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Counties With the Highest Household Income in Mississippi (2026)

DeSoto has the highest household income of any county in Mississippi, at $85,297, followed by Madison and Rankin (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Highest counties for household income in Mississippi

Top 25 of 82 counties with data.

Ranked by median household income (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), highest first.

Highest counties for household income in Mississippi
RankCountyValue
1DeSoto$85,297
2Madison$83,441
3Rankin$79,357
4Lamar$70,909
5Tate$69,704
6Lee$67,863
7Hancock$67,708
8Lafayette$67,185
9Jackson$66,201
10Stone$61,413
11Smith$60,916
12George$59,758
13Harrison$59,479
14Warren$59,401
15Carroll$59,327
16Webster$58,789
17Pearl River$58,135
18Neshoba$57,013
19Simpson$56,381
20Itawamba$55,546
21Union$55,505
22Greene$54,276
23Lowndes$53,812
24Forrest$53,640
25Marshall$53,458

How this ranking works

This page ranks Mississippi counties by median household income, sorted so the highest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

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Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of median household income.

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