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Lowest poverty rate, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 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

01DeSoto County, MSMS197,9187.1%+0%

02Rankin County, MSMS162,1819.5%+0%

03Union County, MSMS28,45912.6%+0%

04Jackson County, MSMS147,66612.7%+0%

05Lamar County, MSMS67,40313.3%+0%

06Lee County, MSMS83,73113.4%+0%

07Tate County, MSMS28,72513.5%+0%

08Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09613.8%+0%

09Itawamba County, MSMS24,15214.0%+0%

10Madison County, MSMS116,29814.0%+0%

11Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63914.1%+0%

12Hancock County, MSMS46,87314.4%+0%

13Harrison County, MSMS217,13614.6%+0%

14Carroll County, MSMS9,22616.0%+0%

15Prentiss County, MSMS25,28416.5%+0%

16Alcorn County, MSMS34,56916.6%+0%

17George County, MSMS26,33116.7%+0%

18Tippah County, MSMS21,38916.9%+0%

19Smith County, MSMS13,99116.9%+0%

20Monroe County, MSMS33,31817.2%+0%

21Stone County, MSMS19,65417.5%+0%

22Calhoun County, MSMS12,64318.1%+0%

23Pearl River County, MSMS59,36318.4%+0%

24Warren County, MSMS41,75918.7%+0%

25Webster County, MSMS10,16718.7%+0%

26Lincoln County, MSMS35,01219.2%+0%

27Lawrence County, MSMS11,81919.6%+0%

28Greene County, MSMS13,70719.6%+0%

29Jones County, MSMS66,49619.8%+0%

30Newton County, MSMS20,96019.9%+0%

31Hinds County, MSMS211,88819.9%+0%

32Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73020.0%+0%

33Scott County, MSMS28,07320.7%+0%

34Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31720.8%+0%

35Grenada County, MSMS20,86820.9%+0%

36Neshoba County, MSMS28,73221.0%+0%

37Lafayette County, MSMS59,59721.3%+0%

38Lowndes County, MSMS57,34621.3%+0%

39Simpson County, MSMS25,49821.6%+0%

40Attala County, MSMS17,10021.8%+0%

41Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521.8%+0%

42Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.9%+0%

43Perry County, MSMS11,57722.0%+0%

44Forrest County, MSMS79,03422.5%+0%

45Amite County, MSMS12,48722.6%+0%

46Jasper County, MSMS15,78522.7%+0%

47Clarke County, MSMS15,10223.0%+0%

48Benton County, MSMS7,50223.2%+0%

49Leake County, MSMS21,66223.3%+0%

50Clay County, MSMS18,23823.5%+0%

51Covington County, MSMS17,89823.5%+0%

52Winston County, MSMS17,47323.7%+0%

53Franklin County, MSMS7,49124.1%+0%

54Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424.3%+0%

55Choctaw County, MSMS8,04824.7%+0%

56Marion County, MSMS24,00124.8%+0%

57Copiah County, MSMS27,49725.1%+0%

58Pike County, MSMS38,71225.3%+0%

59Panola County, MSMS32,69125.3%+0%

60Wayne County, MSMS19,80725.4%+0%

61Adams County, MSMS30,06125.9%+0%

62Kemper County, MSMS8,60026.0%+0%

63Walthall County, MSMS13,92827.8%+0%

64Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128.2%+0%

65Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89628.2%+0%

66Washington County, MSMS40,44629.2%+0%

67Sunflower County, MSMS22,89330.0%+0%

68Yazoo County, MSMS22,94731.9%+0%

69Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87732.2%+0%

70Claiborne County, MSMS8,05832.4%+0%

71Noxubee County, MSMS9,79832.8%+0%

72Tunica County, MSMS8,81933.1%+0%

73Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.1%+0%

74Issaquena County, MSMS1,26333.2%+0%

75Bolivar County, MSMS28,26233.3%+0%

76Leflore County, MSMS25,68634.8%+0%

77Coahoma County, MSMS19,84935.9%+0%

78Jefferson County, MSMS6,82536.0%+0%

79Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58237.7%+0%

80Humphreys County, MSMS7,00138.2%+0%

81Sharkey County, MSMS3,09738.3%+0%

82Holmes County, MSMS15,46541.1%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES