| County Economic Status, FY 2019 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, 2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 | Composite Index Value, FY 2019 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2019 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2019 |
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United States | - | 5.4% | $40,679 | 15.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.0% | $29,765 | 16.7% | 109.9% | 73.2% | 136.7% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
Mississippi | - | 6.6% | $25,999 | 22.3% | 121.2% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 147.7% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Mississippi | - | 6.9% | $23,101 | 22.5% | 127.2% | 56.8% | 176.1% | 148.6% | - | - | - |
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County |
Alcorn | At-Risk | 5.8% | $20,390 | 19.9% | 106.9% | 50.1% | 199.5% | 131.9% | 146.1 | 2,457 | 4 |
Benton | Distressed | 8.0% | $17,582 | 22.7% | 147.4% | 43.2% | 231.4% | 150.1% | 176.3 | 2,894 | 4 |
Calhoun | At-Risk | 6.4% | $19,765 | 26.3% | 116.9% | 48.6% | 205.8% | 174.3% | 165.7 | 2,779 | 4 |
Chickasaw | Distressed | 8.0% | $22,608 | 27.2% | 147.5% | 55.6% | 179.9% | 179.7% | 169.0 | 2,822 | 4 |
Choctaw | At-Risk | 6.7% | $20,036 | 24.5% | 122.4% | 49.3% | 203.0% | 161.9% | 162.4 | 2,740 | 4 |
Clay | Distressed | 10.3% | $23,985 | 26.0% | 189.7% | 59.0% | 169.6% | 172.2% | 177.2 | 2,903 | 4 |
Itawamba | At-Risk | 5.9% | $21,693 | 20.2% | 109.4% | 53.3% | 187.5% | 134.0% | 143.6 | 2,405 | 4 |
Kemper | Distressed | 10.6% | $17,364 | 29.9% | 195.9% | 42.7% | 234.3% | 198.1% | 209.4 | 3,054 | 4 |
Lee | Transitional | 5.8% | $29,246 | 18.5% | 107.3% | 71.9% | 139.1% | 122.2% | 122.8 | 1,809 | 3 |
Lowndes | At-Risk | 7.3% | $28,164 | 21.9% | 134.2% | 69.2% | 144.4% | 145.3% | 141.3 | 2,346 | 4 |
Marshall | At-Risk | 7.3% | $21,068 | 18.2% | 134.1% | 51.8% | 193.1% | 120.6% | 149.3 | 2,519 | 4 |
Monroe | At-Risk | 7.9% | $23,086 | 20.6% | 145.4% | 56.8% | 176.2% | 136.1% | 152.5 | 2,575 | 4 |
Montgomery | Distressed | 7.8% | $21,124 | 28.5% | 143.5% | 51.9% | 192.6% | 188.9% | 175.0 | 2,885 | 4 |
Noxubee | Distressed | 10.2% | $19,613 | 32.4% | 187.3% | 48.2% | 207.4% | 214.2% | 203.0 | 3,040 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 6.2% | $24,362 | 32.6% | 115.0% | 59.9% | 167.0% | 215.7% | 165.9 | 2,787 | 4 |
Panola | Distressed | 8.9% | $20,838 | 22.4% | 163.3% | 51.2% | 195.2% | 148.1% | 168.9 | 2,819 | 4 |
Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.7% | $22,747 | 18.0% | 104.8% | 55.9% | 178.8% | 119.5% | 134.3 | 2,143 | 3 |
Prentiss | At-Risk | 6.3% | $19,588 | 22.7% | 116.5% | 48.2% | 207.7% | 150.0% | 158.0 | 2,670 | 4 |
Tippah | At-Risk | 6.7% | $20,350 | 23.5% | 123.1% | 50.0% | 199.9% | 155.8% | 159.6 | 2,700 | 4 |
Tishomingo | At-Risk | 6.5% | $18,757 | 18.6% | 119.2% | 46.1% | 216.9% | 123.3% | 153.1 | 2,585 | 4 |
Union | Transitional | 5.2% | $23,203 | 19.1% | 95.8% | 57.0% | 175.3% | 126.2% | 132.5 | 2,095 | 3 |
Webster | At-Risk | 7.3% | $20,297 | 21.5% | 135.1% | 49.9% | 200.4% | 142.0% | 159.2 | 2,691 | 4 |
Winston | Distressed | 8.4% | $20,687 | 28.3% | 155.1% | 50.9% | 196.6% | 187.1% | 179.6 | 2,923 | 4 |
Yalobusha | Distressed | 7.5% | $17,941 | 21.6% | 138.6% | 44.1% | 226.7% | 142.8% | 169.4 | 2,825 | 4 |