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Most residents in poverty, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2020 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 2000

01Hinds County, MSMS211,88846,456−7%

02Harrison County, MSMS217,13637,907+37%

03Jackson County, MSMS147,66622,145+32%

04Forrest County, MSMS79,03420,031+23%

05DeSoto County, MSMS197,91817,720+132%

06Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31716,529+2%

07Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89614,997+24%

08Jones County, MSMS66,49614,658+14%

09Rankin County, MSMS162,18114,091+29%

10Washington County, MSMS40,44613,895−25%

11Lafayette County, MSMS59,59712,820+56%

12Pike County, MSMS38,71212,663+29%

13Lamar County, MSMS67,40311,545+123%

14Madison County, MSMS116,29811,538+10%

15Lowndes County, MSMS57,34611,527−12%

16Lee County, MSMS83,73111,343+12%

17Adams County, MSMS30,0619,853+11%

18Bolivar County, MSMS28,2629,631−29%

19Warren County, MSMS41,7599,311+0%

20Leflore County, MSMS25,6868,853−33%

21Yazoo County, MSMS22,9478,584−4%

22Pearl River County, MSMS59,3638,208−8%

23Sunflower County, MSMS22,8937,939−23%

24Coahoma County, MSMS19,8497,811−29%

25Lincoln County, MSMS35,0127,692+21%

26Marshall County, MSMS34,6547,339−4%

27Scott County, MSMS28,0736,914+17%

28Neshoba County, MSMS28,7326,862+14%

29Holmes County, MSMS15,4656,829−23%

30Panola County, MSMS32,6916,522−25%

31Hancock County, MSMS46,8736,243+1%

32Marion County, MSMS24,0016,180−3%

33Copiah County, MSMS27,4976,091−16%

34Monroe County, MSMS33,3185,960−9%

35Alcorn County, MSMS34,5695,758+0%

36Grenada County, MSMS20,8685,325+9%

37Leake County, MSMS21,6625,318+9%

38Prentiss County, MSMS25,2845,018+19%

39Simpson County, MSMS25,4984,971−17%

40Newton County, MSMS20,9604,895+13%

41Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0964,776+30%

42Clay County, MSMS18,2384,659−10%

43Tippah County, MSMS21,3894,618+31%

44Tate County, MSMS28,7254,573+33%

45Covington County, MSMS17,8984,503−1%

46George County, MSMS26,3314,296+34%

47Winston County, MSMS17,4734,249−11%

48Wayne County, MSMS19,8074,202−22%

49Attala County, MSMS17,1004,170−3%

50Amite County, MSMS12,4873,929+28%

51Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6393,809+41%

52Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7303,654−6%

53Jasper County, MSMS15,7853,488−15%

54Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8773,406−29%

55Claiborne County, MSMS8,0583,196−17%

56Stone County, MSMS19,6543,120+31%

57Tunica County, MSMS8,8193,104+2%

58Union County, MSMS28,4593,102−3%

59Clarke County, MSMS15,1023,089−25%

60Noxubee County, MSMS9,7982,992−27%

61Montgomery County, MSMS9,3542,919−2%

62Humphreys County, MSMS7,0012,785−35%

63Itawamba County, MSMS24,1522,682−16%

64Walthall County, MSMS13,9282,681−36%

65Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3752,602−9%

66Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9412,567−35%

67Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432,534−7%

68Kemper County, MSMS8,6002,431−10%

69Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5822,416−38%

70Lawrence County, MSMS11,8192,348−10%

71Smith County, MSMS13,9912,324−15%

72Greene County, MSMS13,7072,231−15%

73Perry County, MSMS11,5772,158−19%

74Quitman County, MSMS5,3642,096−38%

75Jefferson County, MSMS6,8252,033−42%

76Webster County, MSMS10,1671,780−7%

77Carroll County, MSMS9,2261,566−9%

78Franklin County, MSMS7,4911,479−27%

79Choctaw County, MSMS8,0481,468−39%

80Benton County, MSMS7,5021,416−24%

81Sharkey County, MSMS3,097917−64%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,263375−50%

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