| | County Economic Status, FY 2006 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, 2002 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2002 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $26,420 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $20,422 | 13.6% | 100.9% | 77.3% | 110.2% |
| Mississippi | - | 6.2% | $17,679 | 19.9% | 112.6% | 66.9% | 161.0% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.9% | $16,091 | 19.4% | 143.5% | 60.9% | 156.9% |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.4% | $15,617 | 16.6% | 133.6% | 59.1% | 134.0% |
| Benton | Distressed | 10.8% | $11,440 | 23.2% | 196.9% | 43.3% | 187.4% |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 9.2% | $15,567 | 18.1% | 167.8% | 58.9% | 146.6% |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 13.0% | $13,978 | 20.0% | 235.6% | 52.9% | 161.8% |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 14.0% | $11,287 | 24.7% | 253.9% | 42.7% | 199.8% |
| Clay | Distressed | 11.7% | $16,124 | 23.5% | 212.5% | 61.0% | 189.6% |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 5.0% | $16,879 | 14.0% | 90.9% | 63.9% | 112.9% |
| Kemper | Distressed | 10.1% | $12,631 | 26.0% | 184.1% | 47.8% | 209.7% |
| Lee | Transitional | 5.3% | $22,748 | 13.4% | 96.8% | 86.1% | 108.0% |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 8.3% | $18,008 | 21.3% | 151.0% | 68.2% | 172.2% |
| Marshall | Distressed | 9.6% | $14,443 | 21.9% | 174.3% | 54.7% | 177.3% |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 10.5% | $15,777 | 17.2% | 190.8% | 59.7% | 139.2% |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 10.7% | $13,546 | 24.3% | 194.4% | 51.3% | 196.7% |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 12.2% | $12,069 | 32.8% | 221.3% | 45.7% | 265.2% |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 3.5% | $17,706 | 28.2% | 64.3% | 67.0% | 227.8% |
| Panola | Distressed | 11.1% | $13,529 | 25.3% | 201.5% | 51.2% | 204.5% |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 5.0% | $16,123 | 13.8% | 91.1% | 61.0% | 111.5% |
| Prentiss | Transitional | 5.7% | $13,360 | 16.5% | 102.9% | 50.6% | 133.3% |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 8.0% | $14,401 | 16.9% | 145.1% | 54.5% | 136.5% |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 9.3% | $13,237 | 14.1% | 168.5% | 50.1% | 113.9% |
| Union | Transitional | 5.2% | $15,974 | 12.6% | 94.6% | 60.5% | 102.2% |
| Webster | Distressed | 16.3% | $11,589 | 18.7% | 296.5% | 43.9% | 150.9% |
| Winston | Distressed | 11.8% | $13,178 | 23.7% | 214.0% | 49.9% | 191.8% |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 8.5% | $14,083 | 21.8% | 155.0% | 53.3% | 176.2% |
