| | County Economic Status, FY 2025 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, 2022 | Poverty Rate, 2018–2022 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2022 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2022 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018–2022 | Composite Index Value, FY 2025 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2025 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2025 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $53,462 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $38,683 | 14.3% | 92.3% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 114.1% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 5.8% | $33,868 | 19.2% | 102.2% | 63.4% | 157.9% | 153.1% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 5.7% | $30,647 | 18.6% | 100.0% | 57.3% | 174.4% | 148.3% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 4.8% | $30,814 | 17.1% | 85.5% | 57.6% | 173.5% | 136.6% | 131.8 | 2,154 | 3 |
| Benton | At-Risk | 6.5% | $26,463 | 17.6% | 114.3% | 49.5% | 202.0% | 140.6% | 152.3 | 2,659 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 5.8% | $24,777 | 18.8% | 102.0% | 46.3% | 215.8% | 149.6% | 155.8 | 2,731 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 7.2% | $24,669 | 26.6% | 126.2% | 46.1% | 216.7% | 212.4% | 185.1 | 2,986 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 4.9% | $27,510 | 19.1% | 86.7% | 51.5% | 194.3% | 152.7% | 144.5 | 2,501 | 4 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 7.4% | $32,561 | 23.0% | 130.4% | 60.9% | 164.2% | 183.6% | 159.4 | 2,773 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 4.9% | $28,863 | 10.4% | 85.6% | 54.0% | 185.2% | 83.1% | 118.0 | 1,714 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 7.6% | $21,231 | 22.0% | 133.5% | 39.7% | 251.8% | 175.7% | 187.0 | 2,993 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 5.3% | $40,004 | 13.5% | 93.5% | 74.8% | 133.6% | 107.3% | 111.5 | 1,475 | 2 |
| Lowndes | Transitional | 6.1% | $35,554 | 18.1% | 107.0% | 66.5% | 150.4% | 144.3% | 133.9 | 2,227 | 3 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 5.8% | $29,443 | 19.5% | 101.5% | 55.1% | 181.6% | 155.7% | 146.3 | 2,538 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 6.0% | $29,761 | 16.7% | 105.0% | 55.7% | 179.6% | 133.5% | 139.4 | 2,373 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 6.1% | $24,702 | 24.2% | 107.0% | 46.2% | 216.4% | 193.0% | 172.2 | 2,904 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 8.6% | $24,285 | 23.2% | 151.7% | 45.4% | 220.1% | 185.1% | 185.7 | 2,989 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 5.7% | $30,009 | 28.5% | 100.9% | 56.1% | 178.2% | 227.2% | 168.7 | 2,875 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 7.1% | $26,778 | 20.4% | 125.4% | 50.1% | 199.6% | 162.9% | 162.7 | 2,815 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.1% | $30,586 | 16.7% | 90.8% | 57.2% | 174.8% | 133.2% | 132.9 | 2,194 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 4.8% | $24,957 | 16.3% | 85.2% | 46.7% | 214.2% | 130.2% | 143.2 | 2,466 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 4.9% | $28,904 | 18.9% | 87.0% | 54.1% | 185.0% | 150.7% | 140.9 | 2,419 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 4.9% | $27,908 | 19.2% | 86.3% | 52.2% | 191.6% | 153.3% | 143.7 | 2,481 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.6% | $29,309 | 12.3% | 81.8% | 54.8% | 182.4% | 98.3% | 120.8 | 1,805 | 3 |
| Webster | Transitional | 5.5% | $28,214 | 15.8% | 97.3% | 52.8% | 189.5% | 125.8% | 137.5 | 2,327 | 3 |
| Winston | Distressed | 6.3% | $29,213 | 26.0% | 111.6% | 54.6% | 183.0% | 207.2% | 167.3 | 2,864 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 5.8% | $24,619 | 20.5% | 101.8% | 46.1% | 217.2% | 163.8% | 160.9 | 2,797 | 4 |
