Poverty Rate in Leake County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.5%
Rank #2,717/3,222 · #40 in MS
16th
Leake 20.5%
MS 18.9% +8.6%
US 12.6% +62.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Leake County's poverty rate of 20.5% 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 Leake County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,714 | Curry County, NM | 20.5% |
| #2,715 | Butler County, KY | 20.5% |
| #2,716 | Lake County, MI | 20.5% |
| #2,717 | Leake County, MS | 20.5% |
| #2,718 | Hale County, TX | 20.5% |
| #2,719 | Montgomery County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,720 | Worth County, MO | 20.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Leake County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 20.5%, ranking #2,717 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 62.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #40 of 82. This places it in the 16th 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.