Mississippi County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 82 counties in Mississippi, scored 0–100 across five domains. Mean score: 69.9. 56counties are in Serious or Crisis.
Data: Census, BLS, Urban Institute, HUD, US Courts | Scores as of 2026-03-26
Mississippi Snapshot
82 Counties Scored
69.9 Mean Score
69.1 Median Score
88.5 Tunica County Most Distressed
50.5 Itawamba County Least Distressed
10 Crisis 46 Serious 26 Elevated
Zone Distribution Mississippi County Map
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Healthy Normal Elevated Serious Crisis
All 82 Mississippi counties colored by distress zone. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
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Score Distribution
How Mississippi's 82 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Mississippi Counties
82 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Zone | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tunica County | 88.5 | Crisis | Legal Distress |
| 2 | 10 | Washington County | 86.1 | Crisis | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 3 | 14 | Coahoma County | 85.7 | Crisis | Legal Distress |
| 4 | 19 | Yazoo County | 84.8 | Crisis | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 5 | 20 | Bolivar County | 84.7 | Crisis | Legal Distress |
| 6 | 21 | Leflore County | 84.7 | Crisis | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 7 | 26 | Hinds County | 83.6 | Crisis | Legal Distress |
| 8 | 27 | Noxubee County | 83.5 | Crisis | Legal Distress |
| 9 | 35 | Holmes County | 82.7 | Crisis | Legal Distress |
| 10 | 48 | Wilkinson County | 81.5 | Crisis | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 11 | 68 | Humphreys County | 79.7 | Serious | Structural Poverty |
| 12 | 69 | Sharkey County | 79.7 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 13 | 72 | Marshall County | 79.7 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 14 | 77 | Montgomery County | 79.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 15 | 86 | Panola County | 79.0 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 16 | 90 | Sunflower County | 78.7 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 17 | 121 | Pike County | 77.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 18 | 124 | Quitman County | 77.2 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 19 | 132 | Adams County | 76.9 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 20 | 141 | Lauderdale County | 76.5 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 21 | 160 | Wayne County | 75.9 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 22 | 176 | Jefferson Davis County | 75.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 23 | 199 | Oktibbeha County | 74.6 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 24 | 204 | Lawrence County | 74.6 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 25 | 206 | Forrest County | 74.6 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 26 | 218 | Attala County | 74.2 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 27 | 219 | Copiah County | 74.2 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 28 | 223 | Grenada County | 74.1 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 29 | 225 | Winston County | 74.1 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 30 | 231 | Warren County | 73.8 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 31 | 235 | Harrison County | 73.8 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 32 | 254 | Tate County | 73.4 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 33 | 258 | Clay County | 73.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 34 | 277 | Chickasaw County | 72.8 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 35 | 329 | Tallahatchie County | 71.6 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 36 | 332 | Leake County | 71.5 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 37 | 352 | Jones County | 70.8 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 38 | 354 | Neshoba County | 70.8 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 39 | 384 | Clarke County | 70.1 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 40 | 427 | Yalobusha County | 69.2 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 41 | 429 | Claiborne County | 69.2 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 42 | 439 | Jefferson County | 69.0 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 43 | 444 | Simpson County | 68.8 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 44 | 472 | Kemper County | 68.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 45 | 528 | Lowndes County | 67.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 46 | 538 | Calhoun County | 67.1 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 47 | 540 | DeSoto County | 67.1 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 48 | 553 | Lee County | 66.9 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 49 | 570 | Benton County | 66.7 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 50 | 574 | Scott County | 66.6 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 51 | 576 | Jasper County | 66.5 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 52 | 584 | Alcorn County | 66.3 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 53 | 610 | Amite County | 65.7 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 54 | 613 | Pearl River County | 65.6 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 55 | 622 | Monroe County | 65.4 | Serious | Legal Distress |
| 56 | 628 | Stone County | 65.3 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 57 | 646 | Lincoln County | 64.9 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 58 | 667 | Jackson County | 64.6 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 59 | 680 | Walthall County | 64.4 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 60 | 709 | Newton County | 64.0 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 61 | 719 | Issaquena County | 63.8 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 62 | 722 | Rankin County | 63.7 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 63 | 725 | Tippah County | 63.7 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 64 | 762 | Franklin County | 63.2 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 65 | 786 | Pontotoc County | 62.7 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 66 | 802 | Marion County | 62.5 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 67 | 828 | Perry County | 62.0 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 68 | 845 | Webster County | 61.6 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 69 | 892 | Greene County | 60.9 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 70 | 907 | Covington County | 60.7 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 71 | 919 | Prentiss County | 60.5 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 72 | 944 | Lafayette County | 60.1 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 73 | 947 | Union County | 60.1 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 74 | 977 | Choctaw County | 59.7 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 75 | 1,048 | Carroll County | 58.4 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 76 | 1,067 | Tishomingo County | 58.1 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 77 | 1,120 | Lamar County | 57.5 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 78 | 1,179 | George County | 56.4 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 79 | 1,237 | Hancock County | 55.5 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 80 | 1,252 | Madison County | 55.3 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 81 | 1,370 | Smith County | 53.5 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
| 82 | 1,547 | Itawamba County | 50.5 | Elevated | Legal Distress |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using PCA-weighted percentile-rank scoring across five statistically derived dimensions: Consumer Credit Distress, Housing Cost Burden, Structural Poverty, Economic Vitality, and Legal Distress. A score of 50 means the county falls at the national median. Higher scores indicate greater household financial distress.
Crisis (≥80) — Among the most distressed counties in the country
Serious (65–80) — More distressed than roughly 80% of counties
Elevated (50–65) — More distressed than roughly half of counties
Normal (35–50) — Near the national median
Healthy (<35) — Less distressed than most counties