| | County Economic Status, FY 2026 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2021–2023 | Per Capita Market Income, 2023 | Poverty Rate, 2019–2023 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2021–2023 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2023 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2023 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019–2023 | Composite Index Value, FY 2026 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2026 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2026 |
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| United States | - | 4.2% | $57,066 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 3.8% | $41,089 | 14.3% | 91.6% | 72.0% | 138.9% | 114.6% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 4.2% | $36,045 | 19.1% | 98.9% | 63.2% | 158.3% | 153.2% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 4.1% | $32,078 | 19.0% | 96.4% | 56.2% | 177.9% | 153.0% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 3.8% | $32,220 | 17.4% | 89.4% | 56.5% | 177.1% | 139.8% | 135.4 | 2,202 | 3 |
| Benton | At-Risk | 4.9% | $28,673 | 17.6% | 117.5% | 50.2% | 199.0% | 141.1% | 152.5 | 2,605 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 4.2% | $25,819 | 18.7% | 99.8% | 45.2% | 221.0% | 150.0% | 156.9 | 2,701 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 4.9% | $24,420 | 24.1% | 117.7% | 42.8% | 233.7% | 193.3% | 181.6 | 2,943 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Transitional | 3.7% | $28,085 | 15.9% | 87.7% | 49.2% | 203.2% | 127.7% | 139.5 | 2,311 | 3 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 4.7% | $35,248 | 24.8% | 110.9% | 61.8% | 161.9% | 199.1% | 157.3 | 2,708 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 3.5% | $29,580 | 10.8% | 83.7% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 86.9% | 121.2 | 1,767 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 5.9% | $22,251 | 24.6% | 139.6% | 39.0% | 256.5% | 198.0% | 198.0 | 3,020 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 3.5% | $41,327 | 13.8% | 84.1% | 72.4% | 138.1% | 110.8% | 111.0 | 1,398 | 2 |
| Lowndes | Transitional | 4.4% | $37,396 | 16.9% | 103.7% | 65.5% | 152.6% | 136.1% | 130.8 | 2,077 | 3 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 4.4% | $32,357 | 22.8% | 105.3% | 56.7% | 176.4% | 183.1% | 154.9 | 2,658 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 4.3% | $29,742 | 16.7% | 101.9% | 52.1% | 191.9% | 133.9% | 142.6 | 2,394 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 4.6% | $24,440 | 25.6% | 108.6% | 42.8% | 233.5% | 205.9% | 182.7 | 2,954 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 6.4% | $27,015 | 25.6% | 152.2% | 47.3% | 211.2% | 205.6% | 189.7 | 2,988 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 4.3% | $32,298 | 28.6% | 101.3% | 56.6% | 176.7% | 229.6% | 169.2 | 2,841 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 5.1% | $28,629 | 24.1% | 122.1% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 194.0% | 171.8 | 2,865 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 3.5% | $31,857 | 14.9% | 83.1% | 55.8% | 179.1% | 119.8% | 127.4 | 1,967 | 3 |
| Prentiss | Transitional | 3.5% | $25,923 | 13.5% | 82.4% | 45.4% | 220.1% | 108.5% | 137.0 | 2,246 | 3 |
| Tippah | Transitional | 3.5% | $31,028 | 18.9% | 84.0% | 54.4% | 183.9% | 151.6% | 139.8 | 2,321 | 3 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 3.8% | $29,521 | 19.9% | 89.8% | 51.7% | 193.3% | 160.1% | 147.7 | 2,499 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.0% | $30,283 | 14.3% | 72.1% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 114.6% | 125.1 | 1,893 | 3 |
| Webster | Transitional | 4.1% | $30,017 | 15.1% | 96.9% | 52.6% | 190.1% | 121.4% | 136.1 | 2,219 | 3 |
| Winston | Distressed | 4.6% | $29,832 | 30.4% | 108.4% | 52.3% | 191.3% | 244.4% | 181.4 | 2,941 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 4.3% | $25,082 | 22.7% | 102.0% | 44.0% | 227.5% | 182.7% | 170.7 | 2,855 | 4 |
