| | County Economic Status, FY 2010 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2005–2007 | Per Capita Market Income, 2006 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2005–2007 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2006 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2010 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2010 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2010 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $31,315 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $23,384 | 13.6% | 104.5% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | - | 6.9% | $20,969 | 19.9% | 145.6% | 67.0% | 149.3% | 161.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Mississippi | - | 7.6% | $18,441 | 19.4% | 160.0% | 58.9% | 169.8% | 156.9% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Alcorn | At-Risk | 7.3% | $16,890 | 16.6% | 152.4% | 53.9% | 185.4% | 134.0% | 157.3 | 2,596 | 4 |
| Benton | Distressed | 9.7% | $11,696 | 23.2% | 203.3% | 37.3% | 267.7% | 187.4% | 219.5 | 3,033 | 4 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 7.9% | $17,283 | 18.1% | 164.6% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 146.6% | 164.1 | 2,699 | 4 |
| Chickasaw | Distressed | 9.5% | $15,751 | 20.0% | 199.2% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 161.8% | 186.6 | 2,920 | 4 |
| Choctaw | Distressed | 7.8% | $13,305 | 24.7% | 164.0% | 42.5% | 235.4% | 199.8% | 199.7 | 2,987 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 12.3% | $18,942 | 23.5% | 257.1% | 60.5% | 165.3% | 189.6% | 204.0 | 3,000 | 4 |
| Itawamba | Transitional | 6.8% | $18,731 | 14.0% | 142.3% | 59.8% | 167.2% | 112.9% | 140.8 | 2,266 | 3 |
| Kemper | Distressed | 8.7% | $13,184 | 26.0% | 181.8% | 42.1% | 237.5% | 209.7% | 209.7 | 3,009 | 4 |
| Lee | Transitional | 6.3% | $24,802 | 13.4% | 131.6% | 79.2% | 126.3% | 108.0% | 122.0 | 1,691 | 3 |
| Lowndes | At-Risk | 7.4% | $21,934 | 21.3% | 155.8% | 70.0% | 142.8% | 172.2% | 156.9 | 2,593 | 4 |
| Marshall | Distressed | 8.2% | $17,325 | 21.9% | 171.7% | 55.3% | 180.7% | 177.3% | 176.6 | 2,832 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 8.9% | $18,396 | 17.2% | 186.0% | 58.7% | 170.2% | 139.2% | 165.1 | 2,708 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Distressed | 8.9% | $15,755 | 24.3% | 187.4% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 196.7% | 194.3 | 2,962 | 4 |
| Noxubee | Distressed | 12.2% | $12,582 | 32.8% | 255.3% | 40.2% | 248.9% | 265.2% | 256.5 | 3,081 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | At-Risk | 6.2% | $21,346 | 28.2% | 130.5% | 68.2% | 146.7% | 227.8% | 168.3 | 2,755 | 4 |
| Panola | Distressed | 8.3% | $16,797 | 25.3% | 173.9% | 53.6% | 186.4% | 204.5% | 188.3 | 2,928 | 4 |
| Pontotoc | Transitional | 6.3% | $18,583 | 13.8% | 131.4% | 59.3% | 168.5% | 111.5% | 137.1 | 2,167 | 3 |
| Prentiss | At-Risk | 7.7% | $14,164 | 16.5% | 160.9% | 45.2% | 221.1% | 133.3% | 171.8 | 2,791 | 4 |
| Tippah | At-Risk | 7.1% | $15,747 | 16.9% | 149.1% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 136.5% | 161.5 | 2,653 | 4 |
| Tishomingo | At-Risk | 8.1% | $14,075 | 14.1% | 169.8% | 44.9% | 222.5% | 113.9% | 168.7 | 2,759 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 6.4% | $18,467 | 12.6% | 133.8% | 59.0% | 169.6% | 102.2% | 135.2 | 2,112 | 3 |
| Webster | Distressed | 8.4% | $13,042 | 18.7% | 175.0% | 41.6% | 240.1% | 150.9% | 188.7 | 2,932 | 4 |
| Winston | Distressed | 7.2% | $16,393 | 23.7% | 151.0% | 52.4% | 191.0% | 191.8% | 177.9 | 2,846 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | Distressed | 8.2% | $15,427 | 21.8% | 172.2% | 49.3% | 203.0% | 176.2% | 183.8 | 2,893 | 4 |
