| County Economic Status, FY 2011 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, 2007 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2007 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2011 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2011 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2011 |
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United States | - | 5.0% | $32,930 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $24,360 | 13.6% | 103.4% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Mississippi | - | 6.6% | $22,275 | 19.9% | 132.4% | 67.6% | 147.8% | 161.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.9% | $18,853 | 19.4% | 157.2% | 57.3% | 174.7% | 156.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.5% | $17,453 | 16.6% | 149.5% | 53.0% | 188.7% | 134.0% | 157.4 | 2,588 | 4 |
Benton | Distressed | 10.1% | $11,831 | 23.2% | 201.3% | 35.9% | 278.3% | 187.4% | 222.4 | 3,044 | 4 |
Calhoun | At-Risk | 8.6% | $17,397 | 18.1% | 170.7% | 52.8% | 189.3% | 146.6% | 168.9 | 2,757 | 4 |
Chickasaw | Distressed | 10.2% | $15,815 | 20.0% | 203.3% | 48.0% | 208.2% | 161.8% | 191.1 | 2,944 | 4 |
Choctaw | Distressed | 7.9% | $14,063 | 24.7% | 157.5% | 42.7% | 234.2% | 199.8% | 197.2 | 2,979 | 4 |
Clay | Distressed | 13.2% | $18,977 | 23.5% | 263.5% | 57.6% | 173.5% | 189.6% | 208.9 | 3,010 | 4 |
Itawamba | At-Risk | 7.4% | $19,426 | 14.0% | 146.8% | 59.0% | 169.5% | 112.9% | 143.1 | 2,331 | 4 |
Kemper | Distressed | 8.2% | $13,477 | 26.0% | 164.5% | 40.9% | 244.3% | 209.7% | 206.2 | 3,003 | 4 |
Lee | Transitional | 6.5% | $25,212 | 13.4% | 129.6% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 108.0% | 122.7 | 1,737 | 3 |
Lowndes | At-Risk | 7.5% | $23,211 | 21.3% | 150.0% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 172.2% | 154.7 | 2,557 | 4 |
Marshall | Distressed | 8.0% | $17,861 | 21.9% | 159.7% | 54.2% | 184.4% | 177.3% | 173.8 | 2,811 | 4 |
Monroe | At-Risk | 9.5% | $18,602 | 17.2% | 189.0% | 56.5% | 177.0% | 139.2% | 168.4 | 2,752 | 4 |
Montgomery | Distressed | 9.2% | $15,433 | 24.3% | 183.9% | 46.9% | 213.4% | 196.7% | 198.0 | 2,982 | 4 |
Noxubee | Distressed | 12.8% | $12,690 | 32.8% | 256.1% | 38.5% | 259.5% | 265.2% | 260.3 | 3,085 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 6.4% | $22,010 | 28.2% | 126.8% | 66.8% | 149.6% | 227.8% | 168.1 | 2,748 | 4 |
Panola | Distressed | 8.2% | $16,610 | 25.3% | 163.9% | 50.4% | 198.3% | 204.5% | 188.9 | 2,924 | 4 |
Pontotoc | Transitional | 6.9% | $18,813 | 13.8% | 137.0% | 57.1% | 175.0% | 111.5% | 141.2 | 2,272 | 3 |
Prentiss | At-Risk | 7.8% | $14,693 | 16.5% | 155.0% | 44.6% | 224.1% | 133.3% | 170.8 | 2,780 | 4 |
Tippah | At-Risk | 8.1% | $15,886 | 16.9% | 161.8% | 48.2% | 207.3% | 136.5% | 168.5 | 2,753 | 4 |
Tishomingo | At-Risk | 8.2% | $14,190 | 14.1% | 164.5% | 43.1% | 232.1% | 113.9% | 170.2 | 2,770 | 4 |
Union | Transitional | 6.5% | $18,778 | 12.6% | 130.1% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 102.2% | 135.9 | 2,144 | 3 |
Webster | Distressed | 8.6% | $12,983 | 18.7% | 172.5% | 39.4% | 253.6% | 150.9% | 192.3 | 2,953 | 4 |
Winston | Distressed | 7.2% | $17,094 | 23.7% | 142.9% | 51.9% | 192.6% | 191.8% | 175.8 | 2,832 | 4 |
Yalobusha | Distressed | 8.2% | $15,125 | 21.8% | 163.9% | 45.9% | 217.7% | 176.2% | 185.9 | 2,905 | 4 |