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Outcomes

17.8% of people in Mississippi live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
25.0%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$59,301
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
12.7%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $88Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $125B

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for Mississippi.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
Issaquena County$38,7706.6%55.7%
Coahoma County$37,2065.5%34.9%
Holmes County$38,5435.3%34.3%
Humphreys County$39,2875.6%33.3%
Claiborne County$38,5487.7%33.3%
Sharkey County$40,5184.3%32.6%
Tallahatchie County$43,0743.2%32.3%
Quitman County$37,4744.6%31.9%