Counties in Mississippi by gini index

Humphreys County had the highest gini index of 82 counties in 2022, at 58.5 index. DeSoto County had the lowest, at 39.9 index. The median was 48.2 index and the figure for Mississippi was 48.3 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest58.5Humphreys County
Lowest39.9DeSoto County
Median48.282 counties
Mississippi48.3History

Top 40 counties, 2022

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Humphreys CountyHumphreys County: 58.5 index58.5Leflore CountyLeflore County: 57.3 index57.3Holmes CountyHolmes County: 57.2 index57.2Bolivar CountyBolivar County: 55.9 index55.9Oktibbeha CountyOktibbeha County: 54.9 index54.9Pike CountyPike County: 54.4 index54.4Claiborne CountyClaiborne County: 54.3 index54.3Attala CountyAttala County: 53.8 index53.8Copiah CountyCopiah County: 53.5 index53.5Lafayette CountyLafayette County: 52.4 index52.4Coahoma CountyCoahoma County: 52.2 index52.2Montgomery CountyMontgomery County: 51.8 index51.8Clay CountyClay County: 51.3 index51.3Adams CountyAdams County: 51 index51Lauderdale CountyLauderdale County: 50.7 index50.7Walthall CountyWalthall County: 50.6 index50.6Wayne CountyWayne County: 50.5 index50.5Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 50.5 index50.5Newton CountyNewton County: 50.4 index50.4Leake CountyLeake County: 50.4 index50.4Franklin CountyFranklin County: 50.3 index50.3Choctaw CountyChoctaw County: 50.1 index50.1Forrest CountyForrest County: 50.1 index50.1Amite CountyAmite County: 50 index50Grenada CountyGrenada County: 49.9 index49.9Clarke CountyClarke County: 49.9 index49.9Winston CountyWinston County: 49.8 index49.8Washington CountyWashington County: 49.6 index49.6Madison CountyMadison County: 49.2 index49.2Itawamba CountyItawamba County: 48.9 index48.9Sunflower CountySunflower County: 48.9 index48.9Marion CountyMarion County: 48.9 index48.9Wilkinson CountyWilkinson County: 48.9 index48.9Lowndes CountyLowndes County: 48.7 index48.7Covington CountyCovington County: 48.7 index48.7Issaquena CountyIssaquena County: 48.6 index48.6Alcorn CountyAlcorn County: 48.6 index48.6Panola CountyPanola County: 48.4 index48.4Hinds CountyHinds County: 48.3 index48.3Simpson CountySimpson County: 48.3 index48.3
index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022
index
Change on 2021
1Humphreys County58.5+1.3
2Leflore County57.3+0.6
3Holmes County57.2+1.5
4Bolivar County55.9-0.6
5Oktibbeha County54.9+0.8
6Pike County54.4+2
7Claiborne County54.3-2.4
8Attala County53.8+0.4
9Copiah County53.5+2.2
10Lafayette County52.4+0.8
11Coahoma County52.2-0.6
12Montgomery County51.8+1.1
13Clay County51.3+0.4
14Adams County51-0
15Lauderdale County50.7-0.2
16Walthall County50.6-1.3
17Wayne County50.50
18Jefferson County50.5+3.4
19Newton County50.4+2
20Leake County50.4+2.8
21Franklin County50.3-0.4
22Choctaw County50.1-0.3
23Forrest County50.1+0.8
24Amite County50-1.8
25Grenada County49.9+0.5
26Clarke County49.9-0
27Winston County49.8-1.8
28Washington County49.6-2.3
29Madison County49.2+0.1
30Itawamba County48.9-2.1
30Sunflower County48.9-1.6
32Marion County48.9-2.5
33Wilkinson County48.9+2.5
34Lowndes County48.7+0.8
35Covington County48.70
36Issaquena County48.6+0.1
37Alcorn County48.6-0.1
38Panola County48.4+0.5
39Hinds County48.3+1.1
40Simpson County48.3-0.7
41Prentiss County48.2+3.4
42Yazoo County48.2+0.3
43Lincoln County47.8+1.5
44Warren County47.4-0.3
45Sharkey County47.4-1.5
46Scott County47.3-1.2
47Jones County47.2+0.8
48Marshall County47.2+0.3
49Lamar County47.2-0.8
50Hancock County47.1-0.4
51Benton County46.9+4
52Greene County46.9+1.3
53Chickasaw County46.7+0.2
54Neshoba County46.50
54Tishomingo County46.5-0.5
56Kemper County46.5-2.7
56Quitman County46.5-1.8
58Jackson County46.5-0.4
59Lawrence County46.5-2
60George County46.3-2.1
61Lee County46.2-0.1
62Carroll County46+2.3
63Harrison County46+0.4
64Tippah County46-1
65Jefferson Davis County45.5-0.3
66Monroe County45.4-0
67Tunica County45.2+1.6
68Smith County44.9+1
69Noxubee County44.4+1.6
70Jasper County44.3-1.2
71Pearl River County44.1+0.9
72Tallahatchie County44-7.1
73Tate County43.2+0.2
74Union County42.9-1.5
75Yalobusha County42.8+1.1
76Pontotoc County42.4+1
77Stone County42.4-5
78Calhoun County41.6+0.4
79Rankin County41.1-0.2
80Perry County40.7-4.2
81Webster County40.7-0.5
82DeSoto County39.9-0

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About this ranking

Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Eurostat, equivalised disposable income after social transfers (EU-SILC), for the EU and its countries. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis. For the United States, ACS five-year estimate B19083 measures inequality in household money income before taxes. Census publishes a coefficient from 0 to 1; Invokely multiplies it by 100. The displayed year is the final year of the five-year period. Negative household incomes are treated as zero. This differs from the EU-SILC measure based on equivalised disposable income and should not be treated as directly comparable.

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.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Which county has the highest gini index?

Humphreys County, with 58.5 index in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

DeSoto County, with 39.9 index in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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