| | County Economic Status, FY 2004 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.3% | $25,676 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.7% | $19,736 | 13.6% | 108.3% | 76.9% | 110.2% |
| Mississippi | - | 5.4% | $16,915 | 19.9% | 125.5% | 65.9% | 161.0% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 6.1% | $15,448 | 19.4% | 141.7% | 60.2% | 156.9% |
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| County |
| Alcorn | Transitional | 5.0% | $15,625 | 16.6% | 116.3% | 60.9% | 134.0% |
| Benton | Transitional | 6.4% | $11,693 | 23.2% | 147.9% | 45.5% | 187.4% |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 7.0% | $14,630 | 18.1% | 161.7% | 57.0% | 146.6% |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 9.0% | $13,994 | 20.0% | 207.4% | 54.5% | 161.8% |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 10.1% | $12,056 | 24.7% | 232.9% | 47.0% | 199.8% |
| Clay | Distressed | 8.5% | $15,026 | 23.5% | 196.0% | 58.5% | 189.6% |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 4.7% | $16,189 | 14.0% | 107.8% | 63.1% | 112.9% |
| Kemper | Distressed | 10.5% | $12,382 | 26.0% | 242.9% | 48.2% | 209.7% |
| Lee | Transitional | 4.1% | $21,972 | 13.4% | 93.9% | 85.6% | 108.0% |
| Lowndes | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,844 | 21.3% | 146.7% | 69.5% | 172.2% |
| Marshall | Distressed | 6.6% | $14,019 | 21.9% | 152.6% | 54.6% | 177.3% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 9.4% | $14,059 | 17.2% | 217.5% | 54.8% | 139.2% |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 7.4% | $12,701 | 24.3% | 171.1% | 49.5% | 196.7% |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 11.4% | $12,349 | 32.8% | 264.1% | 48.1% | 265.2% |
| Oktibbeha | Distressed | 2.7% | $15,813 | 28.2% | 62.5% | 61.6% | 227.8% |
| Panola | Distressed | 9.3% | $12,266 | 25.3% | 215.7% | 47.8% | 204.5% |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 4.2% | $15,381 | 13.8% | 96.5% | 59.9% | 111.5% |
| Prentiss | Transitional | 5.1% | $12,421 | 16.5% | 117.7% | 48.4% | 133.3% |
| Tippah | Transitional | 5.5% | $14,112 | 16.9% | 127.8% | 55.0% | 136.5% |
| Tishomingo | Transitional | 7.7% | $12,166 | 14.1% | 176.7% | 47.4% | 113.9% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.9% | $16,103 | 12.6% | 90.2% | 62.7% | 102.2% |
| Webster | Distressed | 6.9% | $12,755 | 18.7% | 160.2% | 49.7% | 150.9% |
| Winston | Distressed | 9.4% | $13,881 | 23.7% | 217.4% | 54.1% | 191.8% |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 7.5% | $12,453 | 21.8% | 173.2% | 48.5% | 176.2% |
