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Highest Medicaid coverage, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 27.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Yalobusha County, MS, up 26 places to #14.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01▲2Holmes County, MSMS15,46544.9%+1.7 pts

02Humphreys County, MSMS7,00144.6%−1.4 pts

03▲4Leflore County, MSMS25,68640.8%+2.0 pts

04Coahoma County, MSMS19,84940.5%−1.2 pts

05▲5Washington County, MSMS40,44640.0%+3.5 pts

06▼1Quitman County, MSMS5,36439.4%−1.2 pts

07▲7Sunflower County, MSMS22,89338.8%+3.6 pts

08▼7Issaquena County, MSMS1,26338.3%−20.5 pts

09▲3Bolivar County, MSMS28,26238.1%+2.0 pts

10▼2Tunica County, MSMS8,81937.5%−0.8 pts

11▲12Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94135.7%+4.4 pts

12▲5Sharkey County, MSMS3,09735.2%+1.2 pts

13▼2Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87735.1%−1.1 pts

14▲26Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37534.0%+6.4 pts

15▼9Jefferson County, MSMS6,82533.9%−5.0 pts

16▼3Noxubee County, MSMS9,79833.9%−1.9 pts

17▼8Yazoo County, MSMS22,94733.7%−3.7 pts

18▲4Claiborne County, MSMS8,05833.4%+1.4 pts

19▼4Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58233.0%−2.1 pts

20▲7Pike County, MSMS38,71232.3%+1.6 pts

21▲13Winston County, MSMS17,47332.2%+3.5 pts

22▲10Amite County, MSMS12,48732.1%+3.3 pts

23▼2Adams County, MSMS30,06131.9%−0.5 pts

24▲11Scott County, MSMS28,07331.9%+3.3 pts

25▼5Neshoba County, MSMS28,73231.2%−1.4 pts

26▲17Lawrence County, MSMS11,81931.0%+3.6 pts

27▼8Marion County, MSMS24,00130.6%−2.1 pts

28▲20Grenada County, MSMS20,86830.5%+3.7 pts

29▲2Wayne County, MSMS19,80730.5%+1.0 pts

30▼12Panola County, MSMS32,69129.9%−3.1 pts

31▲2Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73029.8%+1.1 pts

32▲9Jasper County, MSMS15,78529.8%+2.3 pts

33▲18Carroll County, MSMS9,22629.5%+3.7 pts

34▼18Montgomery County, MSMS9,35429.1%−5.8 pts

35▲2Walthall County, MSMS13,92829.0%+1.1 pts

36▲11Copiah County, MSMS27,49728.8%+2.0 pts

37▲23Benton County, MSMS7,50228.7%+6.0 pts

38▲6Marshall County, MSMS34,65428.7%+1.5 pts

39▼11Calhoun County, MSMS12,64327.7%−2.6 pts

40▲24Newton County, MSMS20,96027.2%+4.8 pts

41▼16Leake County, MSMS21,66227.1%−3.6 pts

42▲7Hinds County, MSMS211,88827.0%+0.5 pts

43▼5Simpson County, MSMS25,49827.0%−0.6 pts

44▲6Warren County, MSMS41,75926.9%+0.9 pts

45▲14Clarke County, MSMS15,10226.7%+3.8 pts

46▲8Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31726.4%+1.9 pts

47▲20Pearl River County, MSMS59,36326.2%+4.6 pts

48▲8Prentiss County, MSMS25,28426.2%+2.1 pts

49▼10Tippah County, MSMS21,38926.0%−1.6 pts

50▼21Attala County, MSMS17,10025.9%−4.3 pts

51▼9Covington County, MSMS17,89825.9%−1.5 pts

52▼28Franklin County, MSMS7,49125.9%−5.2 pts

53▼1Forrest County, MSMS79,03425.8%+1.0 pts

54▼24Kemper County, MSMS8,60025.5%−4.3 pts

55▼29Perry County, MSMS11,57725.4%−5.3 pts

56▲10George County, MSMS26,33125.0%+3.4 pts

57▲6Clay County, MSMS18,23824.8%+2.3 pts

58▲4Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09624.2%+1.6 pts

59▲9Union County, MSMS28,45924.1%+2.5 pts

60▲5Lincoln County, MSMS35,01224.0%+2.1 pts

61▼15Jones County, MSMS66,49623.7%−3.2 pts

62▼7Alcorn County, MSMS34,56923.6%−0.8 pts

63▼18Webster County, MSMS10,16723.3%−3.9 pts

64▼7Smith County, MSMS13,99123.1%−0.7 pts

65▼4Monroe County, MSMS33,31823.0%+0.3 pts

66▲4Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63923.0%+2.0 pts

67▼9Tate County, MSMS28,72522.7%−0.8 pts

68▼15Choctaw County, MSMS8,04822.6%−1.9 pts

69▲3Itawamba County, MSMS24,15222.6%+2.5 pts

70▲1Greene County, MSMS13,70722.0%+1.1 pts

71▲2Lowndes County, MSMS57,34622.0%+2.0 pts

72▼36Stone County, MSMS19,65421.9%−6.4 pts

73▼4Harrison County, MSMS217,13621.4%−0.1 pts

74▲2Lee County, MSMS83,73119.3%+1.9 pts

75▲2Jackson County, MSMS147,66619.2%+2.4 pts

76▼1Hancock County, MSMS46,87318.2%+0.8 pts

77▲1Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89618.2%+1.8 pts

78▼4Lamar County, MSMS67,40318.0%+0.2 pts

79▲2Rankin County, MSMS162,18115.1%+1.2 pts

80▼1DeSoto County, MSMS197,91814.4%+0.3 pts

81▼1Madison County, MSMS116,29813.8%−0.1 pts

82Lafayette County, MSMS59,59712.0%−0.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES