| | County Economic Status, FY 2002 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, 1998 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1998 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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| United States | - | 4.6% | $23,564 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $18,344 | 15.4% | 109.5% | 77.8% | 117.1% |
| Mississippi | - | 5.4% | $16,030 | 25.2% | 118.6% | 68.0% | 192.2% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 6.1% | $14,860 | 23.5% | 134.6% | 63.1% | 179.1% |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 6.7% | $15,029 | 20.8% | 147.4% | 63.8% | 158.6% |
| Benton | Distressed | 5.7% | $10,955 | 29.7% | 125.3% | 46.5% | 226.1% |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 5.7% | $13,666 | 21.5% | 124.1% | 58.0% | 163.6% |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 8.5% | $13,355 | 21.3% | 186.1% | 56.7% | 162.1% |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 7.8% | $10,439 | 25.0% | 170.2% | 44.3% | 190.7% |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.3% | $13,901 | 25.9% | 204.0% | 59.0% | 197.5% |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 5.3% | $15,978 | 15.6% | 115.9% | 67.8% | 119.3% |
| Kemper | Distressed | 9.9% | $12,423 | 35.1% | 216.7% | 52.7% | 267.9% |
| Lee | Transitional | 4.2% | $20,231 | 15.4% | 93.3% | 85.9% | 117.5% |
| Lowndes | Transitional | 7.0% | $17,116 | 22.1% | 153.4% | 72.6% | 168.7% |
| Marshall | Distressed | 6.1% | $14,198 | 30.0% | 133.1% | 60.3% | 228.5% |
| Monroe | Distressed | 9.4% | $12,880 | 21.2% | 207.1% | 54.7% | 161.3% |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 6.4% | $11,933 | 34.0% | 141.0% | 50.6% | 259.3% |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 10.4% | $11,631 | 41.4% | 229.1% | 49.4% | 315.3% |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 2.5% | $14,783 | 30.1% | 56.0% | 62.7% | 229.6% |
| Panola | Distressed | 9.5% | $11,481 | 33.8% | 208.3% | 48.7% | 257.7% |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 3.9% | $14,156 | 17.2% | 85.8% | 60.1% | 131.5% |
| Prentiss | Distressed | 6.9% | $11,707 | 21.5% | 151.2% | 49.7% | 163.8% |
| Tippah | Transitional | 5.6% | $12,920 | 22.6% | 122.6% | 54.8% | 172.4% |
| Tishomingo | Distressed | 9.5% | $11,785 | 20.3% | 207.5% | 50.0% | 155.0% |
| Union | Transitional | 4.0% | $15,541 | 16.4% | 86.9% | 66.0% | 124.7% |
| Webster | Transitional | 4.9% | $11,911 | 24.4% | 107.4% | 50.6% | 186.2% |
| Winston | Distressed | 8.0% | $13,688 | 26.6% | 174.7% | 58.1% | 202.5% |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 7.0% | $12,198 | 26.4% | 153.6% | 51.8% | 201.4% |
