# Counties in Mississippi by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. 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 B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson Davis County | 74.5 |
| 2 | Wayne County | 72.9 |
| 3 | Greene County | 65.8 |
| 4 | Noxubee County | 63.4 |
| 5 | Marshall County | 60.6 |
| 6 | Oktibbeha County | 59.9 |
| 7 | Lawrence County | 59.5 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 59.4 |
| 9 | Perry County | 58.9 |
| 10 | Bolivar County | 58.4 |
| 11 | Wilkinson County | 58.4 |
| 12 | Hinds County | 57.9 |
| 13 | Tunica County | 57.9 |
| 14 | Claiborne County | 57.7 |
| 15 | Washington County | 57 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 56.4 |
| 17 | Attala County | 56.3 |
| 18 | Yazoo County | 55.5 |
| 19 | Holmes County | 55.1 |
| 20 | Tate County | 54.7 |
| 21 | Lafayette County | 54.4 |
| 22 | Lee County | 54.4 |
| 23 | Amite County | 54.4 |
| 24 | Madison County | 53.8 |
| 25 | Coahoma County | 53.1 |
| 26 | Lauderdale County | 52.9 |
| 27 | Clay County | 52.7 |
| 28 | DeSoto County | 51.9 |
| 29 | Panola County | 51.7 |
| 30 | Forrest County | 51.6 |
| 31 | Grenada County | 51.2 |
| 32 | Monroe County | 50.7 |
| 33 | Pontotoc County | 50.6 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 50.5 |
| 35 | Harrison County | 50.4 |
| 36 | Hancock County | 50.2 |
| 37 | Jones County | 50.1 |
| 38 | Winston County | 50.1 |
| 39 | Rankin County | 50.1 |
| 40 | Leflore County | 49.1 |
| 41 | Stone County | 49 |
| 42 | Calhoun County | 48.8 |
| 43 | Lowndes County | 48.6 |
| 44 | Smith County | 48.1 |
| 45 | Tishomingo County | 48 |
| 46 | Jefferson County | 48 |
| 47 | Adams County | 47.9 |
| 48 | Pearl River County | 47.9 |
| 49 | Webster County | 47.6 |
| 50 | Pike County | 47.2 |
| 51 | Copiah County | 47.2 |
| 52 | Clarke County | 46.5 |
| 53 | Neshoba County | 45.8 |
| 54 | Lincoln County | 45.7 |
| 55 | Warren County | 45.4 |
| 56 | Lamar County | 45.3 |
| 57 | Humphreys County | 44.1 |
| 58 | Simpson County | 43.8 |
| 59 | Yalobusha County | 43.3 |
| 60 | Union County | 43.3 |
| 61 | Benton County | 43.1 |
| 62 | Tallahatchie County | 43.1 |
| 63 | Quitman County | 42.7 |
| 64 | Alcorn County | 42.2 |
| 65 | Sharkey County | 40.9 |
| 66 | Walthall County | 40.8 |
| 67 | Marion County | 40.4 |
| 68 | Chickasaw County | 40.3 |
| 69 | Scott County | 39.4 |
| 70 | Jasper County | 38.9 |
| 71 | Leake County | 36.8 |
| 72 | Itawamba County | 36.2 |
| 73 | Choctaw County | 36.1 |
| 74 | Tippah County | 35.8 |
| 75 | Franklin County | 34.2 |
| 76 | Covington County | 34 |
| 77 | Kemper County | 33.2 |
| 78 | Newton County | 31.6 |
| 79 | Prentiss County | 30.3 |
| 80 | George County | 28.7 |
| 81 | Carroll County | 22.9 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 20.6 |