| | County Economic Status, FY 2020 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2015–2017 | Per Capita Market Income, 2017 | Poverty Rate, 2013–2017 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2015–2017 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2017 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013–2017 | Composite Index Value, FY 2020 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2020 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2020 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $42,861 | 14.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $31,311 | 16.3% | 111.8% | 73.1% | 136.9% | 111.5% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 5.8% | $27,041 | 21.5% | 119.4% | 63.1% | 158.5% | 147.1% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 5.8% | $24,067 | 21.5% | 119.6% | 56.2% | 178.1% | 147.3% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 5.1% | $23,621 | 19.6% | 105.0% | 55.1% | 181.5% | 134.4% | 140.3 | 3 | 2,297 |
| Benton | Distressed | 6.7% | $18,377 | 20.2% | 139.4% | 42.9% | 233.2% | 138.5% | 170.4 | 4 | 2,820 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 5.3% | $20,376 | 26.9% | 109.2% | 47.5% | 210.3% | 184.3% | 167.9 | 4 | 2,791 |
| Chickasaw | At-Risk | 6.5% | $22,022 | 22.9% | 134.6% | 51.4% | 194.6% | 157.1% | 162.1 | 4 | 2,710 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 5.6% | $21,098 | 24.5% | 115.8% | 49.2% | 203.2% | 167.8% | 162.3 | 4 | 2,716 |
| Clay | Distressed | 8.2% | $25,561 | 26.6% | 168.9% | 59.6% | 167.7% | 182.4% | 173.0 | 4 | 2,840 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 5.0% | $22,647 | 18.4% | 103.8% | 52.8% | 189.3% | 126.0% | 139.7 | 3 | 2,273 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 9.0% | $17,936 | 31.8% | 186.3% | 41.8% | 239.0% | 218.0% | 214.4 | 4 | 3,054 |
| Lee | Transitional | 4.8% | $31,123 | 17.3% | 99.7% | 72.6% | 137.7% | 118.6% | 118.7 | 3 | 1,626 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 6.2% | $27,569 | 21.1% | 127.9% | 64.3% | 155.5% | 144.8% | 142.7 | 4 | 2,356 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 6.1% | $21,283 | 17.8% | 126.3% | 49.7% | 201.4% | 121.7% | 149.8 | 4 | 2,499 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 6.3% | $22,597 | 19.2% | 130.2% | 52.7% | 189.7% | 131.9% | 150.6 | 4 | 2,515 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 6.4% | $20,128 | 25.6% | 132.6% | 47.0% | 212.9% | 175.6% | 173.7 | 4 | 2,848 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 8.5% | $20,355 | 34.9% | 175.6% | 47.5% | 210.6% | 239.2% | 208.4 | 4 | 3,042 |
| Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 5.5% | $25,585 | 29.8% | 113.1% | 59.7% | 167.5% | 204.2% | 161.6 | 4 | 2,699 |
| Panola | At-Risk | 7.6% | $21,945 | 20.5% | 157.7% | 51.2% | 195.3% | 140.9% | 164.6 | 4 | 2,750 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 4.7% | $23,522 | 17.0% | 97.7% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 116.8% | 132.3 | 3 | 2,045 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 5.4% | $19,966 | 22.5% | 111.0% | 46.6% | 214.7% | 154.5% | 160.0 | 4 | 2,673 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 5.5% | $21,726 | 22.8% | 113.2% | 50.7% | 197.3% | 156.4% | 155.6 | 4 | 2,601 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 5.6% | $20,925 | 18.6% | 115.9% | 48.8% | 204.8% | 127.5% | 149.4 | 4 | 2,493 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.4% | $22,698 | 18.2% | 90.2% | 53.0% | 188.8% | 124.6% | 134.5 | 3 | 2,106 |
| Webster | At-Risk | 6.2% | $23,260 | 25.3% | 128.9% | 54.3% | 184.3% | 173.6% | 162.2 | 4 | 2,715 |
| Winston | Distressed | 7.1% | $22,541 | 25.3% | 146.8% | 52.6% | 190.1% | 173.7% | 170.2 | 4 | 2,816 |
| Yalobusha | At-Risk | 6.3% | $21,811 | 22.6% | 130.4% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 154.7% | 160.5 | 4 | 2,678 |
