| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2009–2013 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2009–2013 | Poverty Rate, 2009–2013 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009–2013 |
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United States | 303,692,076 | 46,663,433 | 15.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,536,200 | 4,176,072 | 17.0% | 110.8% |
Mississippi | 2,880,870 | 653,321 | 22.7% | 147.6% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 612,060 | 143,637 | 23.5% | 152.7% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,386 | 7,552 | 20.8% | 135.1% |
Benton | 8,606 | 2,076 | 24.1% | 157.0% |
Calhoun | 14,686 | 3,480 | 23.7% | 154.2% |
Chickasaw | 17,068 | 4,314 | 25.3% | 164.5% |
Choctaw | 8,316 | 2,007 | 24.1% | 157.1% |
Clay | 20,271 | 5,359 | 26.4% | 172.1% |
Itawamba | 22,404 | 3,507 | 15.7% | 101.9% |
Kemper | 9,543 | 3,178 | 33.3% | 216.7% |
Lee | 82,695 | 15,137 | 18.3% | 119.1% |
Lowndes | 58,193 | 14,783 | 25.4% | 165.3% |
Marshall | 34,804 | 7,739 | 22.2% | 144.7% |
Monroe | 36,148 | 7,812 | 21.6% | 140.6% |
Montgomery | 10,623 | 3,306 | 31.1% | 202.5% |
Noxubee | 11,160 | 3,857 | 34.6% | 224.9% |
Oktibbeha | 43,912 | 14,816 | 33.7% | 219.6% |
Panola | 34,330 | 8,685 | 25.3% | 164.6% |
Pontotoc | 29,897 | 4,171 | 14.0% | 90.8% |
Prentiss | 24,282 | 5,878 | 24.2% | 157.5% |
Tippah | 21,683 | 5,522 | 25.5% | 165.7% |
Tishomingo | 19,272 | 3,383 | 17.6% | 114.2% |
Union | 26,946 | 6,332 | 23.5% | 152.9% |
Webster | 9,961 | 2,477 | 24.9% | 161.8% |
Winston | 18,504 | 5,522 | 29.8% | 194.2% |
Yalobusha | 12,370 | 2,744 | 22.2% | 144.4% |