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Highest poverty rate, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, MSMS15,46540.2%−2%

02Coahoma County, MSMS19,84936.5%+2%

03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00135.8%−6%

04Claiborne County, MSMS8,05835.0%+8%

05Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.9%+2%

06Adams County, MSMS30,06133.4%+29%

07Yazoo County, MSMS22,94732.1%+1%

08Tunica County, MSMS8,81931.7%−4%

09Pike County, MSMS38,71231.4%+24%

10Leflore County, MSMS25,68631.2%−10%

11Bolivar County, MSMS28,26231.1%−7%

12Washington County, MSMS40,44630.9%+6%

13Amite County, MSMS12,48730.9%+36%

14Sunflower County, MSMS22,89330.6%+2%

15Montgomery County, MSMS9,35429.7%+22%

16Noxubee County, MSMS9,79829.1%−11%

17Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89629.0%+3%

18Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58228.1%−25%

19Jefferson County, MSMS6,82528.0%−22%

20Issaquena County, MSMS1,26328.0%−16%

21Kemper County, MSMS8,60027.0%+4%

22Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87726.8%−17%

23Forrest County, MSMS79,03425.6%+14%

24Marion County, MSMS24,00125.3%+2%

25Leake County, MSMS21,66225.0%+7%

26Clay County, MSMS18,23825.0%+7%

27Scott County, MSMS28,07324.7%+19%

28Grenada County, MSMS20,86824.6%+18%

29Covington County, MSMS17,89824.6%+5%

30Sharkey County, MSMS3,09724.1%−37%

31Winston County, MSMS17,47324.0%+1%

32Neshoba County, MSMS28,73223.6%+13%

33Attala County, MSMS17,10023.3%+7%

34Newton County, MSMS20,96023.0%+16%

35Lafayette County, MSMS59,59723.0%+8%

36Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94122.7%−20%

37Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31722.6%+9%

38Lincoln County, MSMS35,01222.0%+15%

39Jones County, MSMS66,49621.8%+10%

40Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.7%−1%

41Copiah County, MSMS27,49721.5%−14%

42Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73021.4%+7%

43Jasper County, MSMS15,78521.3%−6%

44Wayne County, MSMS19,80721.2%−16%

45Tippah County, MSMS21,38921.2%+25%

46Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37520.8%−4%

47Warren County, MSMS41,75920.8%+12%

48Hinds County, MSMS211,88820.4%+2%

49Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63920.2%+43%

50Prentiss County, MSMS25,28420.1%+22%

51Clarke County, MSMS15,10219.8%−14%

52Panola County, MSMS32,69119.6%−22%

53Lowndes County, MSMS57,34619.6%−8%

54Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.5%−0%

55Walthall County, MSMS13,92819.3%−31%

56Franklin County, MSMS7,49119.3%−20%

57Simpson County, MSMS25,49819.2%−11%

58Calhoun County, MSMS12,64319.1%+5%

59Perry County, MSMS11,57718.7%−15%

60Benton County, MSMS7,50218.5%−20%

61Harrison County, MSMS217,13618.2%+25%

62Lamar County, MSMS67,40318.0%+35%

63Webster County, MSMS10,16717.9%−4%

64Choctaw County, MSMS8,04817.8%−28%

65George County, MSMS26,33117.6%+6%

66Monroe County, MSMS33,31817.4%+1%

67Stone County, MSMS19,65417.0%−3%

68Alcorn County, MSMS34,56916.6%−0%

69Greene County, MSMS13,70716.5%−16%

70Smith County, MSMS13,99116.4%−3%

71Tate County, MSMS28,72516.3%+20%

72Carroll County, MSMS9,22615.7%−2%

73Jackson County, MSMS147,66615.5%+21%

74Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09615.3%+11%

75Pearl River County, MSMS59,36314.6%−21%

76Lee County, MSMS83,73113.6%+2%

77Hancock County, MSMS46,87313.6%−6%

78Itawamba County, MSMS24,15211.2%−20%

79Union County, MSMS28,45911.2%−12%

80Madison County, MSMS116,29810.6%−24%

81DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.6%+34%

82Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.0%−5%

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