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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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990
01Holmes County, MSMS15,46541.1%−12.1 pts
02Sharkey County, MSMS3,09738.3%−9.3 pts
03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00138.2%−7.7 pts
04Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58237.7%−4.5 pts
05Jefferson County, MSMS6,82536.0%−10.9 pts
06Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.9%−9.6 pts
07Leflore County, MSMS25,68634.8%−4.2 pts
08Bolivar County, MSMS28,26233.3%−9.6 pts
09Issaquena County, MSMS1,26333.2%−16.1 pts
10Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.1%−8.4 pts
11Tunica County, MSMS8,81933.1%−23.7 pts
12Noxubee County, MSMS9,79832.8%−8.5 pts
13Claiborne County, MSMS8,05832.4%−11.2 pts
14Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87732.2%−9.7 pts
15Yazoo County, MSMS22,94731.9%−7.4 pts
16Sunflower County, MSMS22,89330.0%−11.8 pts
17Washington County, MSMS40,44629.2%−4.5 pts
18Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89628.2%−1.9 pts
19Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128.2%−5.1 pts
20Walthall County, MSMS13,92827.8%−8.1 pts
21Kemper County, MSMS8,60026.0%−9.2 pts
22Adams County, MSMS30,06125.9%−4.6 pts
23Wayne County, MSMS19,80725.4%−4.1 pts
24Panola County, MSMS32,69125.3%−8.5 pts
25Pike County, MSMS38,71225.3%−7.6 pts
26Copiah County, MSMS27,49725.1%−6.9 pts
27Marion County, MSMS24,00124.8%−4.8 pts
28Choctaw County, MSMS8,04824.7%−0.3 pts
29Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424.3%−9.7 pts
30Franklin County, MSMS7,49124.1%−9.2 pts
31Winston County, MSMS17,47323.7%−2.8 pts
32Covington County, MSMS17,89823.5%−7.8 pts
33Clay County, MSMS18,23823.5%−2.4 pts
34Leake County, MSMS21,66223.3%−6.3 pts
35Benton County, MSMS7,50223.2%−6.5 pts
36Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.0%−0.4 pts
37Jasper County, MSMS15,78522.7%−8.0 pts
38Amite County, MSMS12,48722.6%−8.2 pts
39Forrest County, MSMS79,03422.5%−5.0 pts
40Perry County, MSMS11,57722.0%−7.1 pts
41Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.9%−8.0 pts
42Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521.8%−4.6 pts
43Attala County, MSMS17,10021.8%−8.4 pts
44Simpson County, MSMS25,49821.6%−1.1 pts
45Lowndes County, MSMS57,34621.3%−0.8 pts
46Lafayette County, MSMS59,59721.3%−3.8 pts
47Neshoba County, MSMS28,73221.0%−5.6 pts
48Grenada County, MSMS20,86820.9%−1.4 pts
49Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31720.8%−2.0 pts
50Scott County, MSMS28,07320.7%−6.7 pts
51Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73020.0%−1.2 pts
52Hinds County, MSMS211,88819.9%−1.3 pts
53Newton County, MSMS20,96019.9%−1.0 pts
54Jones County, MSMS66,49619.8%−2.9 pts
55Greene County, MSMS13,70719.6%−7.2 pts
56Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.6%−8.3 pts
57Lincoln County, MSMS35,01219.2%−4.4 pts
58Webster County, MSMS10,16718.7%−5.7 pts
59Warren County, MSMS41,75918.7%−3.7 pts
60Pearl River County, MSMS59,36318.4%−3.0 pts
61Calhoun County, MSMS12,64318.1%−3.3 pts
62Stone County, MSMS19,65417.5%−8.2 pts
63Monroe County, MSMS33,31817.2%−3.9 pts
64Smith County, MSMS13,99116.9%−7.4 pts
65Tippah County, MSMS21,38916.9%−5.7 pts
66George County, MSMS26,33116.7%−7.7 pts
67Alcorn County, MSMS34,56916.6%−4.2 pts
68Prentiss County, MSMS25,28416.5%−5.0 pts
69Carroll County, MSMS9,22616.0%−12.5 pts
70Harrison County, MSMS217,13614.6%−4.4 pts
71Hancock County, MSMS46,87314.4%−8.3 pts
72Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63914.1%−6.2 pts
73Madison County, MSMS116,29814.0%−10.3 pts
74Itawamba County, MSMS24,15214.0%−1.7 pts
75Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09613.8%−3.5 pts
76Tate County, MSMS28,72513.5%−8.9 pts
77Lee County, MSMS83,73113.4%−2.1 pts
78Lamar County, MSMS67,40313.3%−5.5 pts
79Jackson County, MSMS147,66612.7%−3.4 pts
80Union County, MSMS28,45912.6%−3.7 pts
81Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.5%−1.1 pts
82DeSoto County, MSMS197,9187.1%−3.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS