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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%−12%

02Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.5%−1%

03Bolivar County, MSMS28,26232.6%−2%

04Jefferson County, MSMS6,82532.5%−10%

05Leflore County, MSMS25,68631.5%−9%

06Tunica County, MSMS8,81931.1%−6%

07Sharkey County, MSMS3,09730.9%−19%

08Yazoo County, MSMS22,94730.8%−3%

09Claiborne County, MSMS8,05830.7%−5%

10Quitman County, MSMS5,36429.6%−11%

11Sunflower County, MSMS22,89328.9%−4%

12Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128.7%+2%

13Amite County, MSMS12,48727.6%+22%

14Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58227.4%−27%

15Pike County, MSMS38,71227.1%+7%

16Adams County, MSMS30,06127.0%+4%

17Humphreys County, MSMS7,00127.0%−29%

18Winston County, MSMS17,47326.9%+13%

19Washington County, MSMS40,44626.4%−10%

20Noxubee County, MSMS9,79826.3%−20%

21Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31726.3%+26%

22Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89625.5%−9%

23Franklin County, MSMS7,49125.4%+5%

24Montgomery County, MSMS9,35425.2%+3%

25Kemper County, MSMS8,60024.8%−4%

26Newton County, MSMS20,96024.7%+24%

27Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724.6%−24%

28Grenada County, MSMS20,86824.6%+18%

29Lawrence County, MSMS11,81923.7%+21%

30Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73023.5%+18%

31Panola County, MSMS32,69123.3%−8%

32Neshoba County, MSMS28,73223.1%+10%

33Marshall County, MSMS34,65423.0%+5%

34Copiah County, MSMS27,49723.0%−8%

35Wayne County, MSMS19,80722.8%−10%

36Hinds County, MSMS211,88822.7%+14%

37Scott County, MSMS28,07322.2%+7%

38Benton County, MSMS7,50221.5%−7%

39Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521.5%−1%

40Lincoln County, MSMS35,01221.2%+10%

41Forrest County, MSMS79,03421.0%−7%

42Clay County, MSMS18,23820.9%−11%

43Leake County, MSMS21,66220.5%−12%

44Calhoun County, MSMS12,64320.4%+12%

45Simpson County, MSMS25,49820.0%−7%

46Covington County, MSMS17,89819.8%−16%

47Marion County, MSMS24,00119.7%−21%

48Warren County, MSMS41,75919.5%+5%

49Jasper County, MSMS15,78519.4%−14%

50Tippah County, MSMS21,38918.9%+12%

51Walthall County, MSMS13,92818.8%−32%

52Jones County, MSMS66,49618.7%−5%

53Lafayette County, MSMS59,59718.5%−13%

54Choctaw County, MSMS8,04818.4%−25%

55Perry County, MSMS11,57718.4%−17%

56George County, MSMS26,33118.3%+10%

57Greene County, MSMS13,70718.3%−7%

58Monroe County, MSMS33,31818.0%+5%

59Attala County, MSMS17,10018.0%−17%

60Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63918.0%+28%

61Carroll County, MSMS9,22617.9%+12%

62Clarke County, MSMS15,10217.4%−24%

63Lowndes County, MSMS57,34617.3%−19%

64Harrison County, MSMS217,13617.1%+17%

65Smith County, MSMS13,99117.0%+1%

66Stone County, MSMS19,65416.9%−3%

67Tate County, MSMS28,72516.9%+25%

68Prentiss County, MSMS25,28416.8%+2%

69Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09616.7%+21%

70Pearl River County, MSMS59,36316.5%−11%

71Webster County, MSMS10,16716.4%−12%

72Issaquena County, MSMS1,26316.2%−51%

73Alcorn County, MSMS34,56915.8%−5%

74Itawamba County, MSMS24,15215.5%+11%

75Union County, MSMS28,45915.1%+20%

76Lamar County, MSMS67,40314.7%+11%

77Lee County, MSMS83,73114.6%+9%

78Jackson County, MSMS147,66613.8%+9%

79Hancock County, MSMS46,87313.8%−4%

80Madison County, MSMS116,29811.2%−20%

81Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.8%+4%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.7%+36%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES