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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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Holmes County, MSMS15,46543.4%+5%

02Humphreys County, MSMS7,00142.9%+12%

03Issaquena County, MSMS1,26339.7%+20%

04Leflore County, MSMS25,68639.7%+14%

05Jefferson County, MSMS6,82539.0%+8%

06Bolivar County, MSMS28,26235.7%+7%

07Noxubee County, MSMS9,79835.6%+8%

08Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.5%−1%

09Claiborne County, MSMS8,05835.0%+8%

10Sharkey County, MSMS3,09734.9%−9%

11Quitman County, MSMS5,36434.8%+5%

12Washington County, MSMS40,44634.8%+19%

13Sunflower County, MSMS22,89333.3%+11%

14Yazoo County, MSMS22,94733.0%+4%

15Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87732.5%+1%

16Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89632.0%+13%

17Adams County, MSMS30,06130.4%+17%

18Panola County, MSMS32,69129.1%+15%

19Kemper County, MSMS8,60028.3%+9%

20Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58228.1%−26%

21Amite County, MSMS12,48727.6%+22%

22Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94126.2%−7%

23Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37526.2%+20%

24Benton County, MSMS7,50226.0%+12%

25Clay County, MSMS18,23825.7%+10%

26Tunica County, MSMS8,81925.7%−22%

27Covington County, MSMS17,89825.6%+9%

28Forrest County, MSMS79,03425.6%+14%

29Webster County, MSMS10,16725.4%+36%

30Pike County, MSMS38,71225.3%+0%

31Grenada County, MSMS20,86825.2%+20%

32Winston County, MSMS17,47325.0%+5%

33Attala County, MSMS17,10024.9%+14%

34Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73024.9%+24%

35Tippah County, MSMS21,38924.1%+43%

36Lafayette County, MSMS59,59724.1%+13%

37Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424.1%−1%

38Wayne County, MSMS19,80723.6%−7%

39Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31723.6%+13%

40Carroll County, MSMS9,22623.6%+47%

41Marion County, MSMS24,00123.3%−6%

42Franklin County, MSMS7,49123.2%−4%

43Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.1%+1%

44Calhoun County, MSMS12,64323.1%+27%

45Jones County, MSMS66,49622.8%+15%

46Leake County, MSMS21,66222.8%−2%

47Copiah County, MSMS27,49722.6%−10%

48Hinds County, MSMS211,88822.5%+13%

49Simpson County, MSMS25,49822.4%+4%

50Walthall County, MSMS13,92822.3%−20%

51Lowndes County, MSMS57,34622.3%+4%

52Scott County, MSMS28,07322.2%+7%

53Prentiss County, MSMS25,28422.1%+34%

54Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.8%−0%

55Warren County, MSMS41,75921.4%+15%

56Choctaw County, MSMS8,04821.3%−14%

57Monroe County, MSMS33,31820.8%+21%

58Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63920.4%+45%

59Pearl River County, MSMS59,36320.1%+9%

60Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.9%+1%

61Union County, MSMS28,45919.8%+57%

62Smith County, MSMS13,99119.5%+15%

63Neshoba County, MSMS28,73219.2%−9%

64Alcorn County, MSMS34,56919.1%+15%

65Lee County, MSMS83,73119.1%+43%

66Perry County, MSMS11,57718.8%−15%

67Jasper County, MSMS15,78518.6%−18%

68Greene County, MSMS13,70718.4%−6%

69Stone County, MSMS19,65417.5%+0%

70Tate County, MSMS28,72517.5%+29%

71Lincoln County, MSMS35,01217.2%−10%

72Newton County, MSMS20,96017.0%−14%

73Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09616.4%+19%

74Harrison County, MSMS217,13615.3%+5%

75Lamar County, MSMS67,40315.2%+14%

76Jackson County, MSMS147,66614.8%+16%

77Hancock County, MSMS46,87314.7%+2%

78George County, MSMS26,33114.4%−14%

79Itawamba County, MSMS24,15213.0%−7%

80Madison County, MSMS116,29813.0%−7%

81Rankin County, MSMS162,18111.1%+17%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.8%+38%

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