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Counties in Mississippi by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

Humphreys County had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 82 counties in 2021, at 26.9%. Madison County had the lowest, at 12.6%. The median was 21.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest26.9Humphreys County
Lowest12.6Madison County
Median21.282 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 22.3 %Alcorn County: 21.3 %Amite County: 22.2 %Attala County: 21.9 %Benton County: 21.6 %Bolivar County: 22.4 %Calhoun County: 22.7 %Carroll County: 20.3 %Chickasaw County: 22.4 %Choctaw County: 20 %Claiborne County: 22 %Clarke County: 20.1 %Clay County: 20.2 %Coahoma County: 24.5 %Copiah County: 20 %Covington County: 20.7 %DeSoto County: 16.1 %Forrest County: 17.9 %Franklin County: 22.3 %George County: 21.2 %Greene County: 21.2 %Grenada County: 20.6 %Hancock County: 17.9 %Harrison County: 19.6 %Hinds County: 18.1 %Holmes County: 25.6 %Humphreys County: 26.9 %Issaquena County: 26.2 %Itawamba County: 19 %Jackson County: 17.5 %Jasper County: 20.7 %Jefferson County: 22.7 %Jefferson Davis County: 21.2 %Jones County: 20.2 %Kemper County: 19.9 %Lafayette County: 15 %Lamar County: 16.9 %Lauderdale County: 20.3 %Lawrence County: 21.9 %Leake County: 22.5 %Lee County: 17.4 %Leflore County: 23.8 %Lincoln County: 19.6 %Lowndes County: 17.4 %Madison County: 12.6 %Marion County: 24 %Marshall County: 21.7 %Monroe County: 20.3 %Montgomery County: 22.4 %Neshoba County: 24.8 %Newton County: 20.6 %Noxubee County: 23.5 %Oktibbeha County: 14.5 %Panola County: 22.8 %Pearl River County: 18.8 %Perry County: 22.7 %Pike County: 21.9 %Pontotoc County: 19.5 %Prentiss County: 20.1 %Quitman County: 26.6 %Rankin County: 15.7 %Scott County: 23.3 %Sharkey County: 22.6 %Simpson County: 21.2 %Smith County: 20.4 %Stone County: 21.1 %Sunflower County: 25.4 %Tallahatchie County: 24 %Tate County: 18.9 %Tippah County: 22.9 %Tishomingo County: 22.2 %Tunica County: 25 %Union County: 20.6 %Walthall County: 21.5 %Warren County: 18.3 %Washington County: 23.1 %Wayne County: 20.5 %Webster County: 19.1 %Wilkinson County: 24.6 %Winston County: 21.2 %Yalobusha County: 21.9 %Yazoo County: 24.9 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Humphreys County: 26.9 %Humphreys County26.9Quitman County: 26.6 %Quitman County26.6Issaquena County: 26.2 %Issaquena County26.2Holmes County: 25.6 %Holmes County25.6Sunflower County: 25.4 %Sunflower County25.4Tunica County: 25 %Tunica County25Yazoo County: 24.9 %Yazoo County24.9Neshoba County: 24.8 %Neshoba County24.8Wilkinson County: 24.6 %Wilkinson County24.6Coahoma County: 24.5 %Coahoma County24.5Marion County: 24 %Marion County24Tallahatchie County: 24 %Tallahatchie County24Leflore County: 23.8 %Leflore County23.8Noxubee County: 23.5 %Noxubee County23.5Scott County: 23.3 %Scott County23.3Washington County: 23.1 %Washington County23.1Tippah County: 22.9 %Tippah County22.9Panola County: 22.8 %Panola County22.8Calhoun County: 22.7 %Calhoun County22.7Jefferson County: 22.7 %Jefferson County22.7Perry County: 22.7 %Perry County22.7Sharkey County: 22.6 %Sharkey County22.6Leake County: 22.5 %Leake County22.5Bolivar County: 22.4 %Bolivar County22.4Chickasaw County: 22.4 %Chickasaw County22.4Montgomery County: 22.4 %Montgomery County22.4Adams County: 22.3 %Adams County22.3Franklin County: 22.3 %Franklin County22.3Amite County: 22.2 %Amite County22.2Tishomingo County: 22.2 %Tishomingo County22.2Claiborne County: 22 %Claiborne County22Attala County: 21.9 %Attala County21.9Lawrence County: 21.9 %Lawrence County21.9Pike County: 21.9 %Pike County21.9Yalobusha County: 21.9 %Yalobusha County21.9Marshall County: 21.7 %Marshall County21.7Benton County: 21.6 %Benton County21.6Walthall County: 21.5 %Walthall County21.5Alcorn County: 21.3 %Alcorn County21.3George County: 21.2 %George County21.2Humphreys County: 26.9 %Humphreys County26.9Quitman County: 26.6 %Quitman County26.6Issaquena County: 26.2 %Issaquena County26.2Holmes County: 25.6 %Holmes County25.6Sunflower County: 25.4 %Sunflower County25.4Tunica County: 25 %Tunica County25Yazoo County: 24.9 %Yazoo County24.9Neshoba County: 24.8 %Neshoba County24.8Wilkinson County: 24.6 %Wilkinson County24.6Coahoma County: 24.5 %Coahoma County24.5Marion County: 24 %Marion County24Tallahatchie County: 24 %Tallahatchie County24Leflore County: 23.8 %Leflore County23.8Noxubee County: 23.5 %Noxubee County23.5Scott County: 23.3 %Scott County23.3Washington County: 23.1 %Washington County23.1Tippah County: 22.9 %Tippah County22.9Panola County: 22.8 %Panola County22.8Calhoun County: 22.7 %Calhoun County22.7Jefferson County: 22.7 %Jefferson County22.7Perry County: 22.7 %Perry County22.7Sharkey County: 22.6 %Sharkey County22.6Leake County: 22.5 %Leake County22.5Bolivar County: 22.4 %Bolivar County22.4Chickasaw County: 22.4 %Chickasaw County22.4Montgomery County: 22.4 %Montgomery County22.4Adams County: 22.3 %Adams County22.3Franklin County: 22.3 %Franklin County22.3Amite County: 22.2 %Amite County22.2Tishomingo County: 22.2 %Tishomingo County22.2Claiborne County: 22 %Claiborne County22Attala County: 21.9 %Attala County21.9Lawrence County: 21.9 %Lawrence County21.9Pike County: 21.9 %Pike County21.9Yalobusha County: 21.9 %Yalobusha County21.9Marshall County: 21.7 %Marshall County21.7Benton County: 21.6 %Benton County21.6Walthall County: 21.5 %Walthall County21.5Alcorn County: 21.3 %Alcorn County21.3George County: 21.2 %George County21.2
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Humphreys County26.9
2Quitman County26.6
3Issaquena County26.2
4Holmes County25.6
5Sunflower County25.4
6Tunica County25
7Yazoo County24.9
8Neshoba County24.8
9Wilkinson County24.6
10Coahoma County24.5
11Marion County24
11Tallahatchie County24
13Leflore County23.8
14Noxubee County23.5
15Scott County23.3
16Washington County23.1
17Tippah County22.9
18Panola County22.8
19Calhoun County22.7
19Jefferson County22.7
19Perry County22.7
22Sharkey County22.6
23Leake County22.5
24Bolivar County22.4
24Chickasaw County22.4
24Montgomery County22.4
27Adams County22.3
27Franklin County22.3
29Amite County22.2
29Tishomingo County22.2
31Claiborne County22
32Attala County21.9
32Lawrence County21.9
32Pike County21.9
32Yalobusha County21.9
36Marshall County21.7
37Benton County21.6
38Walthall County21.5
39Alcorn County21.3
40George County21.2
40Greene County21.2
40Jefferson Davis County21.2
40Simpson County21.2
40Winston County21.2
45Stone County21.1
46Covington County20.7
46Jasper County20.7
48Grenada County20.6
48Newton County20.6
48Union County20.6
51Wayne County20.5
52Smith County20.4
53Carroll County20.3
53Lauderdale County20.3
53Monroe County20.3
56Clay County20.2
56Jones County20.2
58Clarke County20.1
58Prentiss County20.1
60Choctaw County20
60Copiah County20
62Kemper County19.9
63Harrison County19.6
63Lincoln County19.6
65Pontotoc County19.5
66Webster County19.1
67Itawamba County19
68Tate County18.9
69Pearl River County18.8
70Warren County18.3
71Hinds County18.1
72Forrest County17.9
72Hancock County17.9
74Jackson County17.5
75Lee County17.4
75Lowndes County17.4
77Lamar County16.9
78DeSoto County16.1
79Rankin County15.7
80Lafayette County15
81Oktibbeha County14.5
82Madison County12.6

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. 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 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, 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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Mississippi by adult cigarette smoking rate, 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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Mississippi by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/mississippi-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Humphreys County, with 26.9% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Madison County, with 12.6% in 2021.

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