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Percent of total population in poverty, 2010
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All people in poverty (2010)
Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2010)
90% confidence interval of estimate
90% confidence interval of estimate
FIPS*
Name
RUC Code¹
Percent
Lower bound
Upper bound
Percent
Lower bound
Upper bound
1 28000 Mississippi 22.4 21.9 22.9 32.4 31.3 33.5
2 28001 Adams County 5 30.8 26.0 35.6 41.8 33.3 50.3
3 28003 Alcorn County 7 22.5 18.7 26.3 32.4 26.0 38.8
4 28005 Amite County 8 22.5 17.6 27.4 34.7 26.6 42.8
5 28007 Attala County 6 24.3 19.5 29.1 35.1 27.3 42.9
6 28009 Benton County 8 25.9 20.3 31.5 38.4 29.4 47.4
7 28011 Bolivar County 5 33.9 29.6 38.2 52.0 45.3 58.7
8 28013 Calhoun County 7 22.3 18.1 26.5 31.8 24.6 39.0
9 28015 Carroll County 9 18.8 14.6 23.0 28.2 21.3 35.1
10 28017 Chickasaw County 7 24.8 20.3 29.3 35.2 27.9 42.5
11 28019 Choctaw County 9 23.4 18.0 28.8 38.1 29.2 47.0
12 28021 Claiborne County 6 34.9 27.6 42.2 51.1 39.8 62.4
13 28023 Clarke County 9 25.4 21.0 29.8 39.0 31.9 46.1
14 28025 Clay County 7 28.4 23.3 33.5 41.3 32.7 49.9
15 28027 Coahoma County 5 38.7 32.8 44.6 55.0 45.5 64.5
16 28029 Copiah County 2 23.4 18.4 28.4 35.7 27.6 43.8
17 28031 Covington County 8 21.7 17.0 26.4 33.1 25.2 41.0
18 28033 DeSoto County 1 10.4 8.6 12.2 15.1 12.0 18.2
19 28035 Forrest County 3 29.0 25.9 32.1 36.9 31.7 42.1
20 28037 Franklin County 9 20.8 16.1 25.5 31.2 23.9 38.5
21 28039 George County 3 17.2 13.5 20.9 25.5 20.0 31.0
22 28041 Greene County 8 23.9 18.7 29.1 26.9 20.8 33.0
23 28043 Grenada County 7 21.5 16.7 26.3 33.3 25.6 41.0
24 28045 Hancock County 3 18.9 15.0 22.8 30.0 23.5 36.5
25 28047 Harrison County 3 19.7 17.0 22.4 30.4 25.4 35.4
26 28049 Hinds County 2 22.9 20.3 25.5 34.1 29.4 38.8
27 28051 Holmes County 6 41.2 34.4 48.0 53.1 42.8 63.4
28 28053 Humphreys County 7 42.2 34.1 50.3 61.1 48.5 73.7
29 28055 Issaquena County 9 43.3 33.7 52.9 60.1 45.9 74.3
30 28057 Itawamba County 7 17.2 13.4 21.0 25.6 19.6 31.6
31 28059 Jackson County 3 16.6 14.4 18.8 24.9 20.8 29.0
32 28061 Jasper County 9 19.6 15.1 24.1 30.1 22.7 37.5
33 28063 Jefferson County 7 37.9 31.0 44.8 52.4 41.7 63.1
34 28065 Jefferson Davis County 8 25.0 19.0 31.0 39.8 30.0 49.6
35 28067 Jones County 4 23.4 19.9 26.9 34.9 28.7 41.1
36 28069 Kemper County 9 26.6 20.6 32.6 36.6 28.0 45.2
37 28071 Lafayette County 6 20.9 17.2 24.6 22.4 17.6 27.2
38 28073 Lamar County 3 16.2 13.8 18.6 21.5 17.1 25.9
39 28075 Lauderdale County 5 24.4 21.1 27.7 34.9 29.0 40.8
40 28077 Lawrence County 8 18.2 14.0 22.4 27.3 20.7 33.9
41 28079 Leake County 6 27.1 22.4 31.8 39.1 31.2 47.0
42 28081 Lee County 5 20.5 18.0 23.0 31.3 27.0 35.6
43 28083 Leflore County 5 37.2 31.4 43.0 51.0 42.2 59.8
44 28085 Lincoln County 6 17.8 13.8 21.8 26.2 19.9 32.5
45 28087 Lowndes County 5 25.8 22.4 29.2 37.2 31.1 43.3
46 28089 Madison County 2 12.8 10.7 14.9 17.3 13.5 21.1
47 28091 Marion County 6 24.7 20.0 29.4 37.4 29.4 45.4
48 28093 Marshall County 1 25.3 20.9 29.7 36.7 29.5 43.9
49 28095 Monroe County 7 24.1 20.6 27.6 35.1 29.0 41.2
50 28097 Montgomery County 7 23.5 18.1 28.9 34.9 26.5 43.3
51 28099 Neshoba County 7 22.4 18.0 26.8 33.0 26.0 40.0
52 28101 Newton County 7 21.6 17.3 25.9 32.2 25.5 38.9
53 28103 Noxubee County 7 32.6 25.6 39.6 46.8 36.0 57.6
54 28105 Oktibbeha County 5 26.5 22.2 30.8 30.8 23.9 37.7
55 28107 Panola County 6 27.9 23.5 32.3 38.8 31.5 46.1
56 28109 Pearl River County 6 21.5 17.9 25.1 31.9 25.7 38.1
57 28111 Perry County 3 21.7 16.9 26.5 33.0 25.3 40.7
58 28113 Pike County 7 27.1 22.2 32.0 41.2 33.0 49.4
59 28115 Pontotoc County 7 16.0 12.6 19.4 24.7 18.8 30.6
60 28117 Prentiss County 7 21.8 17.6 26.0 30.6 23.6 37.6
61 28119 Quitman County 6 36.9 29.5 44.3 53.2 42.2 64.2
62 28121 Rankin County 2 13.8 11.8 15.8 20.0 16.7 23.3
63 28123 Scott County 6 21.0 16.2 25.8 32.1 24.6 39.6
64 28125 Sharkey County 9 37.9 29.2 46.6 58.9 45.5 72.3
65 28127 Simpson County 2 21.9 17.1 26.7 34.0 26.3 41.7
66 28129 Smith County 8 20.8 16.7 24.9 31.0 24.6 37.4
67 28131 Stone County 3 19.3 15.3 23.3 28.3 22.1 34.5
68 28133 Sunflower County 5 39.2 32.8 45.6 53.9 45.0 62.8
69 28135 Tallahatchie County 7 34.8 27.4 42.2 44.2 34.9 53.5
70 28137 Tate County 1 18.2 14.6 21.8 25.8 20.3 31.3
71 28139 Tippah County 7 20.7 16.5 24.9 31.6 24.9 38.3
72 28141 Tishomingo County 8 17.7 14.0 21.4 27.1 20.8 33.4
73 28143 Tunica County 1 28.1 21.9 34.3 43.1 33.0 53.2
74 28145 Union County 7 20.0 16.9 23.1 28.6 23.3 33.9
75 28147 Walthall County 9 24.5 18.6 30.4 39.4 30.0 48.8
76 28149 Warren County 4 23.3 20.0 26.6 33.5 27.2 39.8
77 28151 Washington County 5 42.2 38.1 46.3 57.1 49.5 64.7
78 28153 Wayne County 7 24.8 19.9 29.7 36.1 28.2 44.0
79 28155 Webster County 9 23.4 19.1 27.7 34.3 27.2 41.4
80 28157 Wilkinson County 8 33.3 26.5 40.1 42.2 33.1 51.3
81 28159 Winston County 7 29.7 25.1 34.3 43.6 35.9 51.3
82 28161 Yalobusha County 7 23.9 18.8 29.0 37.9 29.7 46.1
83 28163 Yazoo County 6 39.0 33.2 44.8 51.4 43.2 59.6
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¹The 2003 rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates .
*See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.