| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1980 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1980 | Poverty Rate, 1980 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
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United States | 220,845,766 | 27,392,580 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 20,928,695 | 2,930,068 | 14.0% | 112.9% |
Mississippi | 2,455,065 | 587,450 | 23.9% | 192.9% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 542,150 | 125,151 | 23.1% | 186.1% |
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County |
Alcorn | 32,747 | 6,071 | 18.5% | 149.5% |
Benton | 8,144 | 1,988 | 24.4% | 196.8% |
Calhoun | 15,504 | 3,650 | 23.5% | 189.8% |
Chickasaw | 17,741 | 3,790 | 21.4% | 172.2% |
Choctaw | 8,832 | 2,515 | 28.5% | 229.6% |
Clay | 20,587 | 5,013 | 24.4% | 196.3% |
Itawamba | 20,104 | 3,086 | 15.4% | 123.8% |
Kemper | 10,099 | 3,757 | 37.2% | 299.9% |
Lee | 56,705 | 8,966 | 15.8% | 127.5% |
Lowndes | 55,913 | 12,376 | 22.1% | 178.5% |
Marshall | 28,610 | 9,120 | 31.9% | 257.0% |
Monroe | 36,053 | 7,684 | 21.3% | 171.8% |
Montgomery | 13,256 | 4,076 | 30.7% | 247.9% |
Noxubee | 13,209 | 5,221 | 39.5% | 318.7% |
Oktibbeha | 31,468 | 8,862 | 28.2% | 227.0% |
Panola | 27,985 | 9,608 | 34.3% | 276.8% |
Pontotoc | 20,783 | 3,974 | 19.1% | 154.2% |
Prentiss | 23,526 | 4,090 | 17.4% | 140.2% |
Tippah | 18,330 | 4,455 | 24.3% | 195.9% |
Tishomingo | 18,401 | 2,481 | 13.5% | 108.7% |
Union | 21,612 | 4,333 | 20.0% | 161.6% |
Webster | 10,126 | 1,987 | 19.6% | 158.2% |
Winston | 19,320 | 4,830 | 25.0% | 201.6% |
Yalobusha | 13,095 | 3,218 | 24.6% | 198.1% |