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Counties in Mississippi by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Amite County had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 82 counties in 2021, at 41.4%. Oktibbeha County had the lowest, at 26.8%. The median was 36.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest41.4Amite County
Lowest26.8Oktibbeha County
Median36.882 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 38 %Alcorn County: 36.4 %Amite County: 41.4 %Attala County: 38.4 %Benton County: 38.5 %Bolivar County: 37.4 %Calhoun County: 37.8 %Carroll County: 39.2 %Chickasaw County: 36.5 %Choctaw County: 40.4 %Claiborne County: 35.3 %Clarke County: 37.5 %Clay County: 37.4 %Coahoma County: 37.3 %Copiah County: 37.4 %Covington County: 37.9 %DeSoto County: 35 %Forrest County: 32.5 %Franklin County: 39.8 %George County: 36 %Greene County: 35.5 %Grenada County: 37.9 %Hancock County: 39 %Harrison County: 36.1 %Hinds County: 34 %Holmes County: 36.7 %Humphreys County: 38.2 %Issaquena County: 33.4 %Itawamba County: 36.9 %Jackson County: 38.7 %Jasper County: 38.1 %Jefferson County: 36.1 %Jefferson Davis County: 38.1 %Jones County: 35.4 %Kemper County: 35.8 %Lafayette County: 31.4 %Lamar County: 34 %Lauderdale County: 36.3 %Lawrence County: 36.5 %Leake County: 36.7 %Lee County: 34 %Leflore County: 37.3 %Lincoln County: 36 %Lowndes County: 36.7 %Madison County: 35.6 %Marion County: 36.8 %Marshall County: 36.9 %Monroe County: 37.7 %Montgomery County: 39.8 %Neshoba County: 36.5 %Newton County: 36.4 %Noxubee County: 37.1 %Oktibbeha County: 26.8 %Panola County: 36.2 %Pearl River County: 36.6 %Perry County: 37.7 %Pike County: 37.9 %Pontotoc County: 35.6 %Prentiss County: 35.5 %Quitman County: 38.5 %Rankin County: 32.6 %Scott County: 37.8 %Sharkey County: 38.9 %Simpson County: 37.7 %Smith County: 38.7 %Stone County: 36.7 %Sunflower County: 35.8 %Tallahatchie County: 36.7 %Tate County: 34.3 %Tippah County: 36.6 %Tishomingo County: 39 %Tunica County: 34.4 %Union County: 36.6 %Walthall County: 38.9 %Warren County: 38.8 %Washington County: 35.7 %Wayne County: 37.9 %Webster County: 37.5 %Wilkinson County: 36.6 %Winston County: 38.1 %Yalobusha County: 36.9 %Yazoo County: 36.1 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Amite County: 41.4 %Amite County41.4Choctaw County: 40.4 %Choctaw County40.4Franklin County: 39.8 %Franklin County39.8Montgomery County: 39.8 %Montgomery County39.8Carroll County: 39.2 %Carroll County39.2Hancock County: 39 %Hancock County39Tishomingo County: 39 %Tishomingo County39Sharkey County: 38.9 %Sharkey County38.9Walthall County: 38.9 %Walthall County38.9Warren County: 38.8 %Warren County38.8Jackson County: 38.7 %Jackson County38.7Smith County: 38.7 %Smith County38.7Benton County: 38.5 %Benton County38.5Quitman County: 38.5 %Quitman County38.5Attala County: 38.4 %Attala County38.4Humphreys County: 38.2 %Humphreys County38.2Jasper County: 38.1 %Jasper County38.1Jefferson Davis County: 38.1 %Jefferson Davis County38.1Winston County: 38.1 %Winston County38.1Adams County: 38 %Adams County38Covington County: 37.9 %Covington County37.9Grenada County: 37.9 %Grenada County37.9Pike County: 37.9 %Pike County37.9Wayne County: 37.9 %Wayne County37.9Calhoun County: 37.8 %Calhoun County37.8Scott County: 37.8 %Scott County37.8Monroe County: 37.7 %Monroe County37.7Perry County: 37.7 %Perry County37.7Simpson County: 37.7 %Simpson County37.7Clarke County: 37.5 %Clarke County37.5Webster County: 37.5 %Webster County37.5Bolivar County: 37.4 %Bolivar County37.4Clay County: 37.4 %Clay County37.4Copiah County: 37.4 %Copiah County37.4Coahoma County: 37.3 %Coahoma County37.3Leflore County: 37.3 %Leflore County37.3Noxubee County: 37.1 %Noxubee County37.1Itawamba County: 36.9 %Itawamba County36.9Marshall County: 36.9 %Marshall County36.9Yalobusha County: 36.9 %Yalobusha County36.9Amite County: 41.4 %Amite County41.4Choctaw County: 40.4 %Choctaw County40.4Franklin County: 39.8 %Franklin County39.8Montgomery County: 39.8 %Montgomery County39.8Carroll County: 39.2 %Carroll County39.2Hancock County: 39 %Hancock County39Tishomingo County: 39 %Tishomingo County39Sharkey County: 38.9 %Sharkey County38.9Walthall County: 38.9 %Walthall County38.9Warren County: 38.8 %Warren County38.8Jackson County: 38.7 %Jackson County38.7Smith County: 38.7 %Smith County38.7Benton County: 38.5 %Benton County38.5Quitman County: 38.5 %Quitman County38.5Attala County: 38.4 %Attala County38.4Humphreys County: 38.2 %Humphreys County38.2Jasper County: 38.1 %Jasper County38.1Jefferson Davis County: 38.1 %Jefferson Davis County38.1Winston County: 38.1 %Winston County38.1Adams County: 38 %Adams County38Covington County: 37.9 %Covington County37.9Grenada County: 37.9 %Grenada County37.9Pike County: 37.9 %Pike County37.9Wayne County: 37.9 %Wayne County37.9Calhoun County: 37.8 %Calhoun County37.8Scott County: 37.8 %Scott County37.8Monroe County: 37.7 %Monroe County37.7Perry County: 37.7 %Perry County37.7Simpson County: 37.7 %Simpson County37.7Clarke County: 37.5 %Clarke County37.5Webster County: 37.5 %Webster County37.5Bolivar County: 37.4 %Bolivar County37.4Clay County: 37.4 %Clay County37.4Copiah County: 37.4 %Copiah County37.4Coahoma County: 37.3 %Coahoma County37.3Leflore County: 37.3 %Leflore County37.3Noxubee County: 37.1 %Noxubee County37.1Itawamba County: 36.9 %Itawamba County36.9Marshall County: 36.9 %Marshall County36.9Yalobusha County: 36.9 %Yalobusha County36.9
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Amite County41.4
2Choctaw County40.4
3Franklin County39.8
3Montgomery County39.8
5Carroll County39.2
6Hancock County39
6Tishomingo County39
8Sharkey County38.9
8Walthall County38.9
10Warren County38.8
11Jackson County38.7
11Smith County38.7
13Benton County38.5
13Quitman County38.5
15Attala County38.4
16Humphreys County38.2
17Jasper County38.1
17Jefferson Davis County38.1
17Winston County38.1
20Adams County38
21Covington County37.9
21Grenada County37.9
21Pike County37.9
21Wayne County37.9
25Calhoun County37.8
25Scott County37.8
27Monroe County37.7
27Perry County37.7
27Simpson County37.7
30Clarke County37.5
30Webster County37.5
32Bolivar County37.4
32Clay County37.4
32Copiah County37.4
35Coahoma County37.3
35Leflore County37.3
37Noxubee County37.1
38Itawamba County36.9
38Marshall County36.9
38Yalobusha County36.9
41Marion County36.8
42Holmes County36.7
42Leake County36.7
42Lowndes County36.7
42Stone County36.7
42Tallahatchie County36.7
47Pearl River County36.6
47Tippah County36.6
47Union County36.6
47Wilkinson County36.6
51Chickasaw County36.5
51Lawrence County36.5
51Neshoba County36.5
54Alcorn County36.4
54Newton County36.4
56Lauderdale County36.3
57Panola County36.2
58Harrison County36.1
58Jefferson County36.1
58Yazoo County36.1
61George County36
61Lincoln County36
63Kemper County35.8
63Sunflower County35.8
65Washington County35.7
66Madison County35.6
66Pontotoc County35.6
68Greene County35.5
68Prentiss County35.5
70Jones County35.4
71Claiborne County35.3
72DeSoto County35
73Tunica County34.4
74Tate County34.3
75Hinds County34
75Lamar County34
75Lee County34
78Issaquena County33.4
79Rankin County32.6
80Forrest County32.5
81Lafayette County31.4
82Oktibbeha County26.8

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever had their cholesterol checked and were told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that it was high. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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 cholesterol in screened 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 cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Mississippi by high cholesterol in screened 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 cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Mississippi by high cholesterol in screened 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-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/mississippi-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Mississippi by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/mississippi-counties?period=2021.

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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 cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Mississippi by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/mississippi-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Amite County, with 41.4% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Oktibbeha County, with 26.8% 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 cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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