| | County Economic Status, FY 2015 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2010–2012 | Per Capita Market Income, 2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2010–2012 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 | Composite Index Value, FY 2015 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2015 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2015 |
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| United States | - | 8.9% | $36,223 | 14.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 8.9% | $27,359 | 16.6% | 99.7% | 75.5% | 132.4% | 111.5% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 10.1% | $25,385 | 22.3% | 113.3% | 70.1% | 142.7% | 149.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 11.6% | $22,095 | 23.3% | 130.1% | 61.0% | 163.9% | 156.8% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 10.8% | $20,022 | 19.4% | 121.8% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 130.1% | 144.3 | 2,564 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 13.4% | $14,609 | 27.4% | 150.7% | 40.3% | 247.9% | 184.0% | 194.2 | 3,058 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 10.0% | $18,645 | 20.3% | 113.1% | 51.5% | 194.3% | 136.5% | 148.0 | 2,647 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 12.2% | $19,148 | 26.6% | 136.8% | 52.9% | 189.2% | 178.8% | 168.3 | 2,930 | 4 |
| Choctaw | At-Risk | 11.3% | $18,485 | 21.9% | 127.6% | 51.0% | 196.0% | 147.3% | 157.0 | 2,784 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 18.2% | $21,535 | 24.3% | 205.3% | 59.5% | 168.2% | 163.6% | 179.0 | 3,007 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 10.6% | $22,553 | 13.8% | 119.3% | 62.3% | 160.6% | 92.7% | 124.2 | 2,024 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 13.3% | $22,669 | 28.0% | 149.4% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 188.1% | 165.7 | 2,897 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 9.9% | $29,193 | 18.3% | 111.5% | 80.6% | 124.1% | 123.0% | 119.5 | 1,884 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 11.0% | $28,662 | 25.7% | 124.2% | 79.1% | 126.4% | 172.5% | 141.1 | 2,484 | 4 |
| Marshall | Distressed | 12.6% | $19,287 | 23.7% | 142.0% | 53.2% | 187.8% | 159.0% | 162.9 | 2,865 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 12.6% | $20,908 | 20.9% | 141.4% | 57.7% | 173.2% | 140.2% | 151.6 | 2,710 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 13.0% | $18,840 | 32.5% | 146.5% | 52.0% | 192.3% | 218.3% | 185.7 | 3,038 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 17.1% | $18,374 | 36.2% | 192.6% | 50.7% | 197.1% | 243.3% | 211.0 | 3,085 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 10.3% | $23,377 | 34.2% | 116.2% | 64.5% | 155.0% | 229.9% | 167.0 | 2,915 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 12.4% | $20,802 | 27.2% | 139.8% | 57.4% | 174.1% | 182.7% | 165.5 | 2,896 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 9.6% | $20,888 | 15.6% | 107.6% | 57.7% | 173.4% | 105.0% | 128.7 | 2,169 | 3 |
| Prentiss | Distressed | 11.1% | $16,675 | 24.3% | 124.9% | 46.0% | 217.2% | 163.5% | 168.5 | 2,934 | 4 |
| Tippah | Distressed | 12.9% | $18,128 | 23.4% | 144.8% | 50.0% | 199.8% | 157.1% | 167.2 | 2,917 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | Distressed | 12.1% | $15,512 | 18.4% | 136.7% | 42.8% | 233.5% | 123.7% | 164.7 | 2,883 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 10.2% | $23,370 | 24.5% | 114.8% | 64.5% | 155.0% | 164.7% | 144.8 | 2,576 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 13.3% | $15,404 | 24.6% | 150.0% | 42.5% | 235.1% | 165.5% | 183.6 | 3,030 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 15.2% | $18,088 | 26.5% | 170.8% | 49.9% | 200.3% | 178.3% | 183.1 | 3,029 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | At-Risk | 11.2% | $20,396 | 19.8% | 126.0% | 56.3% | 177.6% | 132.8% | 145.5 | 2,589 | 4 |
