Claiborne County, Mississippi

County Distress Index: Elevated · 64.7 | 8,617 people · 34th most distressed in Mississippi

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Claiborne County, MS registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 64.7 — 522nd nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Mississippi, it ranks 34th of 82 counties. Among its 5 neighboring counties, 3 show more distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Claiborne County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 95.0 — worse than roughly 95% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 95.0
Poverty Rate 95
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 95
Debt & Delinquency 86.6
Debt in Collections 95
Medical Debt 49
Student Loan Delinquency 92
Auto Loan Delinquency 95
Credit Card Delinquency 95
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 93
Community Vulnerability 54.0
Uninsured Rate 94
Disability Rate 14
Housing Cost Burden 51.0
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 19
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 5
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 91
Homeownership Rate 46
Rent-to-Income Ratio 95
Employment & Wages 36.7
Unemployment Rate 95
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 5
Business Formation Rate 10

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Claiborne County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Claiborne County
Claiborne County, MS 64.7 Elevated
Hinds County, MS 68.9 Serious +4.3
Tensas Parish, LA 68.8 Serious +4.1
Copiah County, MS 65.0 Serious +0.4
Warren County, MS 62.6 Elevated -2.0
Jefferson County, MS 62.4 Elevated -2.3

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Claiborne County
St. Clair County, MO 64.7 Elevated +0.0
Red River Parish, LA 64.6 Elevated -0.1
Wilkes County, GA 64.8 Elevated +0.2
Jones County, NC 64.9 Elevated +0.3
Cotton County, OK 64.4 Elevated -0.3

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