Poverty Rate in Issaquena County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.2%
Rank #2,149/3,222 · #11 in MS
33th
Issaquena 16.2%
MS 18.9% -14.5%
US 12.6% +28.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Issaquena County's poverty rate of 16.2% 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 Issaquena County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,146 | Bertie County, NC | 16.1% |
| #2,147 | Beltrami County, MN | 16.1% |
| #2,148 | Coos County, OR | 16.1% |
| #2,149 | Issaquena County, MS | 16.2% |
| #2,150 | Jackson County, OK | 16.2% |
| #2,151 | Comanche County, TX | 16.2% |
| #2,152 | Parke County, IN | 16.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Issaquena County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 16.2%, ranking #2,149 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 28.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #11 of 82. This places it in the 33th 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.