| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2010–2014 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2010–2014 | Poverty Rate, 2010–2014 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010–2014 |
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United States | 306,226,394 | 47,755,606 | 15.6% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,592,742 | 4,225,983 | 17.2% | 110.2% |
Mississippi | 2,887,236 | 653,726 | 22.6% | 145.2% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 611,605 | 143,326 | 23.4% | 150.3% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,565 | 8,218 | 22.5% | 144.1% |
Benton | 8,494 | 1,834 | 21.6% | 138.5% |
Calhoun | 14,588 | 3,692 | 25.3% | 162.3% |
Chickasaw | 17,048 | 4,331 | 25.4% | 162.9% |
Choctaw | 8,242 | 2,078 | 25.2% | 161.7% |
Clay | 20,110 | 5,522 | 27.5% | 176.1% |
Itawamba | 22,392 | 3,788 | 16.9% | 108.5% |
Kemper | 9,449 | 2,891 | 30.6% | 196.2% |
Lee | 83,284 | 15,973 | 19.2% | 123.0% |
Lowndes | 58,279 | 14,586 | 25.0% | 160.5% |
Marshall | 34,649 | 6,720 | 19.4% | 124.4% |
Monroe | 35,909 | 7,659 | 21.3% | 136.8% |
Montgomery | 10,508 | 2,878 | 27.4% | 175.6% |
Noxubee | 10,972 | 3,850 | 35.1% | 225.0% |
Oktibbeha | 43,853 | 14,666 | 33.4% | 214.5% |
Panola | 34,307 | 8,449 | 24.6% | 157.9% |
Pontotoc | 30,072 | 4,859 | 16.2% | 103.6% |
Prentiss | 24,249 | 5,683 | 23.4% | 150.3% |
Tippah | 21,713 | 5,416 | 24.9% | 159.9% |
Tishomingo | 19,214 | 3,190 | 16.6% | 106.5% |
Union | 27,124 | 6,501 | 24.0% | 153.7% |
Webster | 9,942 | 2,252 | 22.7% | 145.2% |
Winston | 18,397 | 5,568 | 30.3% | 194.1% |
Yalobusha | 12,245 | 2,722 | 22.2% | 142.5% |