# Counties in Mississippi by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Holmes County | 36.4 |
| 2 | Coahoma County | 35.5 |
| 3 | Bolivar County | 32.6 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 32.5 |
| 5 | Leflore County | 31.5 |
| 6 | Tunica County | 31.1 |
| 7 | Sharkey County | 30.9 |
| 8 | Yazoo County | 30.8 |
| 9 | Claiborne County | 30.7 |
| 10 | Quitman County | 29.6 |
| 11 | Sunflower County | 28.9 |
| 12 | Jefferson Davis County | 28.7 |
| 13 | Amite County | 27.7 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 27.5 |
| 15 | Pike County | 27.1 |
| 16 | Adams County | 27 |
| 16 | Humphreys County | 27 |
| 18 | Winston County | 26.9 |
| 19 | Washington County | 26.5 |
| 20 | Noxubee County | 26.3 |
| 21 | Lauderdale County | 26.3 |
| 22 | Oktibbeha County | 25.5 |
| 23 | Franklin County | 25.4 |
| 24 | Montgomery County | 25.2 |
| 25 | Kemper County | 24.8 |
| 26 | Newton County | 24.7 |
| 27 | Tallahatchie County | 24.6 |
| 28 | Grenada County | 24.6 |
| 29 | Lawrence County | 23.7 |
| 30 | Chickasaw County | 23.6 |
| 31 | Panola County | 23.3 |
| 32 | Neshoba County | 23.1 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 23 |
| 34 | Copiah County | 23 |
| 35 | Wayne County | 22.8 |
| 36 | Hinds County | 22.7 |
| 37 | Scott County | 22.2 |
| 38 | Benton County | 21.5 |
| 39 | Yalobusha County | 21.5 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 21.2 |
| 41 | Forrest County | 21 |
| 42 | Clay County | 20.9 |
| 43 | Leake County | 20.5 |
| 44 | Calhoun County | 20.4 |
| 45 | Simpson County | 20 |
| 46 | Covington County | 19.8 |
| 47 | Marion County | 19.7 |
| 48 | Warren County | 19.5 |
| 49 | Jasper County | 19.4 |
| 50 | Tippah County | 18.9 |
| 51 | Walthall County | 18.8 |
| 52 | Jones County | 18.7 |
| 53 | Lafayette County | 18.5 |
| 54 | Choctaw County | 18.5 |
| 55 | Perry County | 18.4 |
| 56 | George County | 18.3 |
| 56 | Greene County | 18.3 |
| 58 | Monroe County | 18 |
| 59 | Attala County | 18 |
| 59 | Tishomingo County | 18 |
| 61 | Carroll County | 17.9 |
| 62 | Clarke County | 17.4 |
| 63 | Lowndes County | 17.3 |
| 64 | Harrison County | 17.1 |
| 65 | Smith County | 17.1 |
| 66 | Stone County | 16.9 |
| 67 | Tate County | 16.9 |
| 68 | Prentiss County | 16.8 |
| 69 | Pontotoc County | 16.7 |
| 70 | Pearl River County | 16.5 |
| 71 | Webster County | 16.4 |
| 72 | Issaquena County | 16.2 |
| 73 | Alcorn County | 15.8 |
| 74 | Itawamba County | 15.5 |
| 75 | Union County | 15.1 |
| 76 | Lamar County | 14.7 |
| 77 | Lee County | 14.6 |
| 78 | Jackson County | 13.8 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 13.8 |
| 80 | Madison County | 11.2 |
| 81 | Rankin County | 9.8 |
| 82 | DeSoto County | 9.7 |