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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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People (<150% Of Poverty)
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(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
Humphreys County Rural 54.9 4,108 3,136
Holmes County Urban 52.2 8,121 3,130
Tunica County Urban 51.5 4,832 3,127
Sharkey County Rural 51.2 1,919 3,122
Quitman County Rural 50.2 2,880 3,118
Coahoma County Rural 50.0 10,102 3,116
Leflore County Rural 48.5 12,636 3,112
Bolivar County Rural 48.2 13,445 3,109
Claiborne County Rural 47.8 3,750 3,107
Jefferson County Rural 47.1 3,155 3,106
Washington County Rural 44.6 19,092 3,089
Yazoo County Urban 44.1 9,620 3,085
Sunflower County Rural 43.1 9,385 3,073
Adams County Rural 41.9 11,428 3,060
Wilkinson County Rural 41.2 2,982 3,050
Jefferson Davis County Rural 41.0 4,539 3,048
Noxubee County Rural 40.9 4,070 3,046
Tallahatchie County Rural 40.5 4,832 3,033
Lawrence County Rural 40.3 4,770 3,031
Franklin County Rural 39.8 2,998 3,026
Pike County Rural 39.7 15,337 3,021
Oktibbeha County Rural 39.6 18,162 3,020
Panola County Rural 39.5 12,873 3,013
Montgomery County Rural 39.3 3,755 3,005
Issaquena County Rural 38.8 286 2,998
Winston County Rural 38.7 6,646 2,996
Scott County Urban 38.5 10,546 2,989
Wayne County Rural 38.0 7,447 2,975
Marshall County Urban 37.8 12,043 2,967
Yalobusha County Rural 37.6 4,571 2,959
Clay County Rural 37.4 6,783 2,951
Amite County Rural 37.1 4,635 2,939
Calhoun County Rural 36.9 4,707 2,933
Chickasaw County Rural 36.9 6,074 2,933
Neshoba County Rural 36.7 10,251 2,925
Copiah County Urban 36.6 9,846 2,920
Grenada County Rural 36.2 7,550 2,907
Marion County Rural 36.0 8,418 2,897
Lauderdale County Rural 35.6 24,482 2,880
Carroll County Rural 34.1 3,196 2,798
Clarke County Rural 34.1 5,213 2,798
Smith County Rural 34.0 4,775 2,788
Jasper County Rural 33.9 5,450 2,783
Forrest County Urban 33.7 24,916 2,764
Hinds County Urban 33.6 71,858 2,752
Kemper County Rural 33.6 2,700 2,752
Newton County Rural 33.6 6,821 2,752
Leake County Rural 33.2 6,858 2,723
Perry County Urban 33.1 3,679 2,712
Jones County Rural 33.0 21,563 2,709
Tishomingo County Rural 32.5 5,988 2,671
Tippah County Rural 32.3 6,785 2,663
Walthall County Rural 31.9 4,337 2,639
Attala County Rural 31.7 5,490 2,622
Monroe County Rural 30.9 10,201 2,566
Lincoln County Rural 30.8 10,593 2,558
Alcorn County Rural 30.5 10,290 2,541
Lafayette County Rural 29.7 15,181 2,470
Benton County Urban 29.4 2,206 2,435
Prentiss County Rural 29.4 6,978 2,435
Lowndes County Rural 29.0 16,402 2,393
Covington County Rural 28.8 5,160 2,379
George County Rural 28.5 6,835 2,347
Warren County Rural 27.7 11,950 2,252
Union County Rural 27.6 7,630 2,237
Harrison County Urban 27.5 56,233 2,226
Greene County Rural 27.2 2,656 2,185
Simpson County Urban 27.2 6,877 2,185
Choctaw County Rural 27.1 2,175 2,168
Pearl River County Rural 26.4 14,664 2,087
Pontotoc County Rural 25.8 8,001 2,020
Stone County Urban 25.6 4,559 1,989
Tate County Urban 25.0 6,626 1,906
Lamar County Urban 24.4 15,756 1,831
Jackson County Urban 24.1 34,356 1,777
Hancock County Urban 23.8 10,872 1,737
Lee County Rural 22.3 18,236 1,481
Webster County Rural 21.4 2,100 1,342
Itawamba County Rural 21.3 4,779 1,325
Madison County Urban 18.8 20,401 938
DeSoto County Urban 17.0 31,878 680
Rankin County Urban 16.1 24,626 551
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/12/2025 8:48 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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