| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 |
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United States | 310,629,645 | 46,932,225 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,678,297 | 4,126,520 | 16.7% | 110.7% |
Mississippi | 2,893,091 | 645,553 | 22.3% | 147.7% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 610,700 | 137,116 | 22.5% | 148.6% |
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County |
Alcorn | 36,654 | 7,305 | 19.9% | 131.9% |
Benton | 8,300 | 1,882 | 22.7% | 150.1% |
Calhoun | 14,394 | 3,791 | 26.3% | 174.3% |
Chickasaw | 17,024 | 4,623 | 27.2% | 179.7% |
Choctaw | 8,149 | 1,993 | 24.5% | 161.9% |
Clay | 19,829 | 5,159 | 26.0% | 172.2% |
Itawamba | 22,443 | 4,544 | 20.2% | 134.0% |
Kemper | 9,206 | 2,755 | 29.9% | 198.1% |
Lee | 84,144 | 15,531 | 18.5% | 122.2% |
Lowndes | 58,240 | 12,783 | 21.9% | 145.3% |
Marshall | 34,181 | 6,230 | 18.2% | 120.6% |
Monroe | 35,544 | 7,308 | 20.6% | 136.1% |
Montgomery | 10,209 | 2,913 | 28.5% | 188.9% |
Noxubee | 10,845 | 3,510 | 32.4% | 214.2% |
Oktibbeha | 44,002 | 14,343 | 32.6% | 215.7% |
Panola | 34,089 | 7,630 | 22.4% | 148.1% |
Pontotoc | 30,568 | 5,517 | 18.0% | 119.5% |
Prentiss | 24,205 | 5,485 | 22.7% | 150.0% |
Tippah | 21,675 | 5,103 | 23.5% | 155.8% |
Tishomingo | 19,215 | 3,581 | 18.6% | 123.3% |
Union | 27,669 | 5,277 | 19.1% | 126.2% |
Webster | 9,836 | 2,110 | 21.5% | 142.0% |
Winston | 18,091 | 5,113 | 28.3% | 187.1% |
Yalobusha | 12,188 | 2,630 | 21.6% | 142.8% |