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Mississippi

Population3.0m
Counties82county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density24.3people per km² of land
Median household income$54,9154th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 185 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.187%2nd best of 510%0.207%0.46%52
Always wears a seatbelt88.347th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying2.7434th highest of 513.535.749.5482
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.3628th highest of 51————
Arthritis3144th best of 46————
Binge drinking14.66th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5057.18th highest of 5237.862.114946
Black Protestant adherents8.72nd highest of 510.836.253482
Black-white residential segregation51.148th highest of 516.2737.470.881
Business closing rate8.5433rd highest of 5108.4316.282
Business opening rate9.0841st highest of 5108.662582
Catholic adherents3.3751st highest of 5100.913.682
Checkup in the past year80.45th highest of 49————
Child mortality86.551st best of 5151.193.619255
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1724.3%50th best of 5111.3%28.2%63.2%82
Children in single-parent households0.37%2nd highest of 510.216%0.391%0.682%81
Congregations per 10,000 people24.32nd highest of 5111.233.354.582
Current asthma7.061st best of 47————
Current smoking18.647th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.8930th highest of 514.375.8410.181
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.1833rd highest of 51————
Depression1911th best of 49————
Diabetes2045th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding17.544th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone10.741st best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs23.847th best of 47————
Disability-free score-1.845th highest of 47-3.02-1.120.69982
Drug overdose deaths24.115th best of 519.2321.873.136
Effective general sales tax rate3.529th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate1.6839th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate0.73733rd highest of 520.4520.7381.2480
Effective property tax rate on income2.5929th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents393rd highest of 518.1541.483.482
Fair or poor health24.847th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter8.746th best of 516.98.710.281
Firearm fatalities27.151st best of 5111.225.970.569
Firearm share of suicides, standardised1292nd highest of 5197.913517357
Firearm suicide rate10.523rd highest of 516.3311.520.657
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.42%43rd best of 510.19%0.38%0.54%82
Gini index of income inequality0.48444th best of 520.3970.480.60982
Has health insurance8842nd highest of 49————
Health score-1.2447th highest of 49-2.02-0.7860.46282
High blood pressure46.649th best of 49————
High cholesterol3740th best of 49————
High school graduation0.891%9th best of 480.775%0.88%0.975%79
Homeownership rate69.5%15th highest of 5240.8%73.9%88.3%82
Homicide rate1650th best of 515.1817.548.554
Homicide rate, annual18.52nd highest of 516.8629.895.114
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else0.33717th highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$3,41819th highest of 51$-12,970$408$21,18081
Infant mortality8.751st best of 515.731013.739
Injury deaths10642nd best of 5160.311518081
Life expectancy71.9 years51st best of 5165.3 years71 years77.2 years81
Mainline Protestant adherents6.5618th highest of 510.96.0826.182
Material security score-1.2551st highest of 51-3.64-0.9970.7582
Mean adjusted gross income per return$65,73251st best of 51$37,020$54,920$123,70082
Mean income of arriving households$56,87750th highest of 51$26,580$43,640$88,19082
Mean income of departing households$53,45951st highest of 51$30,000$43,410$78,67081
Mean travel time to work25.6 min30th best of 5219.1 min26.8 min43.8 min82
Median age38.4 years36th highest of 5225.5 years39.5 years49.5 years82
Median gross rent$92348th highest of 52$253$758$1,34180
Median home value$161,40050th highest of 52$68,600$114,900$286,30082
Median household income$54,91551st best of 52$29,430$48,320$82,98080
Median household income (model-based)$54,38651st best of 51$28,580$48,950$82,06082
Median property tax bill1,18947th highest of 524358612,07181
Meets aerobic guidelines51.948th best of 49————
Membership organisations12.511th best of 51012.323.682
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.21151st highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income8.7247th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths25.551st best of 5113.229.860.180
Net business formation rate0.53338th highest of 51-9.350.3232582
Net domestic migration rate-1.1834th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying-0.14936th highest of 51-2.81-0.2171.5681
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more0.18523rd highest of 51————
Obesity40.948th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.0451st highest of 51000.3882
Other religion adherents1.750th highest of 5101.38682
People per tax return26th highest of 5122282
Per capita income$30,52951st best of 52$13,840$26,910$47,77082
Per capita personal income$49,66151st best of 51$33,660$45,560$86,33082
Poverty rate19.1%51st best of 529.96%21.1%38%82
Poverty rate (model-based)18.3%50th best of 519.2%20.3%49.6%82
Premature mortality62951st best of 514026811,07082
Preventable hospital stays3,35649th best of 511,4543,3339,00681
Private job growth1.3348th highest of 52-16.90.81413.382
Religious adherents59.45th highest of 511358.59582
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202461.611th highest of 5115.961.990.382
Returns claiming charitable contributions5.44%28th highest of 510%3.89%13.1%82
Returns claiming the earned income credit26.7%1st highest of 5116.3%29.6%47.6%82
Returns reporting capital gains10.1%51st highest of 513.42%7.92%21.8%82
Returns reporting unemployment compensation1.17%48th highest of 510%1.19%4.22%82
Safety score-1.8251st highest of 51-4.14-1.20.44369
Share aged 65 and over16.8%33rd highest of 5211.9%18%25.4%82
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.35%23rd highest of 510%0%15.9%20
Share Asian, not Hispanic0.965%48th highest of 520%0.745%2.87%29
Share Black, not Hispanic36.9%2nd highest of 521.13%36.4%86.1%82
Share divorced11.6%23rd highest of 525.98%11.4%19%82
Share foreign-born2.39%50th highest of 520%2.27%6.43%43
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race3.6%49th highest of 521%2.55%14.8%58
Share in the same house a year ago87.8%11th highest of 5172.9%89.7%96.6%82
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0398%32nd highest of 490%0%0%59
Share never married34.2%16th highest of 5219.4%32.6%54.4%82
Share now married47.1%46th highest of 5228.8%46.4%59.4%82
Share of births to unmarried women45.5%3rd highest of 520%61.4%100%40
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.322%41st highest of 520%0%0.335%23
Share of suicides by firearm70.8%1st highest of 5153.3%74.1%94.1%57
Share of taxes from alcohol0.28123rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income5.528th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences1.723rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling2.156th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts34.611th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income16.539th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums3.073rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences5.1216th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel3.1217th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.521st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.63837th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes0.54742nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property25.432nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities0.45839th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales12.322nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance0.37415th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.022428th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.83925th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic2.42%51st highest of 520.821%2.3%5.15%42
Share separated2.49%1st highest of 521.44%2.69%6.57%65
Share White, not Hispanic55.4%39th highest of 5210.8%56.3%91%82
Share widowed7.06%3rd highest of 524.09%7.75%12.7%82
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher24.2%51st best of 527.99%17.5%48.9%81
State income tax as a share of income1.6837th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income7.4310th highest of 50————
Suicide rate14.418th best of 516.8414.92949
Top state income tax rate5%26th highest of 50————
Total tax burden10.221st highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health16.427th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health14.541st best of 47————
Unemployment rate3.12%22nd best of 522.3%3.4%9.1%82
Vacancy rate15.1%7th highest of 526.4%17%34.9%82
Went without care over cost15.344th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost13,32851st best of 518,22014,57022,83081
Aggregate travel time to work29,917,000 min32nd highest of 523,585 min220,000 min2,273,000 min82
Business establishments56,22735th highest of 51183594,77282
Business establishments closed4,79136th highest of 5103245582
Business establishments opened5,09036th highest of 5102941282
Employed1,211,90035th highest of 522628,09094,22082
Foreign-born population70,56544th highest of 5206889,25043
Gross domestic product$151,510,000k37th highest of 51$40,650k$844,500k$14,830,000k82
Housing units1,332,80033rd highest of 5243810,250106,20082
Labour force1,250,90035th highest of 522848,40896,80082
Millionaire tax returns2,59039th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration-3,48133rd highest of 51————
Occupied housing units1,131,80035th highest of 523768,49989,72082
Owner-occupied housing units786,29033rd highest of 522385,80753,93082
People covered by a tax return2,400,40035th highest of 5170017,430176,30082
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move115,33038th highest of 51————
People who did not move2,088,60035th highest of 5161015,710149,50082
Personal income$146,160,000k35th highest of 51$46,050k$973,700k$11,130,000k82
Population2,943,20035th highest of 511,28021,360214,50082
Population2,939,70035th highest of 511,25621,270214,90082
Population (firearm measures)2,784,90034th highest of 519,63026,720216,10057
Population (WONDER)2,939,70035th highest of 5115,78056,410214,90014
Population aged 15 and over2,384,20035th highest of 521,06317,300179,20082
Population aged 25 and over1,970,30035th highest of 5295414,440145,90082
Population aged 65 and over495,12034th highest of 522133,77034,98082
Population below the poverty line543,70027th highest of 521274,49046,20082
Population below the poverty line519,39028th highest of 513744,16043,45082
Population for whom poverty status is determined2,851,80035th highest of 5273820,930213,70082
Population for whom poverty status is determined2,838,20035th highest of 5175420,670206,90082
Population in the same house one year ago2,592,10034th highest of 5194019,900189,90082
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher476,00036th highest of 523772,39145,31081
Population, decennial census2,961,30034th highest of 511,33821,720227,70082
Presidential votes cast, 20241,228,00034th highest of 516229,22186,83082
Private jobs932,13035th highest of 52904,64077,46082
State and local tax collections$14,860,000k36th highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$2,459,000k35th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$10,861,000k36th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed1,229,40035th highest of 513608,70093,27082
Total population2,951,40035th highest of 521,09521,480222,50082
Unemployed38,97136th highest of 52222932,98382
Vacant housing units201,05029th highest of 52621,66816,50082
Women aged 15 to 50694,28035th highest of 521454,95856,41082
Women who gave birth in the past year39,64532nd highest of 522014643,43046
Workers aged 16 and over who commute1,170,70035th highest of 521798,08287,75082

Links inside Mississippi

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within MScounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Mississippi, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8282
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Mississippi, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9782
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Mississippi, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9782
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Mississippi, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9582
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Mississippi, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9582
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Mississippi, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9782
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Mississippi, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9582
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Mississippi, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9782
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Mississippi, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9482
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Mississippi, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9482
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Mississippi, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9482
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Mississippi, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 82 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9482

What this state is divided into

82 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Hinds County · Harrison County · DeSoto County · Rankin County · Jackson County · Madison County · Lee County · Forrest County · Lauderdale County · Jones County · Lamar County · Lowndes County · Lafayette County · Pearl River County · Oktibbeha County · Hancock County · Washington County · Warren County · Pike County · Lincoln County · Alcorn County · Monroe County · Marshall County · Panola County · Pontotoc County · Bolivar County · Adams County · Neshoba County · Tate County · Union County · Copiah County · Scott County · Leflore County · Yazoo County · Simpson County · Sunflower County · Prentiss County · George County · Marion County · Itawamba County · Tippah County · Grenada County · Leake County · Newton County · Coahoma County · Wayne County · Tishomingo County · Stone County · Clay County · Covington County · Attala County · Winston County · Chickasaw County · Holmes County · Jasper County · Clarke County · Smith County · Walthall County · Greene County · Calhoun County · Amite County · Yalobusha County · Tallahatchie County · Lawrence County · Perry County · Jefferson Davis County · Noxubee County · Webster County · Carroll County · Montgomery County · Tunica County · Claiborne County · Kemper County · Wilkinson County · Choctaw County · Franklin County · Benton County · Humphreys County · Jefferson County · Quitman County · Sharkey County · Issaquena County