# Counties in Mississippi by area median family income (HUD), 2026

All 82 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2026, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `area_median_family_income`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year. HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments. Often called AMI.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lafayette County | 98,100 |
| 2 | DeSoto County | 92,700 |
| 3 | Copiah County | 91,400 |
| 3 | Hinds County | 91,400 |
| 3 | Madison County | 91,400 |
| 3 | Rankin County | 91,400 |
| 7 | Lauderdale County | 89,300 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 86,800 |
| 9 | Stone County | 84,800 |
| 10 | Oktibbeha County | 84,700 |
| 10 | Warren County | 84,700 |
| 12 | Itawamba County | 84,200 |
| 13 | Hancock County | 83,100 |
| 13 | Harrison County | 83,100 |
| 15 | Tate County | 83,000 |
| 16 | Carroll County | 81,400 |
| 16 | George County | 81,400 |
| 18 | Forrest County | 79,800 |
| 18 | Lamar County | 79,800 |
| 18 | Perry County | 79,800 |
| 21 | Tishomingo County | 78,600 |
| 22 | Pearl River County | 78,000 |
| 23 | Webster County | 77,600 |
| 24 | Smith County | 75,900 |
| 25 | Lee County | 75,700 |
| 26 | Lowndes County | 75,500 |
| 27 | Union County | 75,400 |
| 28 | Greene County | 72,400 |
| 29 | Jones County | 72,300 |
| 30 | Simpson County | 72,000 |
| 31 | Pontotoc County | 71,900 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 71,700 |
| 33 | Prentiss County | 71,000 |
| 34 | Attala County | 70,700 |
| 35 | Alcorn County | 70,200 |
| 36 | Newton County | 70,100 |
| 37 | Grenada County | 69,400 |
| 37 | Monroe County | 69,400 |
| 39 | Marshall County | 69,300 |
| 40 | Panola County | 69,100 |
| 41 | Walthall County | 68,600 |
| 42 | Winston County | 68,300 |
| 43 | Yalobusha County | 67,500 |
| 44 | Issaquena County | 67,200 |
| 45 | Neshoba County | 67,000 |
| 46 | Jasper County | 66,400 |
| 47 | Calhoun County | 66,300 |
| 48 | Choctaw County | 66,000 |
| 48 | Tippah County | 66,000 |
| 50 | Leake County | 65,000 |
| 51 | Benton County | 63,000 |
| 51 | Covington County | 63,000 |
| 53 | Adams County | 61,600 |
| 54 | Clarke County | 61,100 |
| 55 | Kemper County | 60,900 |
| 56 | Clay County | 60,700 |
| 57 | Yazoo County | 60,100 |
| 58 | Scott County | 59,000 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 58,700 |
| 60 | Lawrence County | 57,800 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 57,300 |
| 61 | Jefferson Davis County | 57,300 |
| 63 | Wayne County | 56,600 |
| 64 | Washington County | 56,300 |
| 65 | Chickasaw County | 56,200 |
| 66 | Marion County | 55,700 |
| 67 | Tallahatchie County | 54,900 |
| 68 | Bolivar County | 54,100 |
| 69 | Quitman County | 52,900 |
| 70 | Sunflower County | 52,800 |
| 70 | Wilkinson County | 52,800 |
| 72 | Pike County | 52,600 |
| 73 | Sharkey County | 50,100 |
| 74 | Coahoma County | 49,300 |
| 75 | Noxubee County | 48,100 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 47,600 |
| 76 | Leflore County | 47,600 |
| 78 | Amite County | 46,600 |
| 79 | Tunica County | 45,500 |
| 80 | Holmes County | 44,800 |
| 81 | Humphreys County | 42,200 |
| 82 | Claiborne County | 39,900 |