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References. List of Mississippi locations by per capita income. Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $20,670 (2012). [1] Mississippi counties ranked by per capita income. Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Sep 1, 2021 · The poorest county in America is Holmes County, Mississippi, with a median household income of $21,504. By contrast, the richest county in the U.S. is Loudoun County, Virginia, which boasts a...
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In Leflore County, the poorest in Mississippi, the median annual household income is $26,735, far less than half of the income the typical American household earns. As is the case in many...
Jul 28, 2021 · Mississippi is the poorest state in the country, with a 20.3% poverty rate — and Holmes County is the poorest county in the state, with a 42.4% poverty rate, more than double the rate across...
- Issaquena County, Mississippi. Median household income: $17,900 ($57,249 less than U.S. median) Poverty rate: 20.6% (top 25% among 3,142 U.S. counties and county equivalents)
- Randolph County, Georgia. Median household income: $24,638 ($50,511 less than U.S. median) Poverty rate: 28.1% (top 10% among 3,142 U.S. counties and county equivalents)
- Jackson County, South Dakota. Median household income: $26,078 ($49,071 less than U.S. median) Poverty rate: 38.4% (top 10% among 3,142 U.S. counties and county equivalents)
- Dimmit County, Texas. Median household income: $27,374 ($47,775 less than U.S. median) Poverty rate: 43.6% (top 10% among 3,142 U.S. counties and county equivalents)
Figure 2 presents the number of people in Mississippi and the U.S. who earn this level of income. These data reveal that, although the gap in the deep poverty rate between Mississippi and the U.S. has varied from 2005 to 2019, this gap is at its smallest level for the years shown in 2019.
Nov 12, 2020 · The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting conducted data analysis showing that coronavirus deaths are twice as high per capita in Mississippi’s poorest counties. The death rate rose to 3.3 times higher when compared with counties where the per-capita income was at least $25,000.
