| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2006–2010 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 |
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United States | 296,141,149 | 40,917,513 | 13.8% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,244,056 | 3,791,020 | 15.6% | 113.2% |
Mississippi | 2,845,365 | 604,272 | 21.2% | 153.7% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 609,056 | 138,500 | 22.7% | 164.6% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,294 | 6,948 | 19.1% | 138.6% |
Benton | 8,652 | 2,250 | 26.0% | 188.2% |
Calhoun | 14,668 | 3,387 | 23.1% | 167.1% |
Chickasaw | 17,443 | 4,338 | 24.9% | 180.0% |
Choctaw | 8,582 | 1,830 | 21.3% | 154.3% |
Clay | 20,617 | 5,299 | 25.7% | 186.0% |
Itawamba | 22,238 | 2,897 | 13.0% | 94.3% |
Kemper | 8,987 | 2,544 | 28.3% | 204.9% |
Lee | 79,600 | 15,200 | 19.1% | 138.2% |
Lowndes | 57,318 | 12,765 | 22.3% | 161.2% |
Marshall | 35,180 | 7,686 | 21.8% | 158.1% |
Monroe | 36,645 | 7,610 | 20.8% | 150.3% |
Montgomery | 11,071 | 2,663 | 24.1% | 174.1% |
Noxubee | 11,602 | 4,131 | 35.6% | 257.7% |
Oktibbeha | 43,036 | 13,758 | 32.0% | 231.4% |
Panola | 34,707 | 10,086 | 29.1% | 210.3% |
Pontotoc | 29,245 | 4,791 | 16.4% | 118.6% |
Prentiss | 24,636 | 5,455 | 22.1% | 160.3% |
Tippah | 21,146 | 5,101 | 24.1% | 174.6% |
Tishomingo | 19,340 | 3,952 | 20.4% | 147.9% |
Union | 26,878 | 5,330 | 19.8% | 143.5% |
Webster | 9,782 | 2,485 | 25.4% | 183.9% |
Winston | 18,861 | 4,712 | 25.0% | 180.8% |
Yalobusha | 12,528 | 3,282 | 26.2% | 189.6% |