| | County Economic Status, FY 2017 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, 2014 | Poverty Rate, 2010–2014 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2014 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010–2014 | Composite Index Value, FY 2017 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2017 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2017 |
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| United States | - | 7.2% | $38,117 | 15.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 7.5% | $28,317 | 17.2% | 104.1% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 8.5% | $25,625 | 22.6% | 118.2% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 145.2% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 9.3% | $22,049 | 23.4% | 129.7% | 57.8% | 172.9% | 150.3% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.8% | $19,270 | 22.5% | 108.9% | 50.6% | 197.8% | 144.1% | 150.3 | 2,605 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 10.2% | $16,180 | 21.6% | 141.7% | 42.4% | 235.6% | 138.5% | 171.9 | 2,922 | 4 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 8.4% | $18,378 | 25.3% | 116.5% | 48.2% | 207.4% | 162.3% | 162.1 | 2,810 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | At-Risk | 10.5% | $21,777 | 25.4% | 145.6% | 57.1% | 175.0% | 162.9% | 161.2 | 2,797 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 8.7% | $18,316 | 25.2% | 120.7% | 48.1% | 208.1% | 161.7% | 163.5 | 2,830 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 14.6% | $25,297 | 27.5% | 202.4% | 66.4% | 150.7% | 176.1% | 176.4 | 2,961 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 8.0% | $21,200 | 16.9% | 111.7% | 55.6% | 179.8% | 108.5% | 133.3 | 2,226 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 13.2% | $18,166 | 30.6% | 183.0% | 47.7% | 209.8% | 196.2% | 196.4 | 3,041 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 8.1% | $27,416 | 19.2% | 112.6% | 71.9% | 139.0% | 123.0% | 124.9 | 1,984 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 9.3% | $28,035 | 25.0% | 129.7% | 73.5% | 136.0% | 160.5% | 142.1 | 2,450 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 10.1% | $18,886 | 19.4% | 139.7% | 49.5% | 201.8% | 124.4% | 155.3 | 2,709 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 11.2% | $21,499 | 21.3% | 155.4% | 56.4% | 177.3% | 136.8% | 156.5 | 2,733 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 11.0% | $19,851 | 27.4% | 152.3% | 52.1% | 192.0% | 175.6% | 173.3 | 2,933 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 13.3% | $20,090 | 35.1% | 184.7% | 52.7% | 189.7% | 225.0% | 199.8 | 3,049 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 8.1% | $23,020 | 33.4% | 111.8% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 214.5% | 163.9 | 2,836 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 11.8% | $20,179 | 24.6% | 163.3% | 52.9% | 188.9% | 157.9% | 170.0 | 2,901 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 7.5% | $21,468 | 16.2% | 103.8% | 56.3% | 177.6% | 103.6% | 128.3 | 2,090 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 8.4% | $17,790 | 23.4% | 116.7% | 46.7% | 214.3% | 150.3% | 160.4 | 2,785 | 4 |
| Tippah | Distressed | 9.5% | $19,101 | 24.9% | 132.6% | 50.1% | 199.6% | 159.9% | 164.0 | 2,838 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 9.2% | $17,377 | 16.6% | 128.2% | 45.6% | 219.4% | 106.5% | 151.3 | 2,628 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 7.3% | $21,876 | 24.0% | 101.5% | 57.4% | 174.2% | 153.7% | 143.2 | 2,467 | 4 |
| Webster | At-Risk | 9.5% | $18,704 | 22.7% | 131.5% | 49.1% | 203.8% | 145.2% | 160.2 | 2,781 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 11.2% | $21,319 | 30.3% | 155.2% | 55.9% | 178.8% | 194.1% | 176.0 | 2,960 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 10.1% | $17,981 | 22.2% | 139.7% | 47.2% | 212.0% | 142.5% | 164.8 | 2,846 | 4 |
