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Most affordable housing, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 2.6. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lawrence County, MS, up 50 places to #18.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲2Greene County, MSMS13,7071.7−10%

02▲11Neshoba County, MSMS28,7321.8−14%

03▲7Carroll County, MSMS9,2261.8−12%

04▲35Smith County, MSMS13,9911.8−4%

05▲11Franklin County, MSMS7,4911.9−21%

06▲38Attala County, MSMS17,1002.0−13%

07▼6Webster County, MSMS10,1672.00%

08▼6Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432.1+15%

09▲3Newton County, MSMS20,9602.1+8%

10▲9Jefferson County, MSMS6,8252.1−37%

11▲41Kemper County, MSMS8,6002.1−15%

12▲12Quitman County, MSMS5,3642.1+7%

13▼4Simpson County, MSMS25,4982.2+5%

14▼7Scott County, MSMS28,0732.2+8%

15▲10Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8772.2−4%

16▲18Jasper County, MSMS15,7852.2+2%

17Benton County, MSMS7,5022.3+3%

18▲50Lawrence County, MSMS11,8192.3+1%

19▲22Choctaw County, MSMS8,0482.3+11%

20▲11Leake County, MSMS21,6622.3+7%

21▼10Copiah County, MSMS27,4972.3+10%

22▼1Monroe County, MSMS33,3182.3+20%

23▼8Covington County, MSMS17,8982.3+10%

24▲29Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9412.3−1%

25▲18Winston County, MSMS17,4732.3+11%

26▲6Tippah County, MSMS21,3892.4+22%

27▼5Coahoma County, MSMS19,8492.4−7%

28▲1Wayne County, MSMS19,8072.4+3%

29▼25Sharkey County, MSMS3,0972.5−19%

30▲5Prentiss County, MSMS25,2842.5+21%

31▲16Washington County, MSMS40,4462.5+5%

32▲8Holmes County, MSMS15,4652.5−18%

33▼19Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3752.5+10%

34▲43Adams County, MSMS30,0612.5−1%

35▼9Perry County, MSMS11,5772.5+23%

36▲24Sunflower County, MSMS22,8932.5−4%

37▼29Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7302.5+22%

38▲34Pike County, MSMS38,7122.5−5%

39▼12Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5822.5−14%

40▼22Clarke County, MSMS15,1022.6+32%

41▼35Itawamba County, MSMS24,1522.6+50%

42▲28Walthall County, MSMS13,9282.6−6%

43▼23Claiborne County, MSMS8,0582.6−13%

44▼2Humphreys County, MSMS7,0012.6−11%

45▼8Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3172.6+13%

46▲8Stone County, MSMS19,6542.6+32%

47▲18Warren County, MSMS41,7592.6+19%

48▼43Noxubee County, MSMS9,7982.7+18%

49▲12Amite County, MSMS12,4872.7+23%

50▲8Grenada County, MSMS20,8682.7+23%

51▲23Marion County, MSMS24,0012.7+13%

52▼4Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6392.7+22%

53▼23Jones County, MSMS66,4962.7+26%

54▲1Alcorn County, MSMS34,5692.8+32%

55▼32Panola County, MSMS32,6912.8+26%

56▼7George County, MSMS26,3312.8+36%

57▲10Leflore County, MSMS25,6862.9+3%

58▼2Jackson County, MSMS147,6662.9+55%

59▼13Lee County, MSMS83,7312.9+35%

60▼24Union County, MSMS28,4592.9+59%

61▼23Rankin County, MSMS162,1813.0+48%

62▲7Clay County, MSMS18,2383.0+34%

63▼18Tate County, MSMS28,7253.0+33%

64▼36Montgomery County, MSMS9,3543.0+35%

65▼14Lincoln County, MSMS35,0123.0+28%

66▼3Lowndes County, MSMS57,3463.0+45%

67▼34Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.1+47%

68▼6Forrest County, MSMS79,0343.1+27%

69▲2Pearl River County, MSMS59,3633.1+42%

70▼4Marshall County, MSMS34,6543.1+39%

71▼21DeSoto County, MSMS197,9183.2+62%

72▼8Lamar County, MSMS67,4033.2+33%

73▼16Hinds County, MSMS211,8883.2+41%

74▲1Bolivar County, MSMS28,2623.3+20%

75▲1Hancock County, MSMS46,8733.3+33%

76▲2Issaquena County, MSMS1,2633.5+27%

77▲3Harrison County, MSMS217,1363.6+44%

78▲1Madison County, MSMS116,2983.7+45%

79▼20Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.9+45%

80▼7Tunica County, MSMS8,8194.5+34%

81Lafayette County, MSMS59,5974.7+69%

82Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8965.1+85%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES