Poverty Rate in Claiborne County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
30.7%
Rank #3,092/3,222 · #74 in MS
4th
Claiborne 30.7%
MS 18.9% +62.3%
US 12.6% +143.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Claiborne County's poverty rate of 30.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Claiborne County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,089 | Roosevelt County, MT | 30.4% |
| #3,090 | Apache County, AZ | 30.5% |
| #3,091 | Hancock County, GA | 30.6% |
| #3,092 | Claiborne County, MS | 30.7% |
| #3,093 | Yazoo County, MS | 30.8% |
| #3,094 | Sharkey County, MS | 30.9% |
| #3,095 | Dallas County, AL | 31.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Claiborne County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 30.7%, ranking #3,092 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 143.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #74 of 82. This places it in the 4th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.