Highest poverty rate in Mississippi
Mississippi counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.
This page ranks the counties and cities of Mississippi by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Among counties, Holmes County leads at 38.0%.
Among cities & places, Benndale leads at 100.0%.
Counties
Cities & places
Top 100.Nationwide
1Other rankings in Mississippi
20- Largest by population in Mississippi
- Most densely populated in Mississippi
- Highest median household income in Mississippi
- Highest median home value in Mississippi
- Most affordable home values in Mississippi
- Highest median gross rent in Mississippi
- Cheapest median gross rent in Mississippi
- Oldest by median age in Mississippi
- Youngest by median age in Mississippi
- Most college-educated in Mississippi
- Lowest poverty rate in Mississippi
- Highest homeownership rate in Mississippi
- Lowest homeownership rate in Mississippi
- Longest commutes in Mississippi
- Shortest commutes in Mississippi
- Largest households in Mississippi
- Newest housing in Mississippi
- Oldest housing in Mississippi
- Fastest-growing (2019–2023) in Mississippi
- Fastest-shrinking (2019–2023) in Mississippi