| | County Economic Status, FY 2016 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2011–2013 | Per Capita Market Income, 2013 | Poverty Rate, 2009–2013 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2011–2013 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2013 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009–2013 | Composite Index Value, FY 2016 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2016 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2016 |
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| United States | - | 8.1% | $37,127 | 15.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 8.2% | $27,979 | 17.0% | 100.5% | 75.4% | 132.7% | 110.8% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 9.5% | $25,444 | 22.7% | 116.3% | 68.5% | 145.9% | 147.6% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 10.7% | $22,108 | 23.5% | 131.4% | 59.5% | 167.9% | 152.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 9.6% | $19,619 | 20.8% | 117.9% | 52.8% | 189.2% | 135.1% | 147.4 | 2,613 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 12.5% | $14,727 | 24.1% | 153.4% | 39.7% | 252.1% | 157.0% | 187.5 | 3,028 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 9.8% | $19,490 | 23.7% | 120.3% | 52.5% | 190.5% | 154.2% | 155.0 | 2,759 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 11.7% | $18,806 | 25.3% | 144.3% | 50.7% | 197.4% | 164.5% | 168.7 | 2,924 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 10.2% | $19,750 | 24.1% | 125.8% | 53.2% | 188.0% | 157.1% | 157.0 | 2,785 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 17.8% | $23,404 | 26.4% | 219.1% | 63.0% | 158.6% | 172.1% | 183.3 | 3,015 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 9.6% | $22,216 | 15.7% | 118.6% | 59.8% | 167.1% | 101.9% | 129.2 | 2,194 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 12.9% | $32,690 | 33.3% | 159.1% | 88.0% | 113.6% | 216.7% | 163.2 | 2,866 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 9.1% | $27,498 | 18.3% | 112.5% | 74.1% | 135.0% | 119.1% | 122.2 | 1,980 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 10.2% | $28,673 | 25.4% | 125.4% | 77.2% | 129.5% | 165.3% | 140.1 | 2,475 | 4 |
| Marshall | Distressed | 11.8% | $19,692 | 22.2% | 145.4% | 53.0% | 188.5% | 144.7% | 159.5 | 2,821 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 12.1% | $20,450 | 21.6% | 149.3% | 55.1% | 181.5% | 140.6% | 157.2 | 2,789 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 12.1% | $19,146 | 31.1% | 149.3% | 51.6% | 193.9% | 202.5% | 181.9 | 3,008 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 16.2% | $20,465 | 34.6% | 199.2% | 55.1% | 181.4% | 224.9% | 201.8 | 3,070 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 9.5% | $23,412 | 33.7% | 117.1% | 63.1% | 158.6% | 219.6% | 165.1 | 2,887 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 11.9% | $21,034 | 25.3% | 146.3% | 56.7% | 176.5% | 164.6% | 162.5 | 2,859 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 8.6% | $20,210 | 14.0% | 106.0% | 54.4% | 183.7% | 90.8% | 126.8 | 2,135 | 3 |
| Prentiss | Distressed | 10.0% | $16,111 | 24.2% | 122.5% | 43.4% | 230.4% | 157.5% | 170.2 | 2,942 | 4 |
| Tippah | Distressed | 11.6% | $17,966 | 25.5% | 142.6% | 48.4% | 206.7% | 165.7% | 171.7 | 2,954 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | Distressed | 11.0% | $16,039 | 17.6% | 135.5% | 43.2% | 231.5% | 114.2% | 160.4 | 2,835 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 8.9% | $23,087 | 23.5% | 109.5% | 62.2% | 160.8% | 152.9% | 141.1 | 2,500 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 12.5% | $16,110 | 24.9% | 153.6% | 43.4% | 230.5% | 161.8% | 182.0 | 3,009 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 13.1% | $18,499 | 29.8% | 160.7% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 194.2% | 185.2 | 3,021 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | At-Risk | 10.1% | $19,882 | 22.2% | 124.4% | 53.6% | 186.7% | 144.4% | 151.8 | 2,710 | 4 |
