| County Economic Status, FY 2009 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, 2005 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2005 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2009 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2009 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2009 |
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United States | - | 5.1% | $29,323 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.3% | $22,437 | 13.6% | 104.8% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Mississippi | - | 7.0% | $18,301 | 19.9% | 137.4% | 62.4% | 160.2% | 161.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.4% | $17,423 | 19.4% | 146.5% | 59.4% | 168.3% | 156.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.2% | $16,419 | 16.6% | 141.3% | 56.0% | 178.6% | 134.0% | 151.3 | 2,545 | 4 |
Benton | Distressed | 9.7% | $11,871 | 23.2% | 191.0% | 40.5% | 247.0% | 187.4% | 208.5 | 3,014 | 4 |
Calhoun | At-Risk | 7.4% | $17,651 | 18.1% | 146.2% | 60.2% | 166.1% | 146.6% | 153.0 | 2,574 | 4 |
Chickasaw | Distressed | 8.9% | $15,615 | 20.0% | 176.2% | 53.3% | 187.8% | 161.8% | 175.3 | 2,839 | 4 |
Choctaw | Distressed | 8.0% | $12,899 | 24.7% | 157.9% | 44.0% | 227.3% | 199.8% | 195.0 | 2,973 | 4 |
Clay | Distressed | 10.5% | $16,603 | 23.5% | 207.0% | 56.6% | 176.6% | 189.6% | 191.1 | 2,955 | 4 |
Itawamba | Transitional | 6.4% | $18,834 | 14.0% | 125.2% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 112.9% | 131.3 | 2,056 | 3 |
Kemper | Distressed | 8.9% | $12,597 | 26.0% | 176.0% | 43.0% | 232.8% | 209.7% | 206.2 | 3,006 | 4 |
Lee | Transitional | 6.1% | $23,491 | 13.4% | 120.2% | 80.1% | 124.8% | 108.0% | 117.7 | 1,604 | 3 |
Lowndes | At-Risk | 7.2% | $19,733 | 21.3% | 141.0% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 172.2% | 153.9 | 2,588 | 4 |
Marshall | Distressed | 8.2% | $16,109 | 21.9% | 161.6% | 54.9% | 182.0% | 177.3% | 173.7 | 2,826 | 4 |
Monroe | At-Risk | 8.4% | $17,762 | 17.2% | 164.6% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 139.2% | 156.3 | 2,618 | 4 |
Montgomery | Distressed | 8.5% | $14,859 | 24.3% | 166.5% | 50.7% | 197.3% | 196.7% | 186.9 | 2,932 | 4 |
Noxubee | Distressed | 12.1% | $11,817 | 32.8% | 239.3% | 40.3% | 248.1% | 265.2% | 250.9 | 3,079 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 5.9% | $19,977 | 28.2% | 116.9% | 68.1% | 146.8% | 227.8% | 163.8 | 2,725 | 4 |
Panola | Distressed | 8.7% | $15,145 | 25.3% | 171.7% | 51.7% | 193.6% | 204.5% | 189.9 | 2,948 | 4 |
Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.8% | $18,471 | 13.8% | 114.9% | 63.0% | 158.7% | 111.5% | 128.4 | 1,964 | 3 |
Prentiss | At-Risk | 7.5% | $13,677 | 16.5% | 148.7% | 46.6% | 214.4% | 133.3% | 165.5 | 2,743 | 4 |
Tippah | At-Risk | 7.0% | $15,597 | 16.9% | 138.4% | 53.2% | 188.0% | 136.5% | 154.3 | 2,592 | 4 |
Tishomingo | At-Risk | 8.1% | $13,120 | 14.1% | 160.5% | 44.7% | 223.5% | 113.9% | 166.0 | 2,748 | 4 |
Union | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,518 | 12.6% | 125.2% | 59.7% | 167.4% | 102.2% | 131.6 | 2,064 | 3 |
Webster | Distressed | 8.3% | $12,526 | 18.7% | 164.5% | 42.7% | 234.1% | 150.9% | 183.2 | 2,909 | 4 |
Winston | Distressed | 7.5% | $14,963 | 23.7% | 148.3% | 51.0% | 196.0% | 191.8% | 178.7 | 2,874 | 4 |
Yalobusha | Distressed | 8.6% | $14,560 | 21.8% | 169.3% | 49.7% | 201.4% | 176.2% | 182.3 | 2,902 | 4 |