| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2011–2015 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 |
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United States | 308,619,550 | 47,749,043 | 15.5% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,640,191 | 4,219,279 | 17.1% | 110.7% |
Mississippi | 2,890,915 | 651,545 | 22.5% | 145.7% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 611,107 | 139,237 | 22.8% | 147.3% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,608 | 7,752 | 21.2% | 136.9% |
Benton | 8,389 | 1,764 | 21.0% | 135.9% |
Calhoun | 14,501 | 3,763 | 25.9% | 167.7% |
Chickasaw | 17,074 | 4,493 | 26.3% | 170.1% |
Choctaw | 8,198 | 2,147 | 26.2% | 169.3% |
Clay | 19,961 | 5,302 | 26.6% | 171.7% |
Itawamba | 22,428 | 4,207 | 18.8% | 121.2% |
Kemper | 9,320 | 2,841 | 30.5% | 197.0% |
Lee | 83,861 | 15,327 | 18.3% | 118.1% |
Lowndes | 58,294 | 13,675 | 23.5% | 151.6% |
Marshall | 34,369 | 6,513 | 19.0% | 122.5% |
Monroe | 35,711 | 7,123 | 19.9% | 128.9% |
Montgomery | 10,336 | 3,058 | 29.6% | 191.2% |
Noxubee | 10,872 | 3,953 | 36.4% | 235.0% |
Oktibbeha | 43,800 | 14,780 | 33.7% | 218.1% |
Panola | 34,202 | 7,793 | 22.8% | 147.3% |
Pontotoc | 30,222 | 4,903 | 16.2% | 104.9% |
Prentiss | 24,279 | 5,112 | 21.1% | 136.1% |
Tippah | 21,718 | 5,311 | 24.5% | 158.1% |
Tishomingo | 19,239 | 3,146 | 16.4% | 105.7% |
Union | 27,384 | 6,170 | 22.5% | 145.6% |
Webster | 9,898 | 2,243 | 22.7% | 146.5% |
Winston | 18,251 | 5,389 | 29.5% | 190.8% |
Yalobusha | 12,192 | 2,472 | 20.3% | 131.0% |