In 2023, 18 percent of Mississippi's population lived below the poverty line. This figure decreased slightly from the previous year. Since 2000, the poverty rate in Mississippi has been relatively high, and peaked in 2012, at 24.2 percent. The poverty rate of the United States can be found here.
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Graph and download economic data for Estimate of Related Children Age 5-17 in Families in Poverty for Mississippi (PE5T17MS28000A647NCEN) from 1989 to 2023 about 5 to 17 years, MS, child, family, poverty, persons, and USA.
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In 2023, 18 percent of Mississippi's population lived below the poverty line. This figure decreased slightly from the previous year. Since 2000, the poverty rate in Mississippi has been relatively high, and peaked in 2012, at 24.2 percent. The poverty rate of the United States can be found here.