Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on November 20, 2023.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of Black or African American Alone households in Mississippi with household income of less than $40k was 56.91%. Among all Mississippi counties, Amite County had the highest percentage of Black or African American Alone households with household income of less than $40k (82.72%), followed by Choctaw County (82.23%), and Stone County (79.13%).

On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of Black or African American Alone households with household income of less than $40k: DeSoto County (29.80%), Benton County (31.35%), and Rankin County (31.64%).

The chart below shows the top 10 Mississippi counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

You can also see similar information for other races and ethnicities, for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of Mississippi Counties By % of Black or African American Alone Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Amite County
Choctaw County
Stone County
Tishomingo County
Marion County
Wayne County
Issaquena County
Montgomery County
Wilkinson County
Leflore County
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By % of Black or African American Alone Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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Rank County Percentage of Households (%)
1 Amite County 82.72
2 Choctaw County 82.23
3 Stone County 79.13
4 Tishomingo County 75.86
5 Marion County 75.81
6 Wayne County 73.92
7 Issaquena County 73.73
8 Montgomery County 73.62
9 Wilkinson County 73.41
10 Leflore County 72.57
11 Attala County 72.03
12 Holmes County 71.90
13 Quitman County 71.74
14 Hancock County 71.33
15 Bolivar County 70.52
16 Covington County 70.49
17 Kemper County 70.00
18 Humphreys County 69.38
19 Clarke County 69.16
20 Adams County 69.02
21 George County 68.61
22 Franklin County 68.30
23 Alcorn County 67.87
24 Claiborne County 67.74
25 Tallahatchie County 67.71
26 Coahoma County 66.51
27 Winston County 66.08
28 Jones County 65.97
29 Lauderdale County 65.94
30 Perry County 65.68
31 Chickasaw County 65.49
31 Jasper County 65.49
32 Lawrence County 65.35
33 Sharkey County 65.10
34 Washington County 65.04
35 Pike County 64.90
36 Neshoba County 64.39
37 Jefferson County 63.35
38 Sunflower County 62.75
39 Lincoln County 62.60
40 Lowndes County 62.03
41 Grenada County 61.60
42 Walthall County 61.05
43 Simpson County 61.03
44 Webster County 61.02
45 Scott County 60.92
46 Pearl River County 60.91
47 Noxubee County 60.89
48 Lafayette County 60.77
49 Forrest County 60.71
50 Newton County 60.50
51 Clay County 60.14
52 Yazoo County 59.87
53 Panola County 59.21
54 Monroe County 59.13
55 Calhoun County 58.88
56 Union County 58.58
57 Carroll County 58.35
58 Jefferson Davis County 57.95
59 Leake County 57.11
60 Tate County 56.99
61 Harrison County 56.98
62 Oktibbeha County 56.81
63 Smith County 56.44
64 Marshall County 55.47
65 Pontotoc County 55.16
66 Tippah County 53.88
67 Jackson County 53.68
68 Tunica County 53.45
69 Yalobusha County 53.01
70 Warren County 52.74
71 Lamar County 51.94
72 Lee County 51.20
73 Copiah County 51.07
74 Hinds County 49.68
75 Greene County 49.14
76 Prentiss County 45.58
77 Madison County 41.84
78 Itawamba County 41.23
79 Rankin County 31.64
80 Benton County 31.35
81 DeSoto County 29.80