| County Economic Status, FY 2007 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, 2003 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2003 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2003 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2007 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2007 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2007 |
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United States | - | 5.8% | $26,880 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.7% | $20,811 | 13.6% | 99.6% | 77.4% | - | 110.2% | - | - | - |
Mississippi | - | 6.4% | $18,466 | 19.9% | 111.5% | 68.7% | - | 161.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.4% | $16,435 | 19.4% | 128.6% | 61.1% | - | 156.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.3% | $15,427 | 16.6% | 126.4% | 57.4% | 174.2% | 134.0% | 145 | 2,464 | 4 |
Benton | Distressed | 10.4% | $11,401 | 23.2% | 180.1% | 42.4% | 235.8% | 187.4% | 201 | 3,011 | 4 |
Calhoun | At-Risk | 7.3% | $16,628 | 18.1% | 125.9% | 61.9% | 161.7% | 146.6% | 145 | 2,457 | 4 |
Chickasaw | Distressed | 8.9% | $14,769 | 20.0% | 154.5% | 54.9% | 182.0% | 161.8% | 166 | 2,791 | 4 |
Choctaw | Distressed | 10.4% | $11,203 | 24.7% | 179.6% | 41.7% | 239.9% | 199.8% | 206 | 3,030 | 4 |
Clay | Distressed | 9.5% | $16,229 | 23.5% | 165.6% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 189.6% | 174 | 2,878 | 4 |
Itawamba | Transitional | 6.1% | $17,217 | 14.0% | 105.8% | 64.1% | 156.1% | 112.9% | 125 | 1,918 | 3 |
Kemper | Distressed | 9.0% | $12,099 | 26.0% | 155.7% | 45.0% | 222.2% | 209.7% | 196 | 2,996 | 4 |
Lee | Transitional | 5.8% | $23,379 | 13.4% | 101.1% | 87.0% | 115.0% | 108.0% | 108 | 1,298 | 2 |
Lowndes | At-Risk | 7.6% | $18,552 | 21.3% | 131.3% | 69.0% | 144.9% | 172.2% | 150 | 2,559 | 4 |
Marshall | At-Risk | 7.9% | $14,544 | 21.9% | 137.5% | 54.1% | 184.8% | 177.3% | 167 | 2,793 | 4 |
Monroe | At-Risk | 8.0% | $15,869 | 17.2% | 138.1% | 59.0% | 169.4% | 139.2% | 149 | 2,547 | 4 |
Montgomery | Distressed | 9.8% | $14,016 | 24.3% | 169.4% | 52.1% | 191.8% | 196.7% | 186 | 2,961 | 4 |
Noxubee | Distressed | 10.4% | $11,972 | 32.8% | 180.4% | 44.5% | 224.5% | 265.2% | 223 | 3,072 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 5.6% | $18,608 | 28.2% | 96.8% | 69.2% | 144.5% | 227.8% | 156 | 2,667 | 4 |
Panola | Distressed | 8.7% | $14,090 | 25.3% | 151.3% | 52.4% | 190.8% | 204.5% | 182 | 2,938 | 4 |
Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,201 | 13.8% | 94.7% | 60.3% | 165.9% | 111.5% | 124 | 1,890 | 3 |
Prentiss | At-Risk | 6.4% | $13,412 | 16.5% | 110.9% | 49.9% | 200.4% | 133.3% | 148 | 2,527 | 4 |
Tippah | At-Risk | 7.5% | $14,457 | 16.9% | 129.8% | 53.8% | 185.9% | 136.5% | 151 | 2,581 | 4 |
Tishomingo | At-Risk | 9.0% | $13,175 | 14.1% | 156.0% | 49.0% | 204.0% | 113.9% | 158 | 2,691 | 4 |
Union | Transitional | 6.3% | $16,419 | 12.6% | 109.9% | 61.1% | 163.7% | 102.2% | 125 | 1,928 | 3 |
Webster | Distressed | 12.1% | $11,361 | 18.7% | 210.0% | 42.3% | 236.6% | 150.9% | 199 | 3,004 | 4 |
Winston | Distressed | 8.5% | $13,689 | 23.7% | 148.0% | 50.9% | 196.4% | 191.8% | 179 | 2,920 | 4 |
Yalobusha | At-Risk | 8.0% | $14,736 | 21.8% | 137.9% | 54.8% | 182.4% | 176.2% | 166 | 2,781 | 4 |