| | County Economic Status, FY 2012 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, 2008 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2008 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 | Composite Index Value, FY 2012 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2012 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2012 |
|
| United States | - | 6.6% | $34,004 | 13.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 6.8% | $25,391 | 15.4% | 103.6% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 114.2% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 7.5% | $23,374 | 21.4% | 114.9% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 159.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 9.4% | $20,051 | 22.5% | 143.9% | 59.0% | 169.6% | 166.7% | - | - | - |
|
| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 9.0% | $18,836 | 17.0% | 136.5% | 55.4% | 180.5% | 126.2% | 147.7 | 2,519 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 11.8% | $12,886 | 26.9% | 179.9% | 37.9% | 263.9% | 200.1% | 214.6 | 3,072 | 4 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 9.6% | $15,792 | 21.6% | 146.9% | 46.4% | 215.3% | 160.4% | 174.2 | 2,895 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 11.6% | $16,392 | 25.1% | 177.6% | 48.2% | 207.4% | 186.1% | 190.4 | 2,999 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 9.5% | $15,050 | 22.8% | 144.2% | 44.3% | 225.9% | 169.0% | 179.7 | 2,944 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 15.4% | $20,895 | 24.1% | 234.2% | 61.4% | 162.7% | 178.7% | 191.9 | 3,010 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 9.0% | $20,457 | 14.7% | 138.0% | 60.2% | 166.2% | 109.0% | 137.8 | 2,277 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 9.7% | $14,673 | 24.6% | 147.2% | 43.2% | 231.7% | 182.3% | 187.1 | 2,989 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 8.0% | $26,727 | 19.2% | 122.6% | 78.6% | 127.2% | 142.3% | 130.7 | 2,085 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 8.7% | $24,563 | 21.3% | 132.4% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 158.1% | 143.0 | 2,414 | 4 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 9.2% | $18,666 | 22.6% | 140.4% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 167.6% | 163.4 | 2,789 | 4 |
| Monroe | Distressed | 11.1% | $19,621 | 20.9% | 168.7% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 155.5% | 165.8 | 2,817 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 10.9% | $17,254 | 26.4% | 165.5% | 50.7% | 197.1% | 195.7% | 186.1 | 2,982 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 15.3% | $15,204 | 32.3% | 233.9% | 44.7% | 223.7% | 239.8% | 232.4 | 3,085 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 7.2% | $23,762 | 33.3% | 110.4% | 69.9% | 143.1% | 247.4% | 167.0 | 2,830 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 9.7% | $18,443 | 28.3% | 148.2% | 54.2% | 184.4% | 210.4% | 181.0 | 2,955 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | At-Risk | 8.3% | $19,507 | 16.3% | 126.4% | 57.4% | 174.3% | 121.1% | 140.6 | 2,356 | 4 |
| Prentiss | Distressed | 9.7% | $15,687 | 21.7% | 147.2% | 46.1% | 216.8% | 161.1% | 175.0 | 2,903 | 4 |
| Tippah | Distressed | 10.7% | $15,844 | 24.1% | 163.0% | 46.6% | 214.6% | 178.9% | 185.5 | 2,980 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | Distressed | 9.9% | $15,247 | 22.2% | 151.4% | 44.8% | 223.0% | 164.6% | 179.7 | 2,943 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 8.0% | $19,819 | 17.8% | 121.8% | 58.3% | 171.6% | 132.1% | 141.8 | 2,390 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 10.7% | $14,114 | 26.5% | 162.6% | 41.5% | 240.9% | 196.4% | 200.0 | 3,036 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 10.4% | $18,686 | 21.2% | 158.9% | 55.0% | 182.0% | 157.5% | 166.1 | 2,820 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 10.5% | $16,076 | 28.1% | 159.5% | 47.3% | 211.5% | 208.7% | 193.2 | 3,013 | 4 |
