Poverty Rate in Lafayette County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.5%
Rank #2,525/3,222 · #30 in MS
22th
Lafayette 18.5%
MS 18.9% -1.9%
US 12.6% +47.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lafayette County's poverty rate of 18.5% 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 Lafayette County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,522 | Tazewell County, VA | 18.5% |
| #2,523 | Coshocton County, OH | 18.5% |
| #2,524 | Campbell County, TN | 18.5% |
| #2,525 | Lafayette County, MS | 18.5% |
| #2,526 | Jefferson County, AR | 18.6% |
| #2,527 | Obion County, TN | 18.6% |
| #2,528 | DeKalb County, TN | 18.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Lafayette County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 18.5%, ranking #2,525 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 47.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #30 of 82. This places it in the 22th 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.