| | County Economic Status, FY 2022 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, 2019 | Poverty Rate, 2015–2019 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2019 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015–2019 | Composite Index Value, FY 2022 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2022 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2022 |
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| United States | - | 4.0% | $46,969 | 13.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.3% | $33,926 | 15.3% | 108.9% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 113.6% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 5.1% | $28,605 | 20.3% | 128.9% | 60.9% | 164.2% | 151.2% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 5.0% | $26,018 | 19.7% | 124.9% | 55.4% | 180.5% | 147.0% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 4.4% | $25,173 | 15.0% | 111.7% | 53.6% | 186.6% | 111.7% | 136.7 | 2,124 | 3 |
| Benton | Distressed | 5.8% | $20,140 | 20.3% | 145.7% | 42.9% | 233.2% | 150.9% | 176.6 | 2,873 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 5.0% | $21,317 | 21.6% | 124.7% | 45.4% | 220.3% | 160.7% | 168.6 | 2,768 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | At-Risk | 5.3% | $25,677 | 20.6% | 133.4% | 54.7% | 182.9% | 153.3% | 156.5 | 2,581 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 5.1% | $23,730 | 19.9% | 129.0% | 50.5% | 197.9% | 147.9% | 158.3 | 2,613 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.8% | $28,118 | 25.5% | 170.9% | 59.9% | 167.0% | 190.3% | 176.1 | 2,862 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 4.3% | $25,417 | 13.5% | 108.9% | 54.1% | 184.8% | 100.6% | 131.5 | 1,969 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 7.8% | $17,970 | 28.5% | 195.2% | 38.3% | 261.4% | 212.5% | 223.0 | 3,058 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 4.1% | $33,183 | 14.6% | 103.0% | 70.6% | 141.5% | 108.8% | 117.8 | 1,548 | 2 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 5.2% | $30,505 | 20.4% | 130.8% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 152.3% | 145.7 | 2,369 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 5.3% | $23,389 | 18.8% | 133.9% | 49.8% | 200.8% | 140.4% | 158.4 | 2,615 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 5.2% | $25,013 | 17.4% | 130.5% | 53.3% | 187.8% | 130.0% | 149.4 | 2,445 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 5.5% | $22,019 | 27.1% | 138.1% | 46.9% | 213.3% | 202.0% | 184.4 | 2,930 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 7.1% | $21,237 | 32.5% | 179.7% | 45.2% | 221.2% | 241.9% | 214.2 | 3,043 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 5.1% | $27,597 | 30.1% | 128.9% | 58.8% | 170.2% | 224.6% | 174.6 | 2,843 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 6.5% | $22,596 | 20.3% | 163.0% | 48.1% | 207.9% | 151.2% | 174.0 | 2,836 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 4.0% | $25,186 | 16.2% | 101.3% | 53.6% | 186.5% | 120.4% | 136.1 | 2,106 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 4.6% | $20,826 | 21.9% | 115.9% | 44.3% | 225.5% | 163.1% | 168.2 | 2,762 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 4.6% | $23,703 | 20.0% | 116.9% | 50.5% | 198.2% | 148.7% | 154.6 | 2,542 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 4.9% | $23,073 | 19.7% | 123.0% | 49.1% | 203.6% | 147.0% | 157.9 | 2,605 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.8% | $23,667 | 15.1% | 95.2% | 50.4% | 198.5% | 112.6% | 135.4 | 2,083 | 3 |
| Webster | At-Risk | 5.3% | $25,763 | 22.2% | 133.3% | 54.9% | 182.3% | 165.5% | 160.4 | 2,654 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 6.0% | $23,975 | 23.1% | 149.9% | 51.0% | 195.9% | 172.1% | 172.6 | 2,813 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | At-Risk | 5.4% | $24,101 | 18.4% | 135.1% | 51.3% | 194.9% | 136.9% | 155.6 | 2,564 | 4 |
