| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2013–2017 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2013–2017 | Poverty Rate, 2013–2017 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013–2017 |
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United States | 313,048,563 | 45,650,345 | 14.6% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,713,230 | 4,017,654 | 16.3% | 111.5% |
Mississippi | 2,890,123 | 620,007 | 21.5% | 147.1% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 609,234 | 130,899 | 21.5% | 147.3% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,671 | 7,186 | 19.6% | 134.4% |
Benton | 8,234 | 1,663 | 20.2% | 138.5% |
Calhoun | 14,275 | 3,836 | 26.9% | 184.3% |
Chickasaw | 17,014 | 3,898 | 22.9% | 157.1% |
Choctaw | 8,164 | 1,998 | 24.5% | 167.8% |
Clay | 19,687 | 5,236 | 26.6% | 182.4% |
Itawamba | 22,357 | 4,107 | 18.4% | 126.0% |
Kemper | 9,139 | 2,905 | 31.8% | 218.0% |
Lee | 83,664 | 14,466 | 17.3% | 118.6% |
Lowndes | 57,985 | 12,243 | 21.1% | 144.8% |
Marshall | 33,982 | 6,032 | 17.8% | 121.7% |
Monroe | 35,491 | 6,829 | 19.2% | 131.9% |
Montgomery | 10,167 | 2,604 | 25.6% | 175.6% |
Noxubee | 10,680 | 3,725 | 34.9% | 239.2% |
Oktibbeha | 44,158 | 13,152 | 29.8% | 204.2% |
Panola | 33,978 | 6,979 | 20.5% | 140.9% |
Pontotoc | 30,716 | 5,232 | 17.0% | 116.8% |
Prentiss | 24,190 | 5,449 | 22.5% | 154.5% |
Tippah | 21,627 | 4,933 | 22.8% | 156.4% |
Tishomingo | 19,195 | 3,570 | 18.6% | 127.5% |
Union | 27,822 | 5,055 | 18.2% | 124.6% |
Webster | 9,785 | 2,477 | 25.3% | 173.6% |
Winston | 18,038 | 4,568 | 25.3% | 173.7% |
Yalobusha | 12,215 | 2,756 | 22.6% | 154.7% |