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Highest poverty rate, Mississippi counties · 1990

Mississippi counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS –

01Tunica County, MSMS8,81956.8%–

02Holmes County, MSMS15,46553.2%–

03Issaquena County, MSMS1,26349.3%–

04Sharkey County, MSMS3,09747.5%–

05Jefferson County, MSMS6,82546.9%–

06Humphreys County, MSMS7,00145.9%–

07Coahoma County, MSMS19,84945.5%–

08Claiborne County, MSMS8,05843.6%–

09Bolivar County, MSMS28,26242.9%–

10Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58242.2%–

11Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87741.9%–

12Sunflower County, MSMS22,89341.8%–

13Quitman County, MSMS5,36441.6%–

14Noxubee County, MSMS9,79841.4%–

15Yazoo County, MSMS22,94739.2%–

16Leflore County, MSMS25,68638.9%–

17Walthall County, MSMS13,92835.9%–

18Kemper County, MSMS8,60035.1%–

19Montgomery County, MSMS9,35434.0%–

20Panola County, MSMS32,69133.8%–

21Washington County, MSMS40,44633.8%–

22Franklin County, MSMS7,49133.3%–

23Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94133.3%–

24Pike County, MSMS38,71232.9%–

25Copiah County, MSMS27,49732.0%–

26Covington County, MSMS17,89831.2%–

27Amite County, MSMS12,48730.9%–

28Jasper County, MSMS15,78530.7%–

29Adams County, MSMS30,06130.5%–

30Attala County, MSMS17,10030.2%–

31Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89630.1%–

32Marshall County, MSMS34,65430.0%–

33Benton County, MSMS7,50229.7%–

34Leake County, MSMS21,66229.6%–

35Marion County, MSMS24,00129.6%–

36Wayne County, MSMS19,80729.5%–

37Perry County, MSMS11,57729.1%–

38Carroll County, MSMS9,22628.5%–

39Lawrence County, MSMS11,81927.9%–

40Forrest County, MSMS79,03427.5%–

41Scott County, MSMS28,07327.4%–

42Greene County, MSMS13,70726.8%–

43Neshoba County, MSMS28,73226.6%–

44Winston County, MSMS17,47326.6%–

45Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526.4%–

46Clay County, MSMS18,23825.9%–

47Stone County, MSMS19,65425.7%–

48Lafayette County, MSMS59,59725.1%–

49Choctaw County, MSMS8,04825.0%–

50George County, MSMS26,33124.4%–

51Webster County, MSMS10,16724.4%–

52Smith County, MSMS13,99124.3%–

53Madison County, MSMS116,29824.3%–

54Lincoln County, MSMS35,01223.6%–

55Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.4%–

56Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31722.8%–

57Hancock County, MSMS46,87322.7%–

58Jones County, MSMS66,49622.7%–

59Simpson County, MSMS25,49822.7%–

60Tippah County, MSMS21,38922.6%–

61Tate County, MSMS28,72522.5%–

62Warren County, MSMS41,75922.4%–

63Grenada County, MSMS20,86822.3%–

64Lowndes County, MSMS57,34622.1%–

65Prentiss County, MSMS25,28421.5%–

66Calhoun County, MSMS12,64321.5%–

67Pearl River County, MSMS59,36321.5%–

68Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73021.3%–

69Hinds County, MSMS211,88821.2%–

70Monroe County, MSMS33,31821.2%–

71Newton County, MSMS20,96020.9%–

72Alcorn County, MSMS34,56920.8%–

73Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63920.3%–

74Harrison County, MSMS217,13619.0%–

75Lamar County, MSMS67,40318.8%–

76Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09617.2%–

77Union County, MSMS28,45916.4%–

78Jackson County, MSMS147,66616.2%–

79Itawamba County, MSMS24,15215.6%–

80Lee County, MSMS83,73115.4%–

81DeSoto County, MSMS197,91810.8%–

82Rankin County, MSMS162,18110.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS