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Mississippi

Environmental and community health profiles for all 82 counties in Mississippi. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in Mississippi

Across Mississippi's 82 counties, 24 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is gaps in provider access, the leading driver of community health need in Mississippi.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Heat Vulnerability, triggered in 70 counties, followed by Heat-Dialysis Vulnerability in 66 counties.

Sharkey County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 80 out of 100 (high). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Sharkey County 28125	80	64	71	97	80	3,336
Humphreys County 28053	80	62	72	97	82	7,216
Quitman County 28119	79	63	70	95	80	5,546
Coahoma County 28027	78	71	66	89	77	20,077
Tunica County 28143	78	67	66	93	84	9,234
Leflore County 28083	78	73	63	91	76	26,378
Washington County 28151	77	69	66	92	74	41,946
Noxubee County 28103	77	65	65	92	74	9,914
Holmes County 28051	75	56	68	90	85	15,777
Montgomery County 28097	75	50	68	95	81	9,600
Panola County 28107	75	66	63	90	69	32,669
Winston County 28159	75	63	64	92	67	17,416
Lawrence County 28077	75	69	69	82	66	11,741
Sunflower County 28133	75	69	57	91	74	24,468
Yazoo County 28163	75	67	57	92	80	25,796
Carroll County 28015	74	63	67	90	63	9,535
Tallahatchie County 28135	74	70	57	90	74	11,837
Bolivar County 28011	74	63	65	85	72	28,968
Smith County 28129	73	65	67	86	61	14,099
Claiborne County 28021	73	55	62	97	68	8,617
Grenada County 28043	73	67	58	91	66	21,065
Jefferson Davis County 28065	73	51	69	87	72	10,969
Chickasaw County 28017	72	57	61	90	71	16,866
Scott County 28123	72	65	59	86	67	27,507
Yalobusha County 28161	72	50	67	89	70	12,386
Neshoba County 28099	72	57	62	91	66	28,789
Calhoun County 28013	72	55	67	85	66	12,685
Franklin County 28037	72	42	68	97	67	7,610
Adams County 28001	72	55	63	92	65	28,746
Choctaw County 28019	71	59	61	98	58	8,088
Issaquena County 28055	71	64	46	100	75	1,256
Leake County 28079	71	58	56	91	72	21,258
Marion County 28091	71	58	62	89	64	24,224
Tishomingo County 28141	71	50	63	90	67	18,507
Benton County 28009	71	47	60	95	71	7,438
Copiah County 28029	70	60	57	88	66	27,664
Wayne County 28153	70	55	63	89	61	19,703
Wilkinson County 28157	70	46	60	94	72	8,058
Jefferson County 28063	70	43	66	96	62	6,941
Clay County 28025	70	66	61	91	53	18,206
Perry County 28111	70	66	60	84	59	11,315
Amite County 28005	70	47	73	77	66	12,442
Kemper County 28069	69	49	58	97	64	8,584
Newton County 28101	69	61	53	91	63	21,019
Monroe County 28095	69	65	60	88	54	33,609
Marshall County 28093	69	56	60	78	72	34,123
Jasper County 28061	69	57	61	86	60	16,013
Attala County 28007	69	51	58	91	64	17,359
Clarke County 28023	68	44	65	88	63	15,228
Covington County 28031	68	62	50	89	66	18,059
Walthall County 28147	67	51	62	74	74	13,863
Hinds County 28049	67	62	43	90	69	214,870
Lowndes County 28087	67	77	42	90	57	57,283
Lauderdale County 28075	66	41	56	90	68	70,527
Pike County 28113	66	51	62	71	68	39,394
Warren County 28149	66	69	45	90	56	42,298
Jones County 28067	65	66	52	87	53	66,250
Stone County 28131	65	58	41	91	65	18,756
Alcorn County 28003	65	53	55	83	59	34,135
Pearl River County 28109	65	56	50	82	62	57,978
Tippah County 28139	64	51	54	89	56	21,287
Simpson County 28127	64	54	54	90	53	25,715
Lincoln County 28085	64	49	50	88	62	34,702
Tate County 28137	63	63	37	88	63	28,261
Union County 28145	62	63	47	88	50	28,284
Webster County 28155	60	53	41	92	54	9,988
Harrison County 28047	60	55	37	87	60	210,612
Hancock County 28045	60	46	52	75	60	46,159
George County 28039	60	53	37	89	58	25,619
Forrest County 28035	59	66	29	89	56	78,208
Prentiss County 28117	58	46	46	91	48	25,135
Pontotoc County 28115	58	58	39	87	49	31,535
Lee County 28081	56	63	31	89	48	82,799
Jackson County 28059	56	48	37	88	54	146,389
Itawamba County 28057	55	53	34	91	49	24,093
Greene County 28041	54	47	37	82	52	13,601
Lamar County 28073	53	64	26	89	45	66,217
Oktibbeha County 28105	52	52	14	92	58	51,203
Rankin County 28121	48	64	20	89	34	160,417
Madison County 28089	47	67	17	90	33	112,511
DeSoto County 28033	47	66	18	79	40	193,247
Lafayette County 28071	46	53	13	88	47	58,467

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.

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