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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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Holmes County, MSMS15,46540.2%−1.0 pts
02Coahoma County, MSMS19,84936.5%+0.6 pts
03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00135.8%−2.4 pts
04Claiborne County, MSMS8,05835.0%+2.6 pts
05Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.9%+0.8 pts
06Adams County, MSMS30,06133.4%+7.4 pts
07Yazoo County, MSMS22,94732.1%+0.2 pts
08Tunica County, MSMS8,81931.7%−1.4 pts
09Pike County, MSMS38,71231.4%+6.1 pts
10Leflore County, MSMS25,68631.2%−3.5 pts
11Bolivar County, MSMS28,26231.1%−2.2 pts
12Washington County, MSMS40,44630.9%+1.7 pts
13Amite County, MSMS12,48730.9%+8.3 pts
14Sunflower County, MSMS22,89330.6%+0.5 pts
15Montgomery County, MSMS9,35429.7%+5.4 pts
16Noxubee County, MSMS9,79829.1%−3.7 pts
17Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89629.0%+0.8 pts
18Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58228.1%−9.6 pts
19Jefferson County, MSMS6,82528.0%−8.0 pts
20Issaquena County, MSMS1,26328.0%−5.2 pts
21Kemper County, MSMS8,60027.0%+1.1 pts
22Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87726.8%−5.4 pts
23Forrest County, MSMS79,03425.6%+3.2 pts
24Marion County, MSMS24,00125.3%+0.5 pts
25Leake County, MSMS21,66225.0%+1.7 pts
26Clay County, MSMS18,23825.0%+1.5 pts
27Scott County, MSMS28,07324.7%+4.0 pts
28Grenada County, MSMS20,86824.6%+3.7 pts
29Covington County, MSMS17,89824.6%+1.1 pts
30Sharkey County, MSMS3,09724.1%−14.1 pts
31Winston County, MSMS17,47324.0%+0.2 pts
32Neshoba County, MSMS28,73223.6%+2.6 pts
33Attala County, MSMS17,10023.3%+1.5 pts
34Newton County, MSMS20,96023.0%+3.1 pts
35Lafayette County, MSMS59,59723.0%+1.7 pts
36Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94122.7%−5.5 pts
37Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31722.6%+1.8 pts
38Lincoln County, MSMS35,01222.0%+2.9 pts
39Jones County, MSMS66,49621.8%+2.0 pts
40Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.7%−0.2 pts
41Copiah County, MSMS27,49721.5%−3.6 pts
42Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73021.4%+1.3 pts
43Jasper County, MSMS15,78521.3%−1.4 pts
44Wayne County, MSMS19,80721.2%−4.1 pts
45Tippah County, MSMS21,38921.2%+4.3 pts
46Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37520.8%−1.0 pts
47Warren County, MSMS41,75920.8%+2.1 pts
48Hinds County, MSMS211,88820.4%+0.5 pts
49Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63920.2%+6.1 pts
50Prentiss County, MSMS25,28420.1%+3.6 pts
51Clarke County, MSMS15,10219.8%−3.2 pts
52Panola County, MSMS32,69119.6%−5.7 pts
53Lowndes County, MSMS57,34619.6%−1.7 pts
54Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.5%−0.1 pts
55Walthall County, MSMS13,92819.3%−8.5 pts
56Franklin County, MSMS7,49119.3%−4.8 pts
57Simpson County, MSMS25,49819.2%−2.4 pts
58Calhoun County, MSMS12,64319.1%+0.9 pts
59Perry County, MSMS11,57718.7%−3.3 pts
60Benton County, MSMS7,50218.5%−4.7 pts
61Harrison County, MSMS217,13618.2%+3.6 pts
62Lamar County, MSMS67,40318.0%+4.7 pts
63Webster County, MSMS10,16717.9%−0.8 pts
64Choctaw County, MSMS8,04817.8%−6.9 pts
65George County, MSMS26,33117.6%+0.9 pts
66Monroe County, MSMS33,31817.4%+0.2 pts
67Stone County, MSMS19,65417.0%−0.5 pts
68Alcorn County, MSMS34,56916.6%−0.0 pts
69Greene County, MSMS13,70716.5%−3.1 pts
70Smith County, MSMS13,99116.4%−0.5 pts
71Tate County, MSMS28,72516.3%+2.8 pts
72Carroll County, MSMS9,22615.7%−0.4 pts
73Jackson County, MSMS147,66615.5%+2.7 pts
74Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09615.3%+1.5 pts
75Pearl River County, MSMS59,36314.6%−3.8 pts
76Lee County, MSMS83,73113.6%+0.2 pts
77Hancock County, MSMS46,87313.6%−0.9 pts
78Itawamba County, MSMS24,15211.2%−2.7 pts
79Union County, MSMS28,45911.2%−1.5 pts
80Madison County, MSMS116,29810.6%−3.4 pts
81DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.6%+2.4 pts
82Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.0%−0.5 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS