Counties in Mississippi by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2005

Marshall County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 19 counties in 2005, at 100%. Jones County had the lowest, at 16.5%. The median was 32.2%. Source: EPA.

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Highest100Marshall County
Lowest16.5Jones County
Median32.219 counties

Map of counties, 2005

Adams County: 50.2 %Bolivar County: 32.2 %DeSoto County: 46.8 %Forrest County: 22 %Grenada County: 22.4 %Hancock County: 41.5 %Harrison County: 21.1 %Hinds County: 23 %Jackson County: 46.4 %Jones County: 16.5 %Lauderdale County: 51.3 %Lee County: 26.4 %Lowndes County: 35.4 %Marshall County: 100 %Pearl River County: 27.2 %Rankin County: 70 %Scott County: 29.9 %Warren County: 32.1 %Yalobusha County: 80.2 %
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%, 2005. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2005

Marshall County: 100 %Marshall County100Yalobusha County: 80.2 %Yalobusha County80.2Rankin County: 70 %Rankin County70Lauderdale County: 51.3 %Lauderdale County51.3Adams County: 50.2 %Adams County50.2DeSoto County: 46.8 %DeSoto County46.8Jackson County: 46.4 %Jackson County46.4Hancock County: 41.5 %Hancock County41.5Lowndes County: 35.4 %Lowndes County35.4Bolivar County: 32.2 %Bolivar County32.2Warren County: 32.1 %Warren County32.1Scott County: 29.9 %Scott County29.9Pearl River County: 27.2 %Pearl River County27.2Lee County: 26.4 %Lee County26.4Hinds County: 23 %Hinds County23Grenada County: 22.4 %Grenada County22.4Forrest County: 22 %Forrest County22Harrison County: 21.1 %Harrison County21.1Jones County: 16.5 %Jones County16.5Marshall County: 100 %Marshall County100Yalobusha County: 80.2 %Yalobusha County80.2Rankin County: 70 %Rankin County70Lauderdale County: 51.3 %Lauderdale County51.3Adams County: 50.2 %Adams County50.2DeSoto County: 46.8 %DeSoto County46.8Jackson County: 46.4 %Jackson County46.4Hancock County: 41.5 %Hancock County41.5Lowndes County: 35.4 %Lowndes County35.4Bolivar County: 32.2 %Bolivar County32.2Warren County: 32.1 %Warren County32.1Scott County: 29.9 %Scott County29.9Pearl River County: 27.2 %Pearl River County27.2Lee County: 26.4 %Lee County26.4Hinds County: 23 %Hinds County23Grenada County: 22.4 %Grenada County22.4Forrest County: 22 %Forrest County22Harrison County: 21.1 %Harrison County21.1Jones County: 16.5 %Jones County16.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2005 (%)Change on 2004
1Marshall County100+20.1 pts
2Yalobusha County80.2-5.6 pts
3Rankin County70+32.6 pts
4Lauderdale County51.3-9.4 pts
5Adams County50.2-11.4 pts
6DeSoto County46.8-8.5 pts
7Jackson County46.4-16.7 pts
8Hancock County41.5-28.7 pts
9Lowndes County35.4-1.2 pts
10Bolivar County32.2-3.3 pts
11Warren County32.1-17.6 pts
12Scott County29.9-8.6 pts
13Pearl River County27.2-15.2 pts
14Lee County26.4-4.5 pts
15Hinds County23-2.7 pts
16Grenada County22.4-7.4 pts
17Forrest County22-3 pts
18Harrison County21.1-7 pts
19Jones County16.5-4.7 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 10 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2005 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in Mississippi by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2005) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Mississippi by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2005. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/mississippi-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in Mississippi by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2005. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/mississippi-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Mississippi by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2005 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/mississippi-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Marshall County, with 100% in 2005, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Jones County, with 16.5% in 2005.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 10 counties have no value for 2005 and are not ranked.

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