| | County Economic Status, FY 2023 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, 2020 | Poverty Rate, 2016–2020 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2020 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016–2020 | Composite Index Value, FY 2023 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2023 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2023 |
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| United States | - | 5.2% | $46,638 | 12.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $33,796 | 14.7% | 100.4% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 6.2% | $29,042 | 19.6% | 119.1% | 62.3% | 160.6% | 152.4% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 6.1% | $26,590 | 19.2% | 116.8% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 149.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 5.1% | $25,160 | 16.6% | 98.0% | 53.9% | 185.4% | 129.1% | 137.5 | 2,288 | 3 |
| Benton | Distressed | 6.8% | $21,007 | 18.5% | 131.1% | 45.0% | 222.0% | 144.2% | 165.8 | 2,823 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 6.2% | $23,112 | 19.1% | 119.3% | 49.6% | 201.8% | 148.7% | 156.6 | 2,696 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | At-Risk | 7.3% | $25,716 | 21.4% | 139.9% | 55.1% | 181.4% | 166.4% | 162.5 | 2,782 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 5.7% | $24,047 | 17.8% | 109.5% | 51.6% | 193.9% | 138.6% | 147.3 | 2,511 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 8.5% | $27,358 | 25.0% | 164.0% | 58.7% | 170.5% | 194.7% | 176.4 | 2,920 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 5.3% | $26,298 | 11.2% | 102.4% | 56.4% | 177.3% | 87.5% | 122.4 | 1,835 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 8.4% | $18,993 | 27.0% | 162.0% | 40.7% | 245.6% | 210.6% | 206.0 | 3,051 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 5.5% | $33,760 | 13.6% | 106.5% | 72.4% | 138.1% | 106.0% | 116.9 | 1,642 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 6.2% | $31,030 | 19.6% | 119.6% | 66.5% | 150.3% | 152.4% | 140.8 | 2,365 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 6.2% | $24,184 | 21.7% | 119.2% | 51.9% | 192.8% | 169.3% | 160.4 | 2,755 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 6.5% | $25,428 | 17.4% | 125.0% | 54.5% | 183.4% | 135.8% | 148.1 | 2,532 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 6.5% | $22,279 | 29.7% | 125.8% | 47.8% | 209.3% | 231.4% | 188.9 | 3,002 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 8.5% | $21,014 | 29.1% | 163.4% | 45.1% | 221.9% | 226.5% | 203.9 | 3,045 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 6.1% | $27,664 | 29.0% | 116.7% | 59.3% | 168.6% | 225.5% | 170.3 | 2,873 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 7.6% | $23,714 | 19.6% | 146.2% | 50.8% | 196.7% | 152.9% | 165.3 | 2,817 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.4% | $25,955 | 15.3% | 103.9% | 55.7% | 179.7% | 119.3% | 134.3 | 2,205 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 5.5% | $21,105 | 20.1% | 105.0% | 45.3% | 221.0% | 156.2% | 160.7 | 2,759 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 5.5% | $27,985 | 21.2% | 106.8% | 60.0% | 166.7% | 164.8% | 146.1 | 2,493 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 5.5% | $23,239 | 20.2% | 105.5% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 157.3% | 154.5 | 2,660 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 5.0% | $24,317 | 11.2% | 96.4% | 52.1% | 191.8% | 87.0% | 125.1 | 1,912 | 3 |
| Webster | At-Risk | 6.1% | $26,354 | 17.9% | 117.8% | 56.5% | 177.0% | 139.6% | 144.8 | 2,465 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 6.9% | $23,342 | 24.0% | 132.9% | 50.1% | 199.8% | 186.8% | 173.2 | 2,902 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | At-Risk | 6.2% | $23,531 | 20.8% | 120.2% | 50.5% | 198.2% | 162.3% | 160.3 | 2,749 | 4 |
