Poverty Rate in Copiah County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
23.0%
Rank #2,900/3,222 · #49 in MS
10th
Copiah 23.0%
MS 18.9% +21.5%
US 12.6% +82.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Copiah County's poverty rate of 23.0% 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 Copiah County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,897 | Hertford County, NC | 22.9% |
| #2,898 | Kiowa County, OK | 22.9% |
| #2,899 | St. Bernard Parish, LA | 23.0% |
| #2,900 | Copiah County, MS | 23.0% |
| #2,901 | McIntosh County, GA | 23.0% |
| #2,902 | Bulloch County, GA | 23.0% |
| #2,903 | Wheatland County, MT | 23.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Copiah County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 23.0%, ranking #2,900 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 82.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #49 of 82. This places it in the 10th 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.