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Counties in Mississippi by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate

Quitman County had the highest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate of 82 counties in 2021, at 55.8%. Oktibbeha County had the lowest, at 32%. The median was 47.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest55.8Quitman County
Lowest32Oktibbeha County
Median47.382 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 50.3 %Alcorn County: 41.2 %Amite County: 53.5 %Attala County: 49.1 %Benton County: 46.6 %Bolivar County: 50.6 %Calhoun County: 47.2 %Carroll County: 50 %Chickasaw County: 48.9 %Choctaw County: 48.2 %Claiborne County: 51.5 %Clarke County: 47 %Clay County: 49.5 %Coahoma County: 53.8 %Copiah County: 48.1 %Covington County: 46.9 %DeSoto County: 40.8 %Forrest County: 38.8 %Franklin County: 50.4 %George County: 42.6 %Greene County: 42.9 %Grenada County: 47.3 %Hancock County: 43.8 %Harrison County: 42.4 %Hinds County: 45.3 %Holmes County: 54.6 %Humphreys County: 55.1 %Issaquena County: 45.8 %Itawamba County: 40 %Jackson County: 42.2 %Jasper County: 51.8 %Jefferson County: 54.5 %Jefferson Davis County: 52.6 %Jones County: 45.1 %Kemper County: 49.6 %Lafayette County: 35.6 %Lamar County: 38.5 %Lauderdale County: 47.3 %Lawrence County: 48.4 %Leake County: 46.4 %Lee County: 41.2 %Leflore County: 52.9 %Lincoln County: 44.9 %Lowndes County: 44.5 %Madison County: 40.2 %Marion County: 48 %Marshall County: 49.7 %Monroe County: 45.3 %Montgomery County: 52 %Neshoba County: 45.4 %Newton County: 44.7 %Noxubee County: 52.4 %Oktibbeha County: 32 %Panola County: 47.1 %Pearl River County: 42.9 %Perry County: 45.6 %Pike County: 49.6 %Pontotoc County: 41.3 %Prentiss County: 41 %Quitman County: 55.8 %Rankin County: 37.7 %Scott County: 49.1 %Sharkey County: 55.5 %Simpson County: 45.8 %Smith County: 46.3 %Stone County: 43.8 %Sunflower County: 50.7 %Tallahatchie County: 49.4 %Tate County: 43.2 %Tippah County: 44.7 %Tishomingo County: 43.8 %Tunica County: 50.7 %Union County: 41.4 %Walthall County: 50.4 %Warren County: 47.6 %Washington County: 52 %Wayne County: 47.8 %Webster County: 44.2 %Wilkinson County: 53.1 %Winston County: 50.2 %Yalobusha County: 49.4 %Yazoo County: 48.1 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Quitman County: 55.8 %Quitman County55.8Sharkey County: 55.5 %Sharkey County55.5Humphreys County: 55.1 %Humphreys County55.1Holmes County: 54.6 %Holmes County54.6Jefferson County: 54.5 %Jefferson County54.5Coahoma County: 53.8 %Coahoma County53.8Amite County: 53.5 %Amite County53.5Wilkinson County: 53.1 %Wilkinson County53.1Leflore County: 52.9 %Leflore County52.9Jefferson Davis County: 52.6 %Jefferson Davis County52.6Noxubee County: 52.4 %Noxubee County52.4Montgomery County: 52 %Montgomery County52Washington County: 52 %Washington County52Jasper County: 51.8 %Jasper County51.8Claiborne County: 51.5 %Claiborne County51.5Sunflower County: 50.7 %Sunflower County50.7Tunica County: 50.7 %Tunica County50.7Bolivar County: 50.6 %Bolivar County50.6Franklin County: 50.4 %Franklin County50.4Walthall County: 50.4 %Walthall County50.4Adams County: 50.3 %Adams County50.3Winston County: 50.2 %Winston County50.2Carroll County: 50 %Carroll County50Marshall County: 49.7 %Marshall County49.7Kemper County: 49.6 %Kemper County49.6Pike County: 49.6 %Pike County49.6Clay County: 49.5 %Clay County49.5Tallahatchie County: 49.4 %Tallahatchie County49.4Yalobusha County: 49.4 %Yalobusha County49.4Attala County: 49.1 %Attala County49.1Scott County: 49.1 %Scott County49.1Chickasaw County: 48.9 %Chickasaw County48.9Lawrence County: 48.4 %Lawrence County48.4Choctaw County: 48.2 %Choctaw County48.2Copiah County: 48.1 %Copiah County48.1Yazoo County: 48.1 %Yazoo County48.1Marion County: 48 %Marion County48Wayne County: 47.8 %Wayne County47.8Warren County: 47.6 %Warren County47.6Grenada County: 47.3 %Grenada County47.3Quitman County: 55.8 %Quitman County55.8Sharkey County: 55.5 %Sharkey County55.5Humphreys County: 55.1 %Humphreys County55.1Holmes County: 54.6 %Holmes County54.6Jefferson County: 54.5 %Jefferson County54.5Coahoma County: 53.8 %Coahoma County53.8Amite County: 53.5 %Amite County53.5Wilkinson County: 53.1 %Wilkinson County53.1Leflore County: 52.9 %Leflore County52.9Jefferson Davis County: 52.6 %Jefferson Davis County52.6Noxubee County: 52.4 %Noxubee County52.4Montgomery County: 52 %Montgomery County52Washington County: 52 %Washington County52Jasper County: 51.8 %Jasper County51.8Claiborne County: 51.5 %Claiborne County51.5Sunflower County: 50.7 %Sunflower County50.7Tunica County: 50.7 %Tunica County50.7Bolivar County: 50.6 %Bolivar County50.6Franklin County: 50.4 %Franklin County50.4Walthall County: 50.4 %Walthall County50.4Adams County: 50.3 %Adams County50.3Winston County: 50.2 %Winston County50.2Carroll County: 50 %Carroll County50Marshall County: 49.7 %Marshall County49.7Kemper County: 49.6 %Kemper County49.6Pike County: 49.6 %Pike County49.6Clay County: 49.5 %Clay County49.5Tallahatchie County: 49.4 %Tallahatchie County49.4Yalobusha County: 49.4 %Yalobusha County49.4Attala County: 49.1 %Attala County49.1Scott County: 49.1 %Scott County49.1Chickasaw County: 48.9 %Chickasaw County48.9Lawrence County: 48.4 %Lawrence County48.4Choctaw County: 48.2 %Choctaw County48.2Copiah County: 48.1 %Copiah County48.1Yazoo County: 48.1 %Yazoo County48.1Marion County: 48 %Marion County48Wayne County: 47.8 %Wayne County47.8Warren County: 47.6 %Warren County47.6Grenada County: 47.3 %Grenada County47.3
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Quitman County55.8
2Sharkey County55.5
3Humphreys County55.1
4Holmes County54.6
5Jefferson County54.5
6Coahoma County53.8
7Amite County53.5
8Wilkinson County53.1
9Leflore County52.9
10Jefferson Davis County52.6
11Noxubee County52.4
12Montgomery County52
12Washington County52
14Jasper County51.8
15Claiborne County51.5
16Sunflower County50.7
16Tunica County50.7
18Bolivar County50.6
19Franklin County50.4
19Walthall County50.4
21Adams County50.3
22Winston County50.2
23Carroll County50
24Marshall County49.7
25Kemper County49.6
25Pike County49.6
27Clay County49.5
28Tallahatchie County49.4
28Yalobusha County49.4
30Attala County49.1
30Scott County49.1
32Chickasaw County48.9
33Lawrence County48.4
34Choctaw County48.2
35Copiah County48.1
35Yazoo County48.1
37Marion County48
38Wayne County47.8
39Warren County47.6
40Grenada County47.3
40Lauderdale County47.3
42Calhoun County47.2
43Panola County47.1
44Clarke County47
45Covington County46.9
46Benton County46.6
47Leake County46.4
48Smith County46.3
49Issaquena County45.8
49Simpson County45.8
51Perry County45.6
52Neshoba County45.4
53Hinds County45.3
53Monroe County45.3
55Jones County45.1
56Lincoln County44.9
57Newton County44.7
57Tippah County44.7
59Lowndes County44.5
60Webster County44.2
61Hancock County43.8
61Stone County43.8
61Tishomingo County43.8
64Tate County43.2
65Greene County42.9
65Pearl River County42.9
67George County42.6
68Harrison County42.4
69Jackson County42.2
70Union County41.4
71Pontotoc County41.3
72Alcorn County41.2
72Lee County41.2
74Prentiss County41
75DeSoto County40.8
76Madison County40.2
77Itawamba County40
78Forrest County38.8
79Lamar County38.5
80Rankin County37.7
81Lafayette County35.6
82Oktibbeha County32

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they have high blood pressure. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Mississippi by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Mississippi by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-blood-pressure-rate-county-estimate/mississippi-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate?

Quitman County, with 55.8% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate?

Oktibbeha County, with 32% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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