Best counties in Mississippi

Ranked by composite score — 82 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Choctaw County	76.1	89.6	89.1	14.9
2	Kemper County	75.2	85.5	91.6	11.9
3	Webster County	74.2	86.1	88.5	22.5
4	Issaquena County	73.7	92.5	96.1	2.5
5	Franklin County	72.9	84.1	89.5	13.2
6	Carroll County	71.9	83.6	90.1	19.5
7	Clarke County	71.9	88.2	86.4	13.5
8	Smith County	71.9	89.4	88.5	16.9
9	Perry County	71.7	81.1	89.7	16.3
10	Tishomingo County	71.3	87.1	88	13.6
11	Benton County	71.1	83.8	87	10.9
12	Claiborne County	71	85.9	89.1	5.8
13	Greene County	70.9	79.4	86.5	19.8
14	Jasper County	70.7	85.4	86.9	14.2
15	Union County	70.7	86.1	82.2	20.5
16	Itawamba County	70.5	84.4	84.8	22.2
17	Jefferson County	70.5	74.1	94.2	7
18	Amite County	70.4	88.6	90.2	6.5
19	Attala County	70.3	84.6	86	14.8
20	Prentiss County	70.3	83.2	87.6	17
21	Calhoun County	70	83.1	89.1	12.1
22	Winston County	70	84.1	87.1	15.4
23	Yalobusha County	70	79.1	85.1	15.5
24	Tallahatchie County	69.6	85.3	88.9	7.8
25	Lawrence County	69.5	82.6	85	11.7
26	Jefferson Davis County	69.4	78.8	86.9	7.7
27	Covington County	69.3	82.8	88.5	14.1
28	Lincoln County	69.3	82.1	86.6	14.9
29	Simpson County	69.3	85.4	85	18.7
30	Pontotoc County	69.2	83.7	83.6	17.8
31	Walthall County	69.2	80.2	86.4	13.1
32	Clay County	68.9	82.9	86.5	9.4
33	Alcorn County	68.8	85.5	85.3	15.6
34	Stone County	68.6	85.2	82	22.1
35	Tippah County	68.3	81.2	85.4	16.8
36	Copiah County	68.2	80.1	88.6	14.7
37	Chickasaw County	68	81.4	86.7	11.5
38	Montgomery County	68	77.1	85.1	12.8
39	George County	67.9	84.1	82.1	19.2
40	Wilkinson County	67.9	78	88.9	6.9
41	Newton County	67.8	79.8	87.1	16.3
42	Tate County	67.7	80.7	78.1	25.2
43	Leake County	67.4	83.2	86	15
44	Noxubee County	67.3	73.8	88.7	8.7
45	Lamar County	67.2	83.5	73.4	28.5
46	Monroe County	67.2	81.3	85.9	16.8
47	Tunica County	67	89.9	81.1	8.5
48	Lafayette County	66.7	84.2	73.2	25.4
49	Wayne County	66.6	80.3	86.7	7.4
50	Marion County	66.5	81.4	86.4	11
51	Lowndes County	66.3	84.3	79.3	18.9
52	Sharkey County	66.3	76	86.5	6.7
53	Oktibbeha County	66.1	80.7	79.4	11.8
54	Adams County	66	77.4	87.8	9.7
55	Quitman County	65.8	69.8	89.9	4.4
56	Jones County	65.7	77.5	84.6	16.8
57	Pearl River County	65.6	83.2	82.6	20.3
58	Rankin County	65.6	84.8	69.7	33.9
59	Scott County	65.6	79.8	84	15
60	Hancock County	65.5	82.1	77	27.6
61	Neshoba County	65.3	77.3	86.9	18
62	Lee County	65.1	82	77.3	27.2
63	Madison County	65.1	81.9	67.6	34.8
64	Bolivar County	64.5	80.4	86.2	7.8
65	Forrest County	64.5	78.6	79.1	17.9
66	Panola County	64.5	80.6	83.2	12.1
67	Holmes County	64.1	76.7	89.2	2.6
68	Sunflower County	63.9	77.5	87	9.7
69	Warren County	63.9	78.2	79.7	20.4
70	Jackson County	63.8	81.7	74	25.7
71	Grenada County	63.7	73.8	82.2	14.7
72	Marshall County	63.7	81.3	78.6	17.3
73	DeSoto County	63.2	84.2	64.5	37.5
74	Humphreys County	63.2	71.2	86.6	4.9
75	Harrison County	62.8	84.1	73.9	20.8
76	Pike County	62.7	76.1	83.2	10.5
77	Washington County	62.7	78.6	84.9	9.6
78	Yazoo County	62.6	77.2	81.9	10.1
79	Lauderdale County	62.4	74.6	81.5	16.1
80	Leflore County	60.1	72.6	84.9	5.1
81	Coahoma County	60	67.4	86.1	7.1
82	Hinds County	59.8	76.4	76.1	16