RANKING · 2024 ACS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Most rent-burdened, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the share of renter households paying 30% or more of income on gross rent (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

MississippiAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENT-BURDENED HOUSEHOLDSVS 2010

01Tunica County, MSMS8,81955.4%+26%

02Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94153.5%+50%

03Hinds County, MSMS211,88852.2%+4%

04Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89651.7%−4%

05Madison County, MSMS116,29850.5%+35%

06Washington County, MSMS40,44650.5%+4%

07Bolivar County, MSMS28,26248.9%+3%

08Sunflower County, MSMS22,89348.7%+17%

09Lee County, MSMS83,73148.2%+2%

10DeSoto County, MSMS197,91848.1%+19%

11Greene County, MSMS13,70747.5%+249%

12Lafayette County, MSMS59,59747.3%−10%

13Lawrence County, MSMS11,81947.2%+81%

14Hancock County, MSMS46,87346.9%+67%

15Rankin County, MSMS162,18146.7%+0%

16Attala County, MSMS17,10046.6%+40%

17Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31746.5%+4%

18Harrison County, MSMS217,13646.4%+1%

19Marshall County, MSMS34,65445.8%+7%

20Tate County, MSMS28,72545.2%+4%

21Coahoma County, MSMS19,84945.1%−9%

22Forrest County, MSMS79,03444.7%−13%

23Jackson County, MSMS147,66644.3%+0%

24Montgomery County, MSMS9,35444.2%+15%

25Grenada County, MSMS20,86843.8%−2%

26Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58243.5%+33%

27Stone County, MSMS19,65443.3%+33%

28Clay County, MSMS18,23842.9%+1%

29Holmes County, MSMS15,46542.5%+27%

30Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09642.3%+25%

31Wayne County, MSMS19,80742.3%+36%

32Monroe County, MSMS33,31841.6%+4%

33Pearl River County, MSMS59,36340.4%−10%

34Lowndes County, MSMS57,34640.0%−17%

35Adams County, MSMS30,06140.0%−18%

36Yazoo County, MSMS22,94739.6%−10%

37Jones County, MSMS66,49639.6%+3%

38Panola County, MSMS32,69139.5%+1%

39Lamar County, MSMS67,40339.1%−8%

40Leflore County, MSMS25,68638.5%−18%

41Webster County, MSMS10,16738.3%+3%

42Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63938.1%−26%

43Warren County, MSMS41,75938.0%−22%

44Pike County, MSMS38,71237.7%−23%

45Calhoun County, MSMS12,64337.5%+9%

46Lincoln County, MSMS35,01237.3%+18%

47Alcorn County, MSMS34,56936.5%−3%

48Union County, MSMS28,45936.3%−17%

49Copiah County, MSMS27,49736.0%+14%

50Jefferson County, MSMS6,82535.7%+7%

51Amite County, MSMS12,48735.6%−7%

52Simpson County, MSMS25,49835.6%+39%

53Neshoba County, MSMS28,73235.4%+14%

54Smith County, MSMS13,99135.4%+80%

55Winston County, MSMS17,47335.1%−15%

56Perry County, MSMS11,57734.7%+61%

57Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37534.7%+20%

58Claiborne County, MSMS8,05834.7%+3%

59Benton County, MSMS7,50234.6%+16%

60Humphreys County, MSMS7,00134.1%−20%

61Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.4%−17%

62Itawamba County, MSMS24,15232.4%+4%

63Noxubee County, MSMS9,79831.8%−38%

64Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73031.4%−32%

65Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87731.0%−15%

66Marion County, MSMS24,00130.5%−19%

67Sharkey County, MSMS3,09728.8%−34%

68Scott County, MSMS28,07328.5%−21%

69Walthall County, MSMS13,92828.0%+49%

70Jasper County, MSMS15,78527.2%−11%

71Clarke County, MSMS15,10227.2%−28%

72Prentiss County, MSMS25,28426.4%−49%

73Newton County, MSMS20,96026.1%−22%

74Choctaw County, MSMS8,04825.1%−1%

75Tippah County, MSMS21,38925.1%−33%

76Leake County, MSMS21,66224.5%−11%

77George County, MSMS26,33120.6%−17%

78Kemper County, MSMS8,60020.5%−50%

79Franklin County, MSMS7,49120.1%−55%

80Covington County, MSMS17,89818.3%−57%

81Carroll County, MSMS9,22615.5%−56%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,26312.6%−65%

SHOWING 1–82 OF 82

Download CSV (full list, 82 rows)

UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES