| | County Economic Status, FY 2024 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, 2021 | Poverty Rate, 2017–2021 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2021 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017–2021 | Composite Index Value, FY 2024 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2024 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2024 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $50,231 | 12.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $36,193 | 14.5% | 94.8% | 72.1% | 138.8% | 114.5% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 6.3% | $31,624 | 19.4% | 110.9% | 63.0% | 158.8% | 153.5% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 6.1% | $29,122 | 18.9% | 108.2% | 58.0% | 172.5% | 149.3% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 5.2% | $28,334 | 16.5% | 91.6% | 56.4% | 177.3% | 130.6% | 133.2 | 2,217 | 3 |
| Benton | At-Risk | 6.9% | $25,315 | 14.5% | 121.7% | 50.4% | 198.4% | 115.0% | 145.0 | 2,531 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 6.3% | $25,656 | 20.5% | 110.2% | 51.1% | 195.8% | 162.1% | 156.0 | 2,731 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 7.5% | $25,646 | 21.9% | 132.5% | 51.1% | 195.9% | 173.4% | 167.3 | 2,868 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 5.5% | $25,445 | 18.4% | 97.4% | 50.7% | 197.4% | 145.7% | 146.8 | 2,561 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 8.7% | $29,926 | 23.2% | 152.4% | 59.6% | 167.8% | 184.0% | 168.1 | 2,873 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 5.3% | $27,356 | 9.9% | 92.9% | 54.5% | 183.6% | 78.0% | 118.2 | 1,718 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 8.2% | $21,041 | 25.3% | 144.7% | 41.9% | 238.7% | 200.2% | 194.5 | 3,029 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 5.6% | $38,009 | 13.4% | 99.3% | 75.7% | 132.2% | 106.3% | 112.6 | 1,519 | 2 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 6.4% | $32,895 | 19.7% | 113.3% | 65.5% | 152.7% | 156.2% | 140.7 | 2,418 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 6.3% | $28,163 | 20.6% | 111.4% | 56.1% | 178.4% | 163.3% | 151.0 | 2,638 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 6.4% | $28,587 | 17.3% | 113.4% | 56.9% | 175.7% | 136.8% | 142.0 | 2,449 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 6.7% | $23,089 | 25.5% | 117.1% | 46.0% | 217.6% | 202.2% | 178.9 | 2,958 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 9.0% | $26,036 | 28.0% | 159.2% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 221.4% | 191.2 | 3,013 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 6.2% | $28,136 | 27.7% | 109.2% | 56.0% | 178.5% | 219.1% | 168.9 | 2,880 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 7.8% | $26,400 | 22.0% | 136.7% | 52.6% | 190.3% | 174.2% | 167.1 | 2,867 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.4% | $29,102 | 14.5% | 95.8% | 57.9% | 172.6% | 114.7% | 127.7 | 2,040 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 5.3% | $23,579 | 16.5% | 93.9% | 46.9% | 213.0% | 130.8% | 145.9 | 2,552 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 5.5% | $28,900 | 20.6% | 97.1% | 57.5% | 173.8% | 163.4% | 144.8 | 2,526 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 5.4% | $25,564 | 20.8% | 94.5% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 164.3% | 151.8 | 2,654 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 5.1% | $27,774 | 12.3% | 89.2% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 97.5% | 122.5 | 1,875 | 3 |
| Webster | At-Risk | 6.1% | $27,025 | 16.5% | 107.5% | 53.8% | 185.9% | 130.3% | 141.2 | 2,433 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 6.9% | $26,390 | 25.4% | 121.8% | 52.5% | 190.3% | 201.0% | 171.0 | 2,901 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 6.3% | $23,561 | 21.9% | 110.9% | 46.9% | 213.2% | 173.6% | 165.9 | 2,853 | 4 |
