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Most residents in poverty, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2000 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 1990

01Hinds County, MSMS211,88850,029−7%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,13627,662−12%

03Washington County, MSMS40,44618,415−20%

04Jackson County, MSMS147,66616,753−10%

05Forrest County, MSMS79,03416,307−13%

06Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31716,283−6%

07Bolivar County, MSMS28,26213,518−25%

08Leflore County, MSMS25,68613,189−9%

09Lowndes County, MSMS57,34613,127−0%

10Jones County, MSMS66,49612,872−9%

11Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89612,099+5%

12Coahoma County, MSMS19,84910,987−24%

13Rankin County, MSMS162,18110,948+19%

14Madison County, MSMS116,29810,450−20%

15Sunflower County, MSMS22,89310,324−25%

16Lee County, MSMS83,73110,123+0%

17Pike County, MSMS38,7129,847−19%

18Warren County, MSMS41,7599,269−14%

19Yazoo County, MSMS22,9478,970−10%

20Pearl River County, MSMS59,3638,964+8%

21Adams County, MSMS30,0618,899−17%

22Holmes County, MSMS15,4658,888−23%

23Panola County, MSMS32,6918,676−14%

24Lafayette County, MSMS59,5978,238+3%

25Marshall County, MSMS34,6547,680−16%

26DeSoto County, MSMS197,9187,625+4%

27Copiah County, MSMS27,4977,211−18%

28Monroe County, MSMS33,3186,550−15%

29Lincoln County, MSMS35,0126,358−11%

30Marion County, MSMS24,0016,341−16%

31Hancock County, MSMS46,8736,208−14%

32Neshoba County, MSMS28,7326,011−9%

33Simpson County, MSMS25,4985,971+10%

34Scott County, MSMS28,0735,892−11%

35Alcorn County, MSMS34,5695,732−13%

36Wayne County, MSMS19,8075,385−6%

37Lamar County, MSMS67,4035,188−9%

38Clay County, MSMS18,2385,158−6%

39Leake County, MSMS21,6624,874−11%

40Grenada County, MSMS20,8684,866+1%

41Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8774,800−25%

42Winston County, MSMS17,4734,786−7%

43Covington County, MSMS17,8984,555−12%

44Newton County, MSMS20,9604,335+2%

45Attala County, MSMS17,1004,284−23%

46Humphreys County, MSMS7,0014,281−23%

47Prentiss County, MSMS25,2844,217−16%

48Walthall County, MSMS13,9284,211−18%

49Clarke County, MSMS15,1024,124+2%

50Jasper County, MSMS15,7854,119−21%

51Noxubee County, MSMS9,7984,119−21%

52Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9413,937−16%

53Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7303,893+1%

54Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5823,888−5%

55Claiborne County, MSMS8,0583,831−23%

56Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963,687−4%

57Tippah County, MSMS21,3893,519−20%

58Jefferson County, MSMS6,8253,507−14%

59Tate County, MSMS28,7253,434−29%

60Quitman County, MSMS5,3643,354−23%

61Union County, MSMS28,4593,208−11%

62George County, MSMS26,3313,197−22%

63Itawamba County, MSMS24,1523,182+2%

64Amite County, MSMS12,4873,078−25%

65Tunica County, MSMS8,8193,057−34%

66Montgomery County, MSMS9,3542,968−30%

67Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3752,846−10%

68Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432,735−15%

69Smith County, MSMS13,9912,735−24%

70Kemper County, MSMS8,6002,713−25%

71Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6392,702−25%

72Perry County, MSMS11,5772,673−15%

73Greene County, MSMS13,7072,611−5%

74Lawrence County, MSMS11,8192,599−25%

75Sharkey County, MSMS3,0972,518−25%

76Choctaw County, MSMS8,0482,413+6%

77Stone County, MSMS19,6542,381−14%

78Franklin County, MSMS7,4912,037−27%

79Webster County, MSMS10,1671,923−23%

80Benton County, MSMS7,5021,862−22%

81Carroll County, MSMS9,2261,726−34%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,263756−20%

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