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Highest poverty rate, Mississippi counties · 2010

Mississippi counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Holmes County, MSMS15,46543.4%+2.2 pts
02Humphreys County, MSMS7,00142.9%+4.7 pts
03Issaquena County, MSMS1,26339.7%+6.5 pts
04Leflore County, MSMS25,68639.7%+4.9 pts
05Jefferson County, MSMS6,82539.0%+3.0 pts
06Bolivar County, MSMS28,26235.7%+2.4 pts
07Noxubee County, MSMS9,79835.6%+2.8 pts
08Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.5%−0.3 pts
09Claiborne County, MSMS8,05835.0%+2.6 pts
10Sharkey County, MSMS3,09734.9%−3.3 pts
11Quitman County, MSMS5,36434.8%+1.7 pts
12Washington County, MSMS40,44634.8%+5.6 pts
13Sunflower County, MSMS22,89333.3%+3.2 pts
14Yazoo County, MSMS22,94733.0%+1.2 pts
15Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87732.5%+0.3 pts
16Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89632.0%+3.8 pts
17Adams County, MSMS30,06130.4%+4.4 pts
18Panola County, MSMS32,69129.1%+3.7 pts
19Kemper County, MSMS8,60028.3%+2.4 pts
20Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58228.1%−9.6 pts
21Amite County, MSMS12,48727.6%+5.0 pts
22Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94126.2%−2.0 pts
23Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526.2%+4.4 pts
24Benton County, MSMS7,50226.0%+2.8 pts
25Clay County, MSMS18,23825.7%+2.2 pts
26Tunica County, MSMS8,81925.7%−7.4 pts
27Covington County, MSMS17,89825.6%+2.1 pts
28Forrest County, MSMS79,03425.6%+3.1 pts
29Webster County, MSMS10,16725.4%+6.7 pts
30Pike County, MSMS38,71225.3%+0.0 pts
31Grenada County, MSMS20,86825.2%+4.2 pts
32Winston County, MSMS17,47325.0%+1.2 pts
33Attala County, MSMS17,10024.9%+3.1 pts
34Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73024.9%+4.8 pts
35Tippah County, MSMS21,38924.1%+7.2 pts
36Lafayette County, MSMS59,59724.1%+2.8 pts
37Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424.1%−0.3 pts
38Wayne County, MSMS19,80723.6%−1.8 pts
39Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31723.6%+2.8 pts
40Carroll County, MSMS9,22623.6%+7.5 pts
41Marion County, MSMS24,00123.3%−1.4 pts
42Franklin County, MSMS7,49123.2%−0.9 pts
43Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.1%+0.1 pts
44Calhoun County, MSMS12,64323.1%+4.9 pts
45Jones County, MSMS66,49622.8%+2.9 pts
46Leake County, MSMS21,66222.8%−0.5 pts
47Copiah County, MSMS27,49722.6%−2.5 pts
48Hinds County, MSMS211,88822.5%+2.5 pts
49Simpson County, MSMS25,49822.4%+0.8 pts
50Walthall County, MSMS13,92822.3%−5.5 pts
51Lowndes County, MSMS57,34622.3%+1.0 pts
52Scott County, MSMS28,07322.2%+1.5 pts
53Prentiss County, MSMS25,28422.1%+5.6 pts
54Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.8%−0.1 pts
55Warren County, MSMS41,75921.4%+2.7 pts
56Choctaw County, MSMS8,04821.3%−3.4 pts
57Monroe County, MSMS33,31820.8%+3.5 pts
58Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63920.4%+6.3 pts
59Pearl River County, MSMS59,36320.1%+1.7 pts
60Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.9%+0.3 pts
61Union County, MSMS28,45919.8%+7.2 pts
62Smith County, MSMS13,99119.5%+2.6 pts
63Neshoba County, MSMS28,73219.2%−1.8 pts
64Alcorn County, MSMS34,56919.1%+2.6 pts
65Lee County, MSMS83,73119.1%+5.7 pts
66Perry County, MSMS11,57718.8%−3.2 pts
67Jasper County, MSMS15,78518.6%−4.1 pts
68Greene County, MSMS13,70718.4%−1.2 pts
69Stone County, MSMS19,65417.5%+0.0 pts
70Tate County, MSMS28,72517.5%+3.9 pts
71Lincoln County, MSMS35,01217.2%−1.9 pts
72Newton County, MSMS20,96017.0%−2.9 pts
73Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09616.4%+2.6 pts
74Harrison County, MSMS217,13615.3%+0.7 pts
75Lamar County, MSMS67,40315.2%+1.9 pts
76Jackson County, MSMS147,66614.8%+2.0 pts
77Hancock County, MSMS46,87314.7%+0.3 pts
78George County, MSMS26,33114.4%−2.3 pts
79Itawamba County, MSMS24,15213.0%−0.9 pts
80Madison County, MSMS116,29813.0%−1.0 pts
81Rankin County, MSMS162,18111.1%+1.6 pts
82DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.8%+2.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS