| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2007–2011 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 |
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United States | 298,787,998 | 42,739,924 | 14.3% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,377,459 | 3,930,024 | 16.1% | 112.7% |
Mississippi | 2,860,440 | 617,805 | 21.6% | 151.0% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 611,379 | 140,098 | 22.9% | 160.2% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,315 | 7,352 | 20.2% | 141.5% |
Benton | 8,632 | 2,051 | 23.8% | 166.1% |
Calhoun | 14,681 | 3,187 | 21.7% | 151.8% |
Chickasaw | 17,225 | 4,291 | 24.9% | 174.2% |
Choctaw | 8,437 | 1,886 | 22.4% | 156.3% |
Clay | 20,446 | 4,952 | 24.2% | 169.3% |
Itawamba | 22,424 | 2,900 | 12.9% | 90.4% |
Kemper | 9,674 | 2,785 | 28.8% | 201.3% |
Lee | 80,873 | 14,731 | 18.2% | 127.3% |
Lowndes | 57,798 | 13,739 | 23.8% | 166.2% |
Marshall | 35,026 | 8,484 | 24.2% | 169.3% |
Monroe | 36,617 | 7,242 | 19.8% | 138.3% |
Montgomery | 10,888 | 2,906 | 26.7% | 186.6% |
Noxubee | 11,445 | 4,134 | 36.1% | 252.5% |
Oktibbeha | 43,749 | 14,923 | 34.1% | 238.5% |
Panola | 34,416 | 9,664 | 28.1% | 196.3% |
Pontotoc | 29,436 | 4,816 | 16.4% | 114.4% |
Prentiss | 24,347 | 5,508 | 22.6% | 158.2% |
Tippah | 21,621 | 4,940 | 22.8% | 159.7% |
Tishomingo | 19,257 | 3,894 | 20.2% | 141.4% |
Union | 26,749 | 6,006 | 22.5% | 157.0% |
Webster | 9,994 | 2,472 | 24.7% | 172.9% |
Winston | 18,782 | 4,286 | 22.8% | 159.5% |
Yalobusha | 12,547 | 2,949 | 23.5% | 164.3% |