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Demographic Data Report for Mississippi by County
Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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 (<150% Of Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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Mississippi N/A 30.2 860,926 51 of 52
United States N/A 20.2 65,652,285 N/A
Issaquena County Rural 38.8 286 2,998
Sharkey County Rural 51.2 1,919 3,122
Webster County Rural 21.4 2,100 1,342
Choctaw County Rural 27.1 2,175 2,168
Benton County Urban 29.4 2,206 2,435
Greene County Rural 27.2 2,656 2,185
Kemper County Rural 33.6 2,700 2,752
Quitman County Rural 50.2 2,880 3,118
Wilkinson County Rural 41.2 2,982 3,050
Franklin County Rural 39.8 2,998 3,026
Jefferson County Rural 47.1 3,155 3,106
Carroll County Rural 34.1 3,196 2,798
Perry County Urban 33.1 3,679 2,712
Claiborne County Rural 47.8 3,750 3,107
Montgomery County Rural 39.3 3,755 3,005
Noxubee County Rural 40.9 4,070 3,046
Humphreys County Rural 54.9 4,108 3,136
Walthall County Rural 31.9 4,337 2,639
Jefferson Davis County Rural 41.0 4,539 3,048
Stone County Urban 25.6 4,559 1,989
Yalobusha County Rural 37.6 4,571 2,959
Amite County Rural 37.1 4,635 2,939
Calhoun County Rural 36.9 4,707 2,933
Lawrence County Rural 40.3 4,770 3,031
Smith County Rural 34.0 4,775 2,788
Itawamba County Rural 21.3 4,779 1,325
Tallahatchie County Rural 40.5 4,832 3,033
Tunica County Urban 51.5 4,832 3,127
Covington County Rural 28.8 5,160 2,379
Clarke County Rural 34.1 5,213 2,798
Jasper County Rural 33.9 5,450 2,783
Attala County Rural 31.7 5,490 2,622
Tishomingo County Rural 32.5 5,988 2,671
Chickasaw County Rural 36.9 6,074 2,933
Tate County Urban 25.0 6,626 1,906
Winston County Rural 38.7 6,646 2,996
Clay County Rural 37.4 6,783 2,951
Tippah County Rural 32.3 6,785 2,663
Newton County Rural 33.6 6,821 2,752
George County Rural 28.5 6,835 2,347
Leake County Rural 33.2 6,858 2,723
Simpson County Urban 27.2 6,877 2,185
Prentiss County Rural 29.4 6,978 2,435
Wayne County Rural 38.0 7,447 2,975
Grenada County Rural 36.2 7,550 2,907
Union County Rural 27.6 7,630 2,237
Pontotoc County Rural 25.8 8,001 2,020
Holmes County Urban 52.2 8,121 3,130
Marion County Rural 36.0 8,418 2,897
Sunflower County Rural 43.1 9,385 3,073
Yazoo County Urban 44.1 9,620 3,085
Copiah County Urban 36.6 9,846 2,920
Coahoma County Rural 50.0 10,102 3,116
Monroe County Rural 30.9 10,201 2,566
Neshoba County Rural 36.7 10,251 2,925
Alcorn County Rural 30.5 10,290 2,541
Scott County Urban 38.5 10,546 2,989
Lincoln County Rural 30.8 10,593 2,558
Hancock County Urban 23.8 10,872 1,737
Adams County Rural 41.9 11,428 3,060
Warren County Rural 27.7 11,950 2,252
Marshall County Urban 37.8 12,043 2,967
Leflore County Rural 48.5 12,636 3,112
Panola County Rural 39.5 12,873 3,013
Bolivar County Rural 48.2 13,445 3,109
Pearl River County Rural 26.4 14,664 2,087
Lafayette County Rural 29.7 15,181 2,470
Pike County Rural 39.7 15,337 3,021
Lamar County Urban 24.4 15,756 1,831
Lowndes County Rural 29.0 16,402 2,393
Oktibbeha County Rural 39.6 18,162 3,020
Lee County Rural 22.3 18,236 1,481
Washington County Rural 44.6 19,092 3,089
Madison County Urban 18.8 20,401 938
Jones County Rural 33.0 21,563 2,709
Lauderdale County Rural 35.6 24,482 2,880
Rankin County Urban 16.1 24,626 551
Forrest County Urban 33.7 24,916 2,764
DeSoto County Urban 17.0 31,878 680
Jackson County Urban 24.1 34,356 1,777
Harrison County Urban 27.5 56,233 2,226
Hinds County Urban 33.6 71,858 2,752
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 9:44 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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