| | County Economic Status, FY 2005 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, 2001 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2001 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $26,309 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $20,253 | 13.6% | 104.2% | 77.0% | 110.2% |
| Mississippi | - | 5.9% | $17,231 | 19.9% | 122.8% | 65.5% | 161.0% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.1% | $15,527 | 19.4% | 146.8% | 59.0% | 156.9% |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 6.2% | $15,518 | 16.6% | 128.5% | 59.0% | 134.0% |
| Benton | Distressed | 9.1% | $11,266 | 23.2% | 189.0% | 42.8% | 187.4% |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 8.5% | $14,895 | 18.1% | 176.1% | 56.6% | 146.6% |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 11.3% | $13,110 | 20.0% | 234.1% | 49.8% | 161.8% |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 12.4% | $11,758 | 24.7% | 255.5% | 44.7% | 199.8% |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.0% | $15,447 | 23.5% | 207.4% | 58.7% | 189.6% |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,685 | 14.0% | 98.6% | 63.4% | 112.9% |
| Kemper | Distressed | 10.1% | $13,164 | 26.0% | 208.6% | 50.0% | 209.7% |
| Lee | Transitional | 4.7% | $22,166 | 13.4% | 98.1% | 84.3% | 108.0% |
| Lowndes | Transitional | 7.5% | $18,354 | 21.3% | 155.7% | 69.8% | 172.2% |
| Marshall | Distressed | 7.6% | $14,164 | 21.9% | 157.3% | 53.8% | 177.3% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 10.6% | $13,836 | 17.2% | 218.9% | 52.6% | 139.2% |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 9.8% | $13,114 | 24.3% | 203.1% | 49.8% | 196.7% |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 11.9% | $12,343 | 32.8% | 244.8% | 46.9% | 265.2% |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 3.1% | $16,339 | 28.2% | 64.2% | 62.1% | 227.8% |
| Panola | Distressed | 10.2% | $12,531 | 25.3% | 211.3% | 47.6% | 204.5% |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 4.7% | $15,443 | 13.8% | 96.3% | 58.7% | 111.5% |
| Prentiss | Transitional | 5.0% | $12,296 | 16.5% | 103.6% | 46.7% | 133.3% |
| Tippah | Transitional | 6.8% | $13,804 | 16.9% | 140.0% | 52.5% | 136.5% |
| Tishomingo | Transitional | 8.4% | $12,271 | 14.1% | 172.7% | 46.6% | 113.9% |
| Union | Transitional | 4.6% | $15,791 | 12.6% | 95.0% | 60.0% | 102.2% |
| Webster | Distressed | 12.3% | $11,849 | 18.7% | 254.1% | 45.0% | 150.9% |
| Winston | Distressed | 11.4% | $13,030 | 23.7% | 236.0% | 49.5% | 191.8% |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 7.3% | $12,435 | 21.8% | 150.9% | 47.3% | 176.2% |
