| | County Economic Status, FY 2014 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2009–2011 | Per Capita Market Income, 2010 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2009–2011 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 | Composite Index Value, FY 2014 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2014 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2014 |
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| United States | - | 9.3% | $32,562 | 14.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 9.4% | $24,425 | 16.1% | 101.3% | 75.0% | 133.3% | 112.7% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 10.2% | $22,972 | 21.6% | 109.9% | 70.5% | 141.7% | 151.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 12.2% | $19,600 | 22.9% | 131.5% | 60.2% | 166.1% | 160.2% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 11.8% | $18,146 | 20.2% | 127.5% | 55.7% | 179.4% | 141.5% | 149.5 | 2,649 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 14.2% | $11,994 | 23.8% | 153.3% | 36.8% | 271.5% | 166.1% | 197.0 | 3,059 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 10.6% | $16,337 | 21.7% | 113.8% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 151.8% | 155.0 | 2,731 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 12.9% | $16,875 | 24.9% | 139.4% | 51.8% | 193.0% | 174.2% | 168.8 | 2,915 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 12.1% | $16,206 | 22.4% | 130.7% | 49.8% | 200.9% | 156.3% | 162.6 | 2,841 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 18.6% | $19,651 | 24.2% | 200.5% | 60.3% | 165.7% | 169.3% | 178.5 | 2,985 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 11.4% | $20,818 | 12.9% | 122.9% | 63.9% | 156.4% | 90.4% | 123.2 | 1,963 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 13.2% | $14,083 | 28.8% | 142.4% | 43.3% | 231.2% | 201.3% | 191.6 | 3,038 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 10.5% | $26,649 | 18.2% | 113.7% | 81.8% | 122.2% | 127.3% | 121.1 | 1,887 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 11.4% | $24,629 | 23.8% | 123.2% | 75.6% | 132.2% | 166.2% | 140.5 | 2,449 | 4 |
| Marshall | Distressed | 12.6% | $17,887 | 24.2% | 135.9% | 54.9% | 182.0% | 169.3% | 162.4 | 2,838 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 13.4% | $18,863 | 19.8% | 144.1% | 57.9% | 172.6% | 138.3% | 151.7 | 2,690 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 13.7% | $17,160 | 26.7% | 147.6% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 186.6% | 174.7 | 2,962 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 18.2% | $14,978 | 36.1% | 196.5% | 46.0% | 217.4% | 252.5% | 222.1 | 3,091 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 10.2% | $21,222 | 34.1% | 109.9% | 65.2% | 153.4% | 238.5% | 167.3 | 2,902 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 12.7% | $18,569 | 28.1% | 136.7% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 196.3% | 169.5 | 2,922 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 10.3% | $18,196 | 16.4% | 110.9% | 55.9% | 179.0% | 114.4% | 134.7 | 2,283 | 3 |
| Prentiss | Distressed | 12.3% | $15,577 | 22.6% | 132.7% | 47.8% | 209.0% | 158.2% | 166.6 | 2,893 | 4 |
| Tippah | Distressed | 14.2% | $15,978 | 22.8% | 152.7% | 49.1% | 203.8% | 159.7% | 172.1 | 2,945 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | Distressed | 12.8% | $14,991 | 20.2% | 137.9% | 46.0% | 217.2% | 141.4% | 165.5 | 2,879 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 10.9% | $18,739 | 22.5% | 117.9% | 57.5% | 173.8% | 157.0% | 149.5 | 2,652 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 14.0% | $14,694 | 24.7% | 150.6% | 45.1% | 221.6% | 172.9% | 181.7 | 3,003 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 16.6% | $15,810 | 22.8% | 179.2% | 48.6% | 206.0% | 159.5% | 181.5 | 3,002 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 12.8% | $17,840 | 23.5% | 138.0% | 54.8% | 182.5% | 164.3% | 161.6 | 2,824 | 4 |
