| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
|
United States | 273,882,232 | 33,899,812 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 22,944,990 | 3,120,197 | 13.6% | 109.9% |
Mississippi | 2,750,677 | 548,079 | 19.9% | 161.0% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 598,698 | 116,283 | 19.4% | 156.9% |
|
County |
Alcorn | 34,018 | 5,642 | 16.6% | 134.0% |
Benton | 7,884 | 1,829 | 23.2% | 187.4% |
Calhoun | 14,832 | 2,692 | 18.1% | 146.6% |
Chickasaw | 19,181 | 3,841 | 20.0% | 161.8% |
Choctaw | 9,568 | 2,366 | 24.7% | 199.8% |
Clay | 21,579 | 5,064 | 23.5% | 189.6% |
Itawamba | 21,980 | 3,072 | 14.0% | 112.9% |
Kemper | 10,042 | 2,606 | 26.0% | 209.7% |
Lee | 74,487 | 9,954 | 13.4% | 108.0% |
Lowndes | 59,617 | 12,707 | 21.3% | 172.2% |
Marshall | 33,181 | 7,282 | 21.9% | 177.3% |
Monroe | 37,561 | 6,472 | 17.2% | 139.2% |
Montgomery | 12,021 | 2,927 | 24.3% | 196.7% |
Noxubee | 12,337 | 4,050 | 32.8% | 265.2% |
Oktibbeha | 38,542 | 10,869 | 28.2% | 227.8% |
Panola | 33,856 | 8,570 | 25.3% | 204.5% |
Pontotoc | 26,456 | 3,650 | 13.8% | 111.5% |
Prentiss | 24,643 | 4,066 | 16.5% | 133.3% |
Tippah | 20,383 | 3,444 | 16.9% | 136.5% |
Tishomingo | 18,815 | 2,653 | 14.1% | 113.9% |
Union | 25,170 | 3,184 | 12.6% | 102.2% |
Webster | 10,042 | 1,876 | 18.7% | 150.9% |
Winston | 19,578 | 4,648 | 23.7% | 191.8% |
Yalobusha | 12,925 | 2,819 | 21.8% | 176.2% |