# Counties in Mississippi by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 82 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Issaquena County | 73.2 |
| 2 | Humphreys County | 51.8 |
| 3 | Sharkey County | 51.6 |
| 4 | Bolivar County | 47.6 |
| 5 | Coahoma County | 46.9 |
| 6 | Holmes County | 46.8 |
| 7 | Claiborne County | 45.2 |
| 8 | Quitman County | 44.3 |
| 9 | Leflore County | 44.2 |
| 10 | Tallahatchie County | 44 |
| 11 | Washington County | 43.6 |
| 12 | Sunflower County | 40.6 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 40.4 |
| 14 | Tunica County | 39.8 |
| 15 | Noxubee County | 38 |
| 16 | Wilkinson County | 37.7 |
| 17 | Adams County | 36 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 35.9 |
| 19 | Yazoo County | 35.4 |
| 20 | Kemper County | 35 |
| 20 | Montgomery County | 35 |
| 22 | Walthall County | 34 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 32.8 |
| 24 | Hinds County | 31.6 |
| 25 | Panola County | 31.5 |
| 26 | Clay County | 31.3 |
| 27 | Winston County | 31.2 |
| 28 | Pike County | 31 |
| 29 | Newton County | 30.9 |
| 30 | Chickasaw County | 30.8 |
| 31 | Leake County | 30.5 |
| 32 | Scott County | 30.3 |
| 33 | Warren County | 30 |
| 34 | Amite County | 29.7 |
| 35 | Attala County | 29.1 |
| 35 | Benton County | 29.1 |
| 37 | Copiah County | 28.9 |
| 38 | Marion County | 28.7 |
| 38 | Simpson County | 28.7 |
| 40 | Lauderdale County | 28.3 |
| 41 | Jasper County | 28.1 |
| 41 | Yalobusha County | 28.1 |
| 43 | Jones County | 28 |
| 43 | Marshall County | 28 |
| 45 | Grenada County | 27.9 |
| 46 | Forrest County | 27.8 |
| 47 | Choctaw County | 27.3 |
| 48 | Covington County | 26.9 |
| 49 | Lawrence County | 26.4 |
| 50 | Neshoba County | 26.3 |
| 51 | Clarke County | 26.2 |
| 51 | Franklin County | 26.2 |
| 53 | Lowndes County | 26.1 |
| 54 | Perry County | 25.3 |
| 55 | Itawamba County | 24.7 |
| 56 | Monroe County | 24.5 |
| 56 | Smith County | 24.5 |
| 58 | Calhoun County | 24.2 |
| 59 | Oktibbeha County | 23.8 |
| 60 | Harrison County | 23.2 |
| 61 | Greene County | 23.1 |
| 62 | Carroll County | 22.9 |
| 63 | Prentiss County | 22.8 |
| 64 | Pearl River County | 22.2 |
| 65 | Lee County | 22.1 |
| 65 | Stone County | 22.1 |
| 67 | Lincoln County | 22 |
| 68 | Pontotoc County | 21.8 |
| 69 | Tippah County | 21.2 |
| 70 | Hancock County | 21.1 |
| 71 | Webster County | 20.8 |
| 72 | George County | 20.2 |
| 73 | Alcorn County | 20.1 |
| 74 | Jackson County | 19.8 |
| 75 | Tishomingo County | 19.1 |
| 76 | Tate County | 18.9 |
| 77 | Union County | 18.5 |
| 78 | Lamar County | 15.3 |
| 79 | Lafayette County | 14 |
| 80 | Madison County | 13.7 |
| 81 | DeSoto County | 13.4 |
| 82 | Rankin County | 11 |