Poverty Rate in Yazoo County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
30.8%
Rank #3,093/3,222 · #75 in MS
4th
Yazoo 30.8%
MS 18.9% +62.7%
US 12.6% +144.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Yazoo County's poverty rate of 30.8% 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 Yazoo County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,090 | Apache County, AZ | 30.5% |
| #3,091 | Hancock County, GA | 30.6% |
| #3,092 | Claiborne County, MS | 30.7% |
| #3,093 | Yazoo County, MS | 30.8% |
| #3,094 | Sharkey County, MS | 30.9% |
| #3,095 | Dallas County, AL | 31.0% |
| #3,096 | Galax city, VA | 31.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Yazoo County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 30.8%, ranking #3,093 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 144.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #75 of 82. This places it in the 4th 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.