| | County Economic Status, FY 2008 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, 2004 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2004 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2004 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2008 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2008 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2008 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $28,187 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $21,587 | 13.6% | 100.6% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 6.9% | $19,163 | 19.9% | 124.2% | 68.0% | 147.1% | 161.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.6% | $17,073 | 19.4% | 136.8% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 156.9% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.2% | $15,962 | 16.6% | 129.7% | 56.6% | 176.6% | 134.0% | 146.8 | 2,483 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 10.4% | $11,346 | 23.2% | 187.7% | 40.3% | 248.4% | 187.4% | 207.9 | 3,024 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 7.4% | $17,718 | 18.1% | 133.8% | 62.9% | 159.1% | 146.6% | 146.5 | 2,477 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 9.1% | $15,241 | 20.0% | 163.7% | 54.1% | 184.9% | 161.8% | 170.2 | 2,807 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 9.1% | $12,226 | 24.7% | 164.5% | 43.4% | 230.6% | 199.8% | 198.3 | 2,999 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.2% | $16,634 | 23.5% | 184.2% | 59.0% | 169.5% | 189.6% | 181.1 | 2,915 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 6.4% | $18,318 | 14.0% | 115.2% | 65.0% | 153.9% | 112.9% | 127.3 | 1,981 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 9.2% | $12,827 | 26.0% | 167.1% | 45.5% | 219.7% | 209.7% | 198.8 | 3,001 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 6.1% | $23,572 | 13.4% | 110.6% | 83.6% | 119.6% | 108.0% | 112.7 | 1,457 | 2 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 7.6% | $19,473 | 21.3% | 137.2% | 69.1% | 144.7% | 172.2% | 151.4 | 2,576 | 4 |
| Marshall | Distressed | 8.3% | $15,165 | 21.9% | 150.0% | 53.8% | 185.9% | 177.3% | 171.1 | 2,817 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 8.1% | $16,906 | 17.2% | 147.0% | 60.0% | 166.7% | 139.2% | 151.0 | 2,569 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 8.5% | $14,740 | 24.3% | 154.4% | 52.3% | 191.2% | 196.7% | 180.8 | 2,910 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 11.8% | $12,965 | 32.8% | 213.2% | 46.0% | 217.4% | 265.2% | 231.9 | 3,078 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 5.9% | $19,266 | 28.2% | 107.4% | 68.4% | 146.3% | 227.8% | 160.5 | 2,712 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 9.2% | $14,657 | 25.3% | 165.9% | 52.0% | 192.3% | 204.5% | 187.6 | 2,959 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,578 | 13.8% | 102.7% | 62.4% | 160.4% | 111.5% | 124.9 | 1,899 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 7.2% | $13,447 | 16.5% | 130.4% | 47.7% | 209.6% | 133.3% | 157.8 | 2,674 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 7.5% | $14,818 | 16.9% | 134.8% | 52.6% | 190.2% | 136.5% | 153.8 | 2,616 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 8.8% | $13,281 | 14.1% | 159.4% | 47.1% | 212.2% | 113.9% | 161.9 | 2,725 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 6.5% | $17,100 | 12.6% | 117.1% | 60.7% | 164.8% | 102.2% | 128.0 | 2,008 | 3 |
| Webster | Distressed | 9.4% | $11,957 | 18.7% | 170.5% | 42.4% | 235.7% | 150.9% | 185.7 | 2,944 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 7.9% | $14,810 | 23.7% | 143.5% | 52.5% | 190.3% | 191.8% | 175.2 | 2,863 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 8.8% | $14,803 | 21.8% | 158.8% | 52.5% | 190.4% | 176.2% | 175.2 | 2,862 | 4 |
