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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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Value (Percent)
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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
DeSoto County Urban 10.0 18,650 772
Rankin County Urban 10.0 15,343 772
Itawamba County Rural 10.8 2,423 965
Madison County Urban 11.0 11,985 1,010
Hancock County Urban 13.3 6,083 1,574
Prentiss County Rural 13.5 3,211 1,622
Lee County Rural 13.8 11,284 1,681
Jackson County Urban 14.1 20,160 1,752
Union County Rural 14.3 3,947 1,803
Pontotoc County Rural 14.9 4,626 1,928
Webster County Rural 15.1 1,481 1,963
Choctaw County Rural 15.9 1,276 2,098
Lamar County Urban 16.1 10,386 2,126
Pearl River County Rural 16.4 9,120 2,175
Monroe County Rural 16.7 5,494 2,219
Tate County Urban 16.8 4,435 2,236
Lowndes County Rural 16.9 9,585 2,255
Issaquena County Rural 17.2 127 2,305
Alcorn County Rural 17.4 5,863 2,337
Harrison County Urban 17.4 35,642 2,337
Benton County Urban 17.6 1,316 2,369
Covington County Rural 17.7 3,173 2,385
Stone County Urban 17.9 3,178 2,418
Perry County Urban 18.1 2,016 2,452
Walthall County Rural 18.1 2,465 2,452
Calhoun County Rural 18.7 2,381 2,520
George County Rural 18.7 4,496 2,520
Lafayette County Rural 18.7 9,533 2,520
Jasper County Rural 18.9 3,036 2,552
Tippah County Rural 18.9 3,962 2,552
Clarke County Rural 19.2 2,934 2,584
Smith County Rural 19.3 2,712 2,595
Simpson County Urban 19.4 4,902 2,608
Leake County Rural 19.9 4,112 2,648
Tishomingo County Rural 19.9 3,667 2,648
Warren County Rural 20.3 8,738 2,678
Marion County Rural 20.4 4,774 2,690
Greene County Rural 20.5 2,004 2,697
Attala County Rural 20.7 3,586 2,716
Scott County Urban 20.7 5,661 2,716
Jones County Rural 20.8 13,571 2,723
Lincoln County Rural 21.3 7,326 2,774
Forrest County Urban 21.5 15,850 2,789
Hinds County Urban 21.6 46,201 2,793
Newton County Rural 22.0 4,462 2,821
Grenada County Rural 22.3 4,664 2,850
Carroll County Rural 22.4 2,094 2,855
Yalobusha County Rural 22.7 2,765 2,877
Marshall County Urban 22.8 7,263 2,886
Wayne County Rural 22.9 4,484 2,893
Copiah County Urban 23.0 6,184 2,898
Franklin County Rural 23.3 1,753 2,910
Lawrence County Rural 23.8 2,823 2,928
Chickasaw County Rural 24.1 3,964 2,944
Panola County Rural 24.1 7,874 2,944
Kemper County Rural 24.6 1,978 2,961
Clay County Rural 24.8 4,496 2,969
Jefferson Davis County Rural 25.0 2,770 2,976
Lauderdale County Rural 25.1 17,243 2,983
Neshoba County Rural 25.1 7,013 2,983
Montgomery County Rural 25.6 2,451 2,998
Noxubee County Rural 25.6 2,543 2,998
Humphreys County Rural 26.4 1,976 3,015
Tallahatchie County Rural 26.5 3,155 3,018
Amite County Rural 27.0 3,379 3,028
Claiborne County Rural 27.2 2,134 3,030
Pike County Rural 27.5 10,619 3,044
Adams County Rural 28.2 7,682 3,056
Wilkinson County Rural 28.2 2,038 3,056
Jefferson County Rural 28.5 1,909 3,060
Oktibbeha County Rural 28.6 13,109 3,063
Washington County Rural 28.8 12,339 3,066
Sunflower County Rural 29.9 6,510 3,082
Winston County Rural 30.4 5,217 3,086
Yazoo County Urban 31.4 6,846 3,097
Sharkey County Rural 31.8 1,194 3,103
Leflore County Rural 31.9 8,321 3,105
Quitman County Rural 33.5 1,920 3,115
Bolivar County Rural 33.7 9,404 3,117
Tunica County Urban 33.8 3,171 3,119
Coahoma County Rural 36.3 7,331 3,127
Holmes County Urban 38.0 5,904 3,134
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2025 3:02 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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