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Highest Medicare coverage, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 22.0%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Wilkinson County, MS, up 35 places to #5.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01Issaquena County, MSMS1,26347.5%+7.2 pts

02Amite County, MSMS12,48733.1%+3.9 pts

03▲3Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94130.2%+3.5 pts

04▲1Carroll County, MSMS9,22629.5%+2.8 pts

05▲35Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58228.2%+6.7 pts

06▲1Montgomery County, MSMS9,35427.8%+1.3 pts

07▲3Kemper County, MSMS8,60027.5%+1.9 pts

08▲1Winston County, MSMS17,47327.0%+1.0 pts

09▼6Choctaw County, MSMS8,04826.8%−1.7 pts

10▲1Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63926.6%+1.2 pts

11▼3Walthall County, MSMS13,92826.5%+0.2 pts

12▲26Benton County, MSMS7,50226.4%+4.8 pts

13▲2Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326.4%+1.9 pts

14▼2Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526.2%+1.2 pts

15▼11Jasper County, MSMS15,78526.0%−1.4 pts

16▲1Smith County, MSMS13,99125.9%+1.6 pts

17▲6Clarke County, MSMS15,10225.7%+2.2 pts

18Franklin County, MSMS7,49125.5%+1.3 pts

19▲3Adams County, MSMS30,06125.4%+1.8 pts

20Perry County, MSMS11,57725.4%+1.6 pts

21▼2Hancock County, MSMS46,87325.3%+1.5 pts

22▼1Alcorn County, MSMS34,56924.9%+1.2 pts

23▲31Jefferson County, MSMS6,82524.6%+4.2 pts

24▲10Humphreys County, MSMS7,00124.4%+2.3 pts

25▲17Clay County, MSMS18,23823.5%+2.2 pts

26▲1Pearl River County, MSMS59,36323.5%+1.0 pts

27▲32Warren County, MSMS41,75923.5%+3.4 pts

28▲5Wayne County, MSMS19,80723.5%+1.3 pts

29▼16Monroe County, MSMS33,31823.4%−1.5 pts

30▼16Quitman County, MSMS5,36423.3%−1.5 pts

31▲5Holmes County, MSMS15,46523.2%+1.5 pts

32▼7Marion County, MSMS24,00123.0%+0.3 pts

33▲13Washington County, MSMS40,44623.0%+1.8 pts

34▲26Claiborne County, MSMS8,05822.9%+2.9 pts

35▲6Webster County, MSMS10,16722.9%+1.5 pts

36▼4Lawrence County, MSMS11,81922.5%+0.3 pts

37▲2Marshall County, MSMS34,65422.4%+0.8 pts

38▼12Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73022.3%−0.2 pts

39▼11Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87722.3%−0.2 pts

40▲23Bolivar County, MSMS28,26222.2%+2.5 pts

41▼6Simpson County, MSMS25,49822.0%−0.1 pts

42▼11Grenada County, MSMS20,86821.9%−0.3 pts

43▼6Panola County, MSMS32,69121.9%+0.2 pts

44▲6Leake County, MSMS21,66221.8%+1.0 pts

45▲19Sunflower County, MSMS22,89321.8%+2.4 pts

46▼16Sharkey County, MSMS3,09721.7%−0.6 pts

47▲10Newton County, MSMS20,96021.5%+1.3 pts

48▲18Yazoo County, MSMS22,94721.5%+2.2 pts

49▼4Prentiss County, MSMS25,28421.4%+0.2 pts

50▼3Stone County, MSMS19,65421.3%+0.3 pts

51▼8Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31721.1%−0.2 pts

52▼1Copiah County, MSMS27,49721.0%+0.3 pts

53▼29Attala County, MSMS17,10020.9%−2.5 pts

54▼38Itawamba County, MSMS24,15220.9%−3.4 pts

55▼11Pike County, MSMS38,71220.9%−0.4 pts

56▲2Noxubee County, MSMS9,79820.8%+0.6 pts

57▼5Union County, MSMS28,45920.7%0.0 pts

58▼29Tippah County, MSMS21,38920.6%−1.8 pts

59▼4Greene County, MSMS13,70720.3%0.0 pts

60▲1Jones County, MSMS66,49620.3%+0.3 pts

61▲9Lowndes County, MSMS57,34620.3%+1.8 pts

62▼14Covington County, MSMS17,89820.2%−0.7 pts

63▲4George County, MSMS26,33120.1%+1.1 pts

64▲4Jackson County, MSMS147,66620.1%+1.2 pts

65▼3Scott County, MSMS28,07320.0%+0.1 pts

66▼10Lincoln County, MSMS35,01219.9%−0.4 pts

67▼14Coahoma County, MSMS19,84919.7%−0.9 pts

68▲3Harrison County, MSMS217,13619.5%+1.2 pts

69▲3Leflore County, MSMS25,68619.5%+1.4 pts

70▼1Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09619.0%+0.1 pts

71▲5Hinds County, MSMS211,88818.9%+2.3 pts

72▼7Tate County, MSMS28,72518.9%−0.5 pts

73▼24Neshoba County, MSMS28,73218.6%−2.3 pts

74Rankin County, MSMS162,18118.6%+1.6 pts

75▼2Lee County, MSMS83,73118.3%+0.5 pts

76▲3Tunica County, MSMS8,81917.8%+3.0 pts

77Lamar County, MSMS67,40317.7%+1.3 pts

78▼3Forrest County, MSMS79,03416.8%0.0 pts

79▲1Madison County, MSMS116,29816.4%+1.7 pts

80▼2DeSoto County, MSMS197,91815.2%+0.4 pts

81Lafayette County, MSMS59,59714.8%+0.5 pts

82Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89614.0%+1.0 pts

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