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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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United States N/A 20.2 65,652,285 N/A
Mississippi N/A 30.2 860,926 51 of 52
Hinds County Urban 33.6 71,858 2,752
Harrison County Urban 27.5 56,233 2,226
Jackson County Urban 24.1 34,356 1,777
DeSoto County Urban 17.0 31,878 680
Forrest County Urban 33.7 24,916 2,764
Rankin County Urban 16.1 24,626 551
Lauderdale County Rural 35.6 24,482 2,880
Jones County Rural 33.0 21,563 2,709
Madison County Urban 18.8 20,401 938
Washington County Rural 44.6 19,092 3,089
Lee County Rural 22.3 18,236 1,481
Oktibbeha County Rural 39.6 18,162 3,020
Lowndes County Rural 29.0 16,402 2,393
Lamar County Urban 24.4 15,756 1,831
Pike County Rural 39.7 15,337 3,021
Lafayette County Rural 29.7 15,181 2,470
Pearl River County Rural 26.4 14,664 2,087
Bolivar County Rural 48.2 13,445 3,109
Panola County Rural 39.5 12,873 3,013
Leflore County Rural 48.5 12,636 3,112
Marshall County Urban 37.8 12,043 2,967
Warren County Rural 27.7 11,950 2,252
Adams County Rural 41.9 11,428 3,060
Hancock County Urban 23.8 10,872 1,737
Lincoln County Rural 30.8 10,593 2,558
Scott County Urban 38.5 10,546 2,989
Alcorn County Rural 30.5 10,290 2,541
Neshoba County Rural 36.7 10,251 2,925
Monroe County Rural 30.9 10,201 2,566
Coahoma County Rural 50.0 10,102 3,116
Copiah County Urban 36.6 9,846 2,920
Yazoo County Urban 44.1 9,620 3,085
Sunflower County Rural 43.1 9,385 3,073
Marion County Rural 36.0 8,418 2,897
Holmes County Urban 52.2 8,121 3,130
Pontotoc County Rural 25.8 8,001 2,020
Union County Rural 27.6 7,630 2,237
Grenada County Rural 36.2 7,550 2,907
Wayne County Rural 38.0 7,447 2,975
Prentiss County Rural 29.4 6,978 2,435
Simpson County Urban 27.2 6,877 2,185
Leake County Rural 33.2 6,858 2,723
George County Rural 28.5 6,835 2,347
Newton County Rural 33.6 6,821 2,752
Tippah County Rural 32.3 6,785 2,663
Clay County Rural 37.4 6,783 2,951
Winston County Rural 38.7 6,646 2,996
Tate County Urban 25.0 6,626 1,906
Chickasaw County Rural 36.9 6,074 2,933
Tishomingo County Rural 32.5 5,988 2,671
Attala County Rural 31.7 5,490 2,622
Jasper County Rural 33.9 5,450 2,783
Clarke County Rural 34.1 5,213 2,798
Covington County Rural 28.8 5,160 2,379
Tallahatchie County Rural 40.5 4,832 3,033
Tunica County Urban 51.5 4,832 3,127
Itawamba County Rural 21.3 4,779 1,325
Smith County Rural 34.0 4,775 2,788
Lawrence County Rural 40.3 4,770 3,031
Calhoun County Rural 36.9 4,707 2,933
Amite County Rural 37.1 4,635 2,939
Yalobusha County Rural 37.6 4,571 2,959
Stone County Urban 25.6 4,559 1,989
Jefferson Davis County Rural 41.0 4,539 3,048
Walthall County Rural 31.9 4,337 2,639
Humphreys County Rural 54.9 4,108 3,136
Noxubee County Rural 40.9 4,070 3,046
Montgomery County Rural 39.3 3,755 3,005
Claiborne County Rural 47.8 3,750 3,107
Perry County Urban 33.1 3,679 2,712
Carroll County Rural 34.1 3,196 2,798
Jefferson County Rural 47.1 3,155 3,106
Franklin County Rural 39.8 2,998 3,026
Wilkinson County Rural 41.2 2,982 3,050
Quitman County Rural 50.2 2,880 3,118
Kemper County Rural 33.6 2,700 2,752
Greene County Rural 27.2 2,656 2,185
Benton County Urban 29.4 2,206 2,435
Choctaw County Rural 27.1 2,175 2,168
Webster County Rural 21.4 2,100 1,342
Sharkey County Rural 51.2 1,919 3,122
Issaquena County Rural 38.8 286 2,998
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/15/2025 3:08 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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