Poverty Rate in Jefferson Davis County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Jefferson Davis County's poverty rate of 28.7% 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 Jefferson Davis County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,068 | Marlboro County, SC | 28.5% |
| #3,069 | Luna County, NM | 28.6% |
| #3,070 | Radford city, VA | 28.7% |
| #3,071 | Jefferson Davis County, MS | 28.7% |
| #3,072 | Bell County, KY | 28.8% |
| #3,073 | Lee County, VA | 28.8% |
| #3,074 | Sunflower County, MS | 28.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 28.7%, ranking #3,071 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 127.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #71 of 82. This places it in the 5th 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.