| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1990 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1990 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
United States | 241,977,859 | 31,742,864 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 21,134,742 | 3,238,002 | 15.3% | 116.8% |
Mississippi | 2,502,902 | 631,029 | 25.2% | 192.2% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 551,305 | 129,538 | 23.5% | 179.1% |
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County |
Alcorn | 31,290 | 6,512 | 20.8% | 158.6% |
Benton | 8,027 | 2,381 | 29.7% | 226.1% |
Calhoun | 14,684 | 3,152 | 21.5% | 163.6% |
Chickasaw | 17,935 | 3,814 | 21.3% | 162.1% |
Choctaw | 8,840 | 2,212 | 25.0% | 190.7% |
Clay | 20,514 | 5,314 | 25.9% | 197.5% |
Itawamba | 19,411 | 3,037 | 15.6% | 119.3% |
Kemper | 10,022 | 3,522 | 35.1% | 267.9% |
Lee | 64,667 | 9,971 | 15.4% | 117.5% |
Lowndes | 57,899 | 12,816 | 22.1% | 168.7% |
Marshall | 29,517 | 8,849 | 30.0% | 228.5% |
Monroe | 36,213 | 7,661 | 21.2% | 161.3% |
Montgomery | 12,211 | 4,153 | 34.0% | 259.3% |
Noxubee | 12,556 | 5,193 | 41.4% | 315.3% |
Oktibbeha | 33,424 | 10,069 | 30.1% | 229.6% |
Panola | 29,674 | 10,031 | 33.8% | 257.7% |
Pontotoc | 22,060 | 3,805 | 17.2% | 131.5% |
Prentiss | 22,692 | 4,877 | 21.5% | 163.8% |
Tippah | 19,137 | 4,328 | 22.6% | 172.4% |
Tishomingo | 17,490 | 3,557 | 20.3% | 155.0% |
Union | 21,849 | 3,573 | 16.4% | 124.7% |
Webster | 10,053 | 2,456 | 24.4% | 186.2% |
Winston | 19,229 | 5,108 | 26.6% | 202.5% |
Yalobusha | 11,911 | 3,147 | 26.4% | 201.4% |