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Highest poverty rate, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Holmes County, MSMS15,46536.4%−4.8 pts

02Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.5%−0.4 pts

03Bolivar County, MSMS28,26232.6%−0.6 pts

04Jefferson County, MSMS6,82532.5%−3.5 pts

05Leflore County, MSMS25,68631.5%−3.3 pts

06Tunica County, MSMS8,81931.1%−2.0 pts

07Sharkey County, MSMS3,09730.9%−7.4 pts

08Yazoo County, MSMS22,94730.8%−1.1 pts

09Claiborne County, MSMS8,05830.7%−1.7 pts

10Quitman County, MSMS5,36429.6%−3.5 pts

11Sunflower County, MSMS22,89328.9%−1.2 pts

12Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128.7%+0.5 pts

13Amite County, MSMS12,48727.6%+5.0 pts

14Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58227.4%−10.3 pts

15Pike County, MSMS38,71227.1%+1.8 pts

16Adams County, MSMS30,06127.0%+1.1 pts

17Humphreys County, MSMS7,00127.0%−11.2 pts

18Winston County, MSMS17,47326.9%+3.1 pts

19Washington County, MSMS40,44626.4%−2.8 pts

20Noxubee County, MSMS9,79826.3%−6.5 pts

21Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31726.3%+5.5 pts

22Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89625.5%−2.7 pts

23Franklin County, MSMS7,49125.4%+1.3 pts

24Montgomery County, MSMS9,35425.2%+0.8 pts

25Kemper County, MSMS8,60024.8%−1.1 pts

26Newton County, MSMS20,96024.7%+4.8 pts

27Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724.6%−7.6 pts

28Grenada County, MSMS20,86824.6%+3.7 pts

29Lawrence County, MSMS11,81923.7%+4.1 pts

30Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73023.5%+3.5 pts

31Panola County, MSMS32,69123.3%−2.0 pts

32Neshoba County, MSMS28,73223.1%+2.1 pts

33Marshall County, MSMS34,65423.0%+1.1 pts

34Copiah County, MSMS27,49723.0%−2.1 pts

35Wayne County, MSMS19,80722.8%−2.6 pts

36Hinds County, MSMS211,88822.7%+2.7 pts

37Scott County, MSMS28,07322.2%+1.4 pts

38Benton County, MSMS7,50221.5%−1.7 pts

39Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521.5%−0.3 pts

40Lincoln County, MSMS35,01221.2%+2.0 pts

41Forrest County, MSMS79,03421.0%−1.5 pts

42Clay County, MSMS18,23820.9%−2.6 pts

43Leake County, MSMS21,66220.5%−2.8 pts

44Calhoun County, MSMS12,64320.4%+2.3 pts

45Simpson County, MSMS25,49820.0%−1.6 pts

46Covington County, MSMS17,89819.8%−3.7 pts

47Marion County, MSMS24,00119.7%−5.1 pts

48Warren County, MSMS41,75919.5%+0.8 pts

49Jasper County, MSMS15,78519.4%−3.3 pts

50Tippah County, MSMS21,38918.9%+2.0 pts

51Walthall County, MSMS13,92818.8%−9.0 pts

52Jones County, MSMS66,49618.7%−1.1 pts

53Lafayette County, MSMS59,59718.5%−2.7 pts

54Choctaw County, MSMS8,04818.4%−6.3 pts

55Perry County, MSMS11,57718.4%−3.6 pts

56George County, MSMS26,33118.3%+1.6 pts

57Greene County, MSMS13,70718.3%−1.4 pts

58Monroe County, MSMS33,31818.0%+0.8 pts

59Attala County, MSMS17,10018.0%−3.8 pts

60Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63918.0%+3.9 pts

61Carroll County, MSMS9,22617.9%+1.9 pts

62Clarke County, MSMS15,10217.4%−5.6 pts

63Lowndes County, MSMS57,34617.3%−4.0 pts

64Harrison County, MSMS217,13617.1%+2.5 pts

65Smith County, MSMS13,99117.0%+0.1 pts

66Stone County, MSMS19,65416.9%−0.6 pts

67Tate County, MSMS28,72516.9%+3.3 pts

68Prentiss County, MSMS25,28416.8%+0.3 pts

69Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09616.7%+2.9 pts

70Pearl River County, MSMS59,36316.5%−1.9 pts

71Webster County, MSMS10,16716.4%−2.3 pts

72Issaquena County, MSMS1,26316.2%−17.1 pts

73Alcorn County, MSMS34,56915.8%−0.8 pts

74Itawamba County, MSMS24,15215.5%+1.5 pts

75Union County, MSMS28,45915.1%+2.5 pts

76Lamar County, MSMS67,40314.7%+1.4 pts

77Lee County, MSMS83,73114.6%+1.2 pts

78Jackson County, MSMS147,66613.8%+1.1 pts

79Hancock County, MSMS46,87313.8%−0.6 pts

80Madison County, MSMS116,29811.2%−2.8 pts

81Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.8%+0.3 pts

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.7%+2.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES