Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Mississippi with household income of less than $40k was 41.96%. Among all Mississippi counties, Quitman County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (65.49%), followed by Holmes County (65.14%), and Claiborne County (65.00%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Rankin County (24.42%), DeSoto County (24.64%), and Madison County (25.94%).
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 household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quitman County | 65.49 |
| 2 | Holmes County | 65.14 |
| 3 | Claiborne County | 65.00 |
| 4 | Humphreys County | 61.41 |
| 5 | Leflore County | 61.25 |
| 6 | Issaquena County | 60.85 |
| 7 | Amite County | 60.52 |
| 8 | Coahoma County | 60.14 |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 59.74 |
| 10 | Wilkinson County | 59.38 |
| 11 | Tallahatchie County | 58.79 |
| 12 | Adams County | 57.88 |
| 13 | Marion County | 57.85 |
| 14 | Kemper County | 56.54 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 56.28 |
| 16 | Washington County | 55.12 |
| 17 | Pike County | 54.58 |
| 18 | Sunflower County | 54.44 |
| 19 | Choctaw County | 54.10 |
| 20 | Clay County | 53.95 |
| 21 | Walthall County | 53.71 |
| 22 | Jefferson Davis County | 53.26 |
| 23 | Montgomery County | 53.18 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 52.93 |
| 25 | Chickasaw County | 52.13 |
| 26 | Noxubee County | 52.04 |
| 27 | Attala County | 52.03 |
| 28 | Benton County | 50.91 |
| 29 | Sharkey County | 50.66 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | 50.42 |
| 31 | Winston County | 50.29 |
| 32 | Leake County | 50.27 |
| 33 | Panola County | 50.22 |
| 34 | Jasper County | 50.01 |
| 35 | Yazoo County | 49.94 |
| 36 | Covington County | 49.72 |
| 37 | Clarke County | 49.54 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 49.54 |
| 37 | Tishomingo County | 49.54 |
| 38 | Oktibbeha County | 49.48 |
| 39 | Grenada County | 49.07 |
| 40 | Calhoun County | 48.78 |
| 41 | Tippah County | 48.73 |
| 42 | Tunica County | 48.47 |
| 43 | Lauderdale County | 47.52 |
| 44 | Scott County | 47.51 |
| 45 | Neshoba County | 46.73 |
| 46 | Newton County | 46.36 |
| 47 | Marshall County | 46.27 |
| 48 | Alcorn County | 46.13 |
| 49 | Jones County | 45.81 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 45.64 |
| 51 | Carroll County | 45.57 |
| 52 | Hinds County | 44.40 |
| 53 | Forrest County | 44.35 |
| 54 | Yalobusha County | 44.22 |
| 55 | Simpson County | 44.05 |
| 56 | Perry County | 43.72 |
| 57 | Prentiss County | 43.65 |
| 58 | Monroe County | 43.31 |
| 59 | George County | 42.38 |
| 59 | Greene County | 42.38 |
| 60 | Copiah County | 42.31 |
| 61 | Smith County | 42.29 |
| 62 | Lowndes County | 42.01 |
| 63 | Webster County | 41.01 |
| 64 | Itawamba County | 39.81 |
| 65 | Harrison County | 39.46 |
| 66 | Stone County | 39.09 |
| 67 | Warren County | 39.08 |
| 68 | Pearl River County | 38.76 |
| 69 | Pontotoc County | 38.15 |
| 70 | Lafayette County | 38.13 |
| 71 | Tate County | 37.75 |
| 72 | Union County | 37.19 |
| 73 | Jackson County | 35.62 |
| 74 | Hancock County | 34.55 |
| 75 | Lee County | 34.42 |
| 76 | Lamar County | 32.02 |
| 77 | Madison County | 25.94 |
| 78 | DeSoto County | 24.64 |
| 79 | Rankin County | 24.42 |