Poverty Rate in Sunflower County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
28.9%
Rank #3,074/3,222 · #72 in MS
5th
Sunflower 28.9%
MS 18.9% +52.8%
US 12.6% +129.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Sunflower County's poverty rate of 28.9% 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 Sunflower County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
| #3,075 | Gurabo Municipio, PR | 29.0% |
| #3,076 | Bienville Parish, LA | 29.2% |
| #3,077 | Morehouse Parish, LA | 29.3% |
About Poverty Rate
Sunflower County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 28.9%, ranking #3,074 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 129.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #72 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.