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Highest poverty rate, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 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 1990

01Holmes County, MSMS15,46541.1%−23%

02Sharkey County, MSMS3,09738.3%−19%

03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00138.2%−17%

04Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58237.7%−11%

05Jefferson County, MSMS6,82536.0%−23%

06Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.9%−21%

07Leflore County, MSMS25,68634.8%−11%

08Bolivar County, MSMS28,26233.3%−22%

09Issaquena County, MSMS1,26333.2%−33%

10Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.1%−20%

11Tunica County, MSMS8,81933.1%−42%

12Noxubee County, MSMS9,79832.8%−21%

13Claiborne County, MSMS8,05832.4%−26%

14Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87732.2%−23%

15Yazoo County, MSMS22,94731.9%−19%

16Sunflower County, MSMS22,89330.0%−28%

17Washington County, MSMS40,44629.2%−13%

18Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89628.2%−6%

19Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128.2%−15%

20Walthall County, MSMS13,92827.8%−23%

21Kemper County, MSMS8,60026.0%−26%

22Adams County, MSMS30,06125.9%−15%

23Wayne County, MSMS19,80725.4%−14%

24Panola County, MSMS32,69125.3%−25%

25Pike County, MSMS38,71225.3%−23%

26Copiah County, MSMS27,49725.1%−22%

27Marion County, MSMS24,00124.8%−16%

28Choctaw County, MSMS8,04824.7%−1%

29Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424.3%−28%

30Franklin County, MSMS7,49124.1%−28%

31Winston County, MSMS17,47323.7%−11%

32Covington County, MSMS17,89823.5%−25%

33Clay County, MSMS18,23823.5%−9%

34Leake County, MSMS21,66223.3%−21%

35Benton County, MSMS7,50223.2%−22%

36Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.0%−2%

37Jasper County, MSMS15,78522.7%−26%

38Amite County, MSMS12,48722.6%−27%

39Forrest County, MSMS79,03422.5%−18%

40Perry County, MSMS11,57722.0%−24%

41Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.9%−27%

42Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521.8%−17%

43Attala County, MSMS17,10021.8%−28%

44Simpson County, MSMS25,49821.6%−5%

45Lowndes County, MSMS57,34621.3%−4%

46Lafayette County, MSMS59,59721.3%−15%

47Neshoba County, MSMS28,73221.0%−21%

48Grenada County, MSMS20,86820.9%−6%

49Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31720.8%−9%

50Scott County, MSMS28,07320.7%−24%

51Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73020.0%−6%

52Hinds County, MSMS211,88819.9%−6%

53Newton County, MSMS20,96019.9%−5%

54Jones County, MSMS66,49619.8%−13%

55Greene County, MSMS13,70719.6%−27%

56Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.6%−30%

57Lincoln County, MSMS35,01219.2%−19%

58Webster County, MSMS10,16718.7%−24%

59Warren County, MSMS41,75918.7%−17%

60Pearl River County, MSMS59,36318.4%−14%

61Calhoun County, MSMS12,64318.1%−15%

62Stone County, MSMS19,65417.5%−32%

63Monroe County, MSMS33,31817.2%−19%

64Smith County, MSMS13,99116.9%−30%

65Tippah County, MSMS21,38916.9%−25%

66George County, MSMS26,33116.7%−32%

67Alcorn County, MSMS34,56916.6%−20%

68Prentiss County, MSMS25,28416.5%−23%

69Carroll County, MSMS9,22616.0%−44%

70Harrison County, MSMS217,13614.6%−23%

71Hancock County, MSMS46,87314.4%−36%

72Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63914.1%−31%

73Madison County, MSMS116,29814.0%−42%

74Itawamba County, MSMS24,15214.0%−11%

75Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09613.8%−20%

76Tate County, MSMS28,72513.5%−40%

77Lee County, MSMS83,73113.4%−13%

78Lamar County, MSMS67,40313.3%−29%

79Jackson County, MSMS147,66612.7%−21%

80Union County, MSMS28,45912.6%−23%

81Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.5%−10%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,9187.1%−34%

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