| | County Economic Status, FY 2013 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2008–2010 | Per Capita Market Income, 2009 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2008–2010 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 | Composite Index Value, FY 2013 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2013 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2013 |
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| United States | - | 8.2% | $32,691 | 13.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 8.4% | $24,553 | 15.6% | 102.5% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 113.2% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 9.0% | $22,826 | 21.2% | 108.9% | 69.8% | 143.2% | 153.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 11.0% | $19,407 | 22.7% | 134.1% | 59.4% | 168.5% | 164.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 10.5% | $18,527 | 19.1% | 128.2% | 56.7% | 176.5% | 138.6% | 147.7 | 2,595 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 13.1% | $12,878 | 26.0% | 159.3% | 39.4% | 253.8% | 188.2% | 200.4 | 3,058 | 4 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 10.2% | $15,705 | 23.1% | 124.3% | 48.0% | 208.2% | 167.1% | 166.5 | 2,861 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 12.6% | $16,553 | 24.9% | 152.7% | 50.6% | 197.5% | 180.0% | 176.7 | 2,969 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 11.2% | $15,463 | 21.3% | 136.3% | 47.3% | 211.4% | 154.3% | 167.4 | 2,873 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 16.9% | $19,913 | 25.7% | 205.4% | 60.9% | 164.2% | 186.0% | 185.2 | 3,009 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 10.5% | $19,236 | 13.0% | 128.2% | 58.8% | 169.9% | 94.3% | 130.8 | 2,147 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 11.5% | $14,828 | 28.3% | 139.5% | 45.4% | 220.5% | 204.9% | 188.3 | 3,016 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 9.4% | $25,796 | 19.1% | 114.4% | 78.9% | 126.7% | 138.2% | 126.5 | 2,030 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 10.2% | $23,869 | 22.3% | 124.5% | 73.0% | 137.0% | 161.2% | 140.9 | 2,437 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 11.1% | $18,079 | 21.8% | 134.5% | 55.3% | 180.8% | 158.1% | 157.8 | 2,767 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 12.4% | $19,011 | 20.8% | 151.2% | 58.2% | 172.0% | 150.3% | 157.8 | 2,768 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 12.4% | $17,222 | 24.1% | 150.5% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 174.1% | 171.5 | 2,930 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 17.1% | $14,369 | 35.6% | 208.1% | 44.0% | 227.5% | 257.7% | 231.1 | 3,093 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 8.6% | $22,568 | 32.0% | 105.0% | 69.0% | 144.9% | 231.4% | 160.4 | 2,801 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 11.3% | $18,072 | 29.1% | 137.4% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 210.3% | 176.2 | 2,965 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 9.7% | $19,127 | 16.4% | 117.9% | 58.5% | 170.9% | 118.6% | 135.8 | 2,296 | 3 |
| Prentiss | Distressed | 11.3% | $15,263 | 22.1% | 137.6% | 46.7% | 214.2% | 160.3% | 170.7 | 2,914 | 4 |
| Tippah | Distressed | 13.2% | $15,386 | 24.1% | 160.2% | 47.1% | 212.5% | 174.6% | 182.4 | 2,995 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | Distressed | 11.5% | $14,703 | 20.4% | 140.1% | 45.0% | 222.3% | 147.9% | 170.1 | 2,908 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 9.7% | $19,129 | 19.8% | 118.1% | 58.5% | 170.9% | 143.5% | 144.2 | 2,521 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 12.6% | $14,090 | 25.4% | 153.3% | 43.1% | 232.0% | 183.9% | 189.7 | 3,025 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 14.2% | $15,918 | 25.0% | 172.8% | 48.7% | 205.4% | 180.8% | 186.3 | 3,011 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 12.1% | $15,492 | 26.2% | 147.1% | 47.4% | 211.0% | 189.6% | 182.6 | 2,996 | 4 |
