,942
Neshoba County Rural 28.0 7,938 3,057
Newton County Rural 23.5 4,803 2,903
Noxubee County Rural 23.2 2,337 2,893
Oktibbeha County Rural 28.5 13,133 3,064
Panola County Rural 20.4 6,712 2,678
Pearl River County Rural 15.8 8,663 2,045
Pike County Rural 30.7 11,875 3,094
Pontotoc County Rural 16.7 5,166 2,236
Prentiss County Rural 16.3 3,866 2,151
Quitman County Rural 30.2 1,789 3,087
Sharkey County Rural 26.9 1,025 3,023
Smith County Rural 18.2 2,578 2,458
Sunflower County Rural 28.7 6,347 3,067
Tallahatchie County Rural 25.7 3,095 2,990
Tippah County Rural 18.9 4,013 2,527
Tishomingo County Rural 19.2 3,561 2,566
Union County Rural 12.3 3,388 1,317
Walthall County Rural 20.3 2,783 2,660
Warren County Rural 18.1 7,923 2,439
Washington County Rural 29.3 12,788 3,078
Wayne County Rural 22.1 4,343 2,813
Webster County Rural 15.8 1,550 2,051
Wilkinson County Rural 21.5 1,601 2,769
Winston County Rural 26.0 4,490 2,997
Yalobusha County Rural 20.5 2,510 2,686
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 02/09/2025 6:31 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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