| | County Economic Status, FY 2021 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2016–2018 | Per Capita Market Income, 2018 | Poverty Rate, 2014–2018 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2016–2018 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2018 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014–2018 | Composite Index Value, FY 2021 | Index Value Rank (of 3,112 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2021 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2021 |
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| United States | - | 4.4% | $45,364 | 14.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.9% | $32,967 | 15.8% | 111.2% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 112.2% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 5.2% | $28,031 | 20.8% | 119.5% | 61.8% | 161.8% | 147.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 5.1% | $25,310 | 20.6% | 117.0% | 55.8% | 179.2% | 146.3% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 4.6% | $24,846 | 17.1% | 105.0% | 54.8% | 182.6% | 121.6% | 136.4 | 2,129 | 3 |
| Benton | Distressed | 5.9% | $19,643 | 23.4% | 136.0% | 43.3% | 230.9% | 166.3% | 177.7 | 2,878 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 4.7% | $21,654 | 25.1% | 106.7% | 47.7% | 209.5% | 178.7% | 165.0 | 2,731 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | At-Risk | 5.6% | $23,808 | 21.2% | 127.8% | 52.5% | 190.5% | 150.5% | 156.3 | 2,586 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 5.1% | $22,972 | 23.3% | 117.1% | 50.6% | 197.5% | 165.7% | 160.1 | 2,649 | 4 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 6.9% | $28,374 | 23.3% | 159.0% | 62.5% | 159.9% | 166.0% | 161.6 | 2,678 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 4.5% | $24,225 | 15.4% | 102.1% | 53.4% | 187.3% | 109.3% | 132.9 | 2,031 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 8.0% | $18,267 | 30.0% | 183.1% | 40.3% | 248.3% | 213.2% | 214.9 | 3,046 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 4.3% | $32,836 | 15.9% | 97.7% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 112.9% | 116.2 | 1,520 | 2 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 5.4% | $28,770 | 22.1% | 124.3% | 63.4% | 157.7% | 157.5% | 146.5 | 2,410 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 5.4% | $22,277 | 18.3% | 123.3% | 49.1% | 203.6% | 130.2% | 152.4 | 2,520 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 5.5% | $23,909 | 18.0% | 125.3% | 52.7% | 189.7% | 128.2% | 147.8 | 2,432 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 5.6% | $20,989 | 27.3% | 127.7% | 46.3% | 216.1% | 194.5% | 179.4 | 2,895 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 7.4% | $20,422 | 29.5% | 170.3% | 45.0% | 222.1% | 209.7% | 200.7 | 3,010 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 5.0% | $26,876 | 30.0% | 115.4% | 59.2% | 168.8% | 213.8% | 166.0 | 2,747 | 4 |
| Panola | At-Risk | 6.7% | $22,062 | 20.9% | 152.7% | 48.6% | 205.6% | 148.8% | 169.0 | 2,785 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 4.2% | $24,538 | 19.2% | 95.4% | 54.1% | 184.9% | 136.5% | 138.9 | 2,213 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 4.8% | $20,734 | 23.6% | 109.7% | 45.7% | 218.8% | 168.1% | 165.5 | 2,739 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 4.8% | $22,953 | 19.7% | 109.6% | 50.6% | 197.6% | 140.5% | 149.2 | 2,460 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 5.0% | $22,196 | 17.8% | 115.3% | 48.9% | 204.4% | 126.8% | 148.8 | 2,450 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.8% | $23,262 | 15.6% | 88.1% | 51.3% | 195.0% | 110.8% | 131.3 | 1,983 | 3 |
| Webster | At-Risk | 5.5% | $25,299 | 25.5% | 125.8% | 55.8% | 179.3% | 181.4% | 162.2 | 2,684 | 4 |
| Winston | At-Risk | 6.2% | $24,033 | 23.0% | 142.3% | 53.0% | 188.8% | 163.6% | 164.9 | 2,729 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | At-Risk | 5.6% | $23,166 | 16.2% | 127.2% | 51.1% | 195.8% | 115.3% | 146.1 | 2,399 | 4 |
