2007 County-Level Poverty Rates for Mississippi

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				All people in poverty (2007)			Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2007)
					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		20.7	20.3	21.1	29.4	28.5	30.3
2	28001	Adams County	5	33.3	28.4	38.2	48.9	41.0	56.8
3	28003	Alcorn County	7	17.7	14.3	21.1	26.5	20.7	32.3
4	28005	Amite County	8	22.3	17.4	27.2	32.3	24.6	39.9
5	28007	Attala County	6	23.6	18.9	28.2	35.5	27.7	43.3
6	28009	Benton County	8	21.7	16.8	26.7	30.5	22.9	38.1
7	28011	Bolivar County	5	39.5	34.8	44.3	52.7	46.7	58.7
8	28013	Calhoun County	7	23.3	18.7	28.0	31.7	24.6	38.8
9	28015	Carroll County	9	20.2	15.7	24.7	27.7	20.9	34.5
10	28017	Chickasaw County	7	20.1	16.0	24.2	28.2	21.6	34.7
11	28019	Choctaw County	9	25.3	19.7	30.9	36.5	27.6	45.5
12	28021	Claiborne County	6	35.2	27.5	42.8	41.0	31.1	50.8
13	28023	Clarke County	9	20.3	15.8	24.7	29.6	22.4	36.8
14	28025	Clay County	7	25.1	20.0	30.2	38.6	29.9	47.2
15	28027	Coahoma County	5	32.2	26.1	38.4	44.0	34.6	53.4
16	28029	Copiah County	2	22.4	17.8	27.0	31.1	23.7	38.6
17	28031	Covington County	8	22.3	17.4	27.3	33.1	25.1	41.2
18	28033	DeSoto County	1	7.9	6.6	9.2	11.4	9.1	13.8
19	28035	Forrest County	3	25.2	21.3	29.1	34.8	27.9	41.6
20	28037	Franklin County	9	20.8	16.1	25.5	30.4	22.9	37.8
21	28039	George County	3	16.6	12.9	20.3	24.4	18.5	30.3
22	28041	Greene County	8	22.0	16.9	27.1	25.2	19.0	31.4
23	28043	Grenada County	7	23.7	19.3	28.1	35.1	27.8	42.4
24	28045	Hancock County	3	17.3	13.8	20.9	27.9	21.5	34.4
25	28047	Harrison County	3	15.6	13.3	17.9	22.8	18.6	27.0
26	28049	Hinds County	2	23.2	21.0	25.4	37.0	32.6	41.4
27	28051	Holmes County	6	41.7	34.5	49.0	50.5	40.2	60.7
28	28053	Humphreys County	7	41.0	32.1	49.9	57.6	44.0	71.3
29	28055	Issaquena County	9	49.3	38.0	60.6	61.8	46.7	76.8
30	28057	Itawamba County	7	14.5	11.3	17.7	20.7	15.7	25.8
31	28059	Jackson County	3	14.8	12.3	17.3	22.0	17.5	26.4
32	28061	Jasper County	9	19.2	15.0	23.4	28.9	21.7	36.0
33	28063	Jefferson County	7	35.2	27.4	42.9	44.0	33.6	54.4
34	28065	Jefferson Davis County	8	29.0	22.8	35.2	44.4	33.9	54.9
35	28067	Jones County	4	21.7	18.4	25.0	29.2	23.3	35.1
36	28069	Kemper County	9	25.9	20.3	31.5	36.1	27.7	44.6
37	28071	Lafayette County	6	18.9	15.7	22.2	17.6	13.4	21.8
38	28073	Lamar County	3	12.7	10.4	15.0	17.3	13.2	21.5
39	28075	Lauderdale County	5	23.2	19.8	26.5	34.6	28.9	40.3
40	28077	Lawrence County	8	18.4	14.4	22.5	27.6	21.0	34.1
41	28079	Leake County	6	20.5	16.1	24.8	31.3	23.8	38.7
42	28081	Lee County	5	15.4	12.6	18.2	21.9	17.4	26.4
43	28083	Leflore County	5	42.4	37.0	47.7	53.8	45.6	62.0
44	28085	Lincoln County	6	18.4	14.5	22.3	25.7	19.6	31.8
45	28087	Lowndes County	5	21.3	18.1	24.4	33.7	27.6	39.8
46	28089	Madison County	2	12.7	10.4	14.9	16.2	12.6	19.8
47	28091	Marion County	6	23.6	18.7	28.5	38.0	29.4	46.6
48	28093	Marshall County	1	22.5	18.3	26.6	29.3	22.8	35.8
49	28095	Monroe County	7	18.4	14.7	22.1	26.4	20.4	32.4
50	28097	Montgomery County	7	22.9	17.8	28.0	32.6	24.5	40.6
51	28099	Neshoba County	7	22.5	18.2	26.7	30.2	23.4	36.9
52	28101	Newton County	7	17.2	13.5	21.0	25.3	19.2	31.4
53	28103	Noxubee County	7	32.8	26.3	39.3	44.7	34.8	54.6
54	28105	Oktibbeha County	5	31.4	26.6	36.2	30.0	23.7	36.4
55	28107	Panola County	6	28.5	23.4	33.6	36.1	28.2	44.0
56	28109	Pearl River County	6	19.0	15.7	22.4	26.2	20.6	31.8
57	28111	Perry County	3	19.4	14.9	23.9	30.1	22.6	37.7
58	28113	Pike County	7	27.0	22.8	31.2	40.0	32.4	47.6
59	28115	Pontotoc County	7	16.2	12.8	19.7	21.9	16.8	27.0
60	28117	Prentiss County	7	17.9	14.3	21.6	23.2	17.8	28.6
61	28119	Quitman County	6	36.5	28.7	44.2	50.0	38.2	61.8
62	28121	Rankin County	2	9.4	7.6	11.2	13.9	10.7	17.1
63	28123	Scott County	6	20.5	16.2	24.8	30.3	23.2	37.3
64	28125	Sharkey County	9	37.6	29.4	45.8	54.6	41.3	68.0
65	28127	Simpson County	2	21.7	17.5	25.9	30.9	23.7	38.1
66	28129	Smith County	8	19.1	14.8	23.3	27.8	21.1	34.4
67	28131	Stone County	3	17.9	13.9	21.9	26.5	20.1	33.0
68	28133	Sunflower County	5	38.5	31.2	45.8	50.9	40.0	61.7
69	28135	Tallahatchie County	7	29.3	23.0	35.5	39.6	30.3	48.9
70	28137	Tate County	1	15.8	12.4	19.2	21.9	16.6	27.0
71	28139	Tippah County	7	19.5	15.4	23.5	24.3	18.5	30.0
72	28141	Tishomingo County	8	17.8	14.1	21.4	22.8	17.3	28.2
73	28143	Tunica County	1	25.4	19.6	31.2	36.5	27.6	45.5
74	28145	Union County	7	14.4	11.4	17.4	20.3	15.4	25.1
75	28147	Walthall County	9	25.6	19.9	31.3	41.2	31.3	51.1
76	28149	Warren County	4	19.2	15.9	22.5	28.1	22.4	33.9
77	28151	Washington County	5	32.0	28.0	36.0	46.0	37.9	54.1
78	28153	Wayne County	7	23.3	18.2	28.4	32.7	25.0	40.4
79	28155	Webster County	9	19.8	15.4	24.3	28.6	21.5	35.7
80	28157	Wilkinson County	8	37.9	29.8	45.9	47.4	36.7	58.2
81	28159	Winston County	7	21.5	16.8	26.1	30.9	23.7	38.2
82	28161	Yalobusha County	7	24.8	19.5	30.0	35.9	27.5	44.4
83	28163	Yazoo County	6	30.0	24.0	35.9	40.5	31.6	49.4

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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.