| County Economic Status, FY 2003 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, 1999 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1999 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | - | 4.2% | $24,819 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | - | 4.6% | $19,210 | 15.4% | 108.8% | 77.4% | 117.1% |
Mississippi | - | 5.4% | $16,847 | 25.2% | 126.9% | 67.9% | 192.2% |
Appalachian Mississippi | - | 5.9% | $15,412 | 23.5% | 139.8% | 62.1% | 179.1% |
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Alcorn | Transitional | 5.5% | $15,747 | 20.8% | 128.6% | 63.4% | 158.6% |
Benton | Distressed | 6.3% | $11,203 | 29.7% | 148.7% | 45.1% | 226.1% |
Calhoun | Transitional | 5.6% | $14,834 | 21.5% | 131.3% | 59.8% | 163.6% |
Chickasaw | Distressed | 7.0% | $14,554 | 21.3% | 165.5% | 58.6% | 162.1% |
Choctaw | Distressed | 8.3% | $11,372 | 25.0% | 196.5% | 45.8% | 190.7% |
Clay | Distressed | 8.1% | $14,812 | 25.9% | 190.0% | 59.7% | 197.5% |
Itawamba | Transitional | 4.9% | $17,141 | 15.6% | 115.7% | 69.1% | 119.3% |
Kemper | Distressed | 10.6% | $12,199 | 35.1% | 250.8% | 49.2% | 267.9% |
Lee | Transitional | 4.0% | $21,312 | 15.4% | 93.4% | 85.9% | 117.5% |
Lowndes | Transitional | 6.5% | $17,901 | 22.1% | 153.8% | 72.1% | 168.7% |
Marshall | Distressed | 6.0% | $14,493 | 30.0% | 140.5% | 58.4% | 228.5% |
Monroe | Distressed | 9.3% | $13,709 | 21.2% | 220.2% | 55.2% | 161.3% |
Montgomery | Distressed | 6.3% | $12,403 | 34.0% | 148.6% | 50.0% | 259.3% |
Noxubee | Distressed | 11.1% | $12,332 | 41.4% | 261.5% | 49.7% | 315.3% |
Oktibbeha | Distressed | 2.6% | $16,167 | 30.1% | 60.4% | 65.1% | 229.6% |
Panola | Distressed | 8.8% | $12,116 | 33.8% | 206.7% | 48.8% | 257.7% |
Pontotoc | Transitional | 3.8% | $15,162 | 17.2% | 89.1% | 61.1% | 131.5% |
Prentiss | Transitional | 6.0% | $12,340 | 21.5% | 141.0% | 49.7% | 163.8% |
Tippah | Transitional | 5.7% | $13,643 | 22.6% | 133.3% | 55.0% | 172.4% |
Tishomingo | Distressed | 8.9% | $12,271 | 20.3% | 210.7% | 49.4% | 155.0% |
Union | Transitional | 3.8% | $16,537 | 16.4% | 88.7% | 66.6% | 124.7% |
Webster | Transitional | 4.9% | $12,540 | 24.4% | 114.5% | 50.5% | 186.2% |
Winston | Distressed | 7.6% | $14,093 | 26.6% | 179.8% | 56.8% | 202.5% |
Yalobusha | Distressed | 6.9% | $12,243 | 26.4% | 162.7% | 49.3% | 201.4% |