| County Economic Status, FY 2018 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2013–2015 | Per Capita Market Income, 2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2013–2015 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 | Composite Index Value, FY 2018 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2018 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2018 |
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United States | - | 6.3% | $39,778 | 15.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.7% | $29,282 | 17.1% | 106.6% | 73.6% | 135.8% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
Mississippi | - | 7.6% | $25,636 | 22.5% | 120.7% | 64.4% | 155.2% | 145.7% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Mississippi | - | 8.2% | $22,675 | 22.8% | 130.8% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 147.3% | - | - | - |
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County |
Alcorn | At-Risk | 6.8% | $20,116 | 21.2% | 107.7% | 50.6% | 197.7% | 136.9% | 147.4 | 2,512 | 4 |
Benton | Distressed | 9.3% | $17,050 | 21.0% | 148.1% | 42.9% | 233.3% | 135.9% | 172.4 | 2,879 | 4 |
Calhoun | Distressed | 7.5% | $18,369 | 25.9% | 119.1% | 46.2% | 216.5% | 167.7% | 167.8 | 2,836 | 4 |
Chickasaw | Distressed | 9.5% | $22,027 | 26.3% | 151.1% | 55.4% | 180.6% | 170.1% | 167.3 | 2,832 | 4 |
Choctaw | Distressed | 7.5% | $18,988 | 26.2% | 119.1% | 47.7% | 209.5% | 169.3% | 166.0 | 2,817 | 4 |
Clay | Distressed | 12.8% | $24,509 | 26.6% | 204.6% | 61.6% | 162.3% | 171.7% | 179.5 | 2,945 | 4 |
Itawamba | Transitional | 7.0% | $21,912 | 18.8% | 111.9% | 55.1% | 181.5% | 121.2% | 138.2 | 2,302 | 3 |
Kemper | Distressed | 12.1% | $16,868 | 30.5% | 193.1% | 42.4% | 235.8% | 197.0% | 208.7 | 3,057 | 4 |
Lee | Transitional | 7.0% | $29,095 | 18.3% | 111.3% | 73.1% | 136.7% | 118.1% | 122.1 | 1,837 | 3 |
Lowndes | At-Risk | 8.4% | $27,862 | 23.5% | 134.5% | 70.0% | 142.8% | 151.6% | 143.0 | 2,423 | 4 |
Marshall | At-Risk | 8.8% | $20,335 | 19.0% | 140.0% | 51.1% | 195.6% | 122.5% | 152.7 | 2,608 | 4 |
Monroe | At-Risk | 9.8% | $22,515 | 19.9% | 156.3% | 56.6% | 176.7% | 128.9% | 154.0 | 2,635 | 4 |
Montgomery | Distressed | 9.5% | $20,139 | 29.6% | 152.2% | 50.6% | 197.5% | 191.2% | 180.3 | 2,952 | 4 |
Noxubee | Distressed | 11.9% | $18,540 | 36.4% | 190.2% | 46.6% | 214.6% | 235.0% | 213.2 | 3,065 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | Distressed | 7.2% | $23,694 | 33.7% | 114.3% | 59.6% | 167.9% | 218.1% | 166.8 | 2,827 | 4 |
Panola | Distressed | 10.5% | $20,554 | 22.8% | 167.0% | 51.7% | 193.5% | 147.3% | 169.3 | 2,847 | 4 |
Pontotoc | Transitional | 6.6% | $22,081 | 16.2% | 105.6% | 55.5% | 180.1% | 104.9% | 130.2 | 2,068 | 3 |
Prentiss | At-Risk | 7.4% | $18,947 | 21.1% | 117.5% | 47.6% | 209.9% | 136.1% | 154.5 | 2,646 | 4 |
Tippah | At-Risk | 8.1% | $20,061 | 24.5% | 129.9% | 50.4% | 198.3% | 158.1% | 162.1 | 2,764 | 4 |
Tishomingo | At-Risk | 7.8% | $18,465 | 16.4% | 124.6% | 46.4% | 215.4% | 105.7% | 148.6 | 2,536 | 4 |
Union | At-Risk | 6.2% | $22,333 | 22.5% | 98.5% | 56.1% | 178.1% | 145.6% | 140.7 | 2,376 | 4 |
Webster | At-Risk | 8.6% | $19,347 | 22.7% | 137.1% | 48.6% | 205.6% | 146.5% | 163.1 | 2,780 | 4 |
Winston | Distressed | 9.9% | $20,922 | 29.5% | 157.5% | 52.6% | 190.1% | 190.8% | 179.5 | 2,944 | 4 |
Yalobusha | Distressed | 8.9% | $17,834 | 20.3% | 141.5% | 44.8% | 223.0% | 131.0% | 165.2 | 2,807 | 4 |