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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Mississippi

Mississippi's senior poverty rate is 14.3%, and 28.6% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 82 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

14.3%

Senior poverty (65+)

28.6%

Seniors living alone

34.7%

Senior SNAP take-up

$42,561

Senior median income

Mississippi by county

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Mississippi at a glance

Seniors in poverty

69K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

14.3%

Ages 65+

Living alone

28.6%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

34.7%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$42,561

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.50

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 82 counties in Mississippi.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Holmes 32.7%
  2. 2 Sunflower 29.2%
  3. 3 Wilkinson 28.6%
  4. 4 Quitman 28.1%
  5. 5 Pike 26.7%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Wayne 41.3%
  2. 2 Tunica 39.5%
  3. 3 Pike 38.4%
  4. 4 Tishomingo 37.9%
  5. 5 Amite 37.8%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Hinds 34K
  2. 2 Harrison 33K
  3. 3 Rankin 25K
  4. 4 DeSoto 25K
  5. 5 Jackson 24K

Every county in Mississippi

All 82 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Adams 22.1% 31.1% 36.7% $30,904 6,080 0.73
Alcorn 15.0% 31.5% 45.3% $36,911 6,193 0.58
Amite 23.4% 37.8% 27.7% $30,401 3,140 0.91
Attala 17.6% 31.3% 46.2% $38,468 3,166 0.63
Benton 15.1% 29.8% 54.8% $36,225 1,548 0.54
Bolivar 24.2% 31.4% 30.9% $32,432 4,704 0.79
Calhoun 17.7% 33.8% 43.8% $25,982 2,494 0.69
Carroll 16.1% 24.6% 36.4% $33,931 2,354 0.45
Chickasaw 25.7% 32.4% 26.2% $32,052 3,010 0.83
Choctaw 12.8% 29.0% 31.3% $34,893 1,807 0.47
Claiborne 13.0% 27.6% 38.8% $29,676 1,633 0.45
Clarke 16.2% 32.9% 31.5% $33,167 3,292 0.64
Clay 17.5% 25.0% 21.1% $33,125 3,421 0.49
Coahoma 18.2% 37.2% 37.1% $35,915 3,211 0.78
Copiah 13.5% 26.4% 35.7% $51,120 5,063 0.43
Covington 23.2% 20.8% 30.1% $35,122 2,997 0.52
DeSoto 7.3% 20.9% 24.5% $58,602 24,762 0.16
Forrest 14.8% 27.0% 32.3% $53,117 10,370 0.47
Franklin 16.3% 26.2% 54.5% $42,292 1,566 0.49
George 13.5% 27.8% 32.8% $34,009 3,709 0.46
Greene 10.8% 21.4% 28.1% $34,817 1,738 0.26
Grenada 25.7% 24.8% 28.3% $36,452 3,825 0.65
Hancock 12.1% 28.4% 51.4% $47,421 9,956 0.44
Harrison 11.9% 28.6% 33.2% $50,503 33,033 0.44
Hinds 16.6% 31.6% 33.1% $42,486 34,009 0.62
Holmes 32.7% 33.9% 34.7% $26,557 2,556 0.86
Humphreys 17.4% 26.8% 42.8% $31,532 1,337 0.53
Issaquena 18.3% 35.7% 75.3% $29,000 191 0.75
Itawamba 10.4% 32.3% 35.2% $37,217 3,997 0.49
Jackson 9.2% 30.2% 30.6% $50,670 23,963 0.42
Jasper 12.0% 28.0% 50.0% $31,725 3,418 0.43
Jefferson 11.2% 30.4% 31.4% $39,095 1,343 0.47
Jefferson Davis 14.1% 26.7% 52.4% $32,550 2,597 0.45
Jones 11.8% 26.6% 32.9% $34,416 11,119 0.39
Kemper 13.7% 21.3% 33.3% $43,346 1,848 0.32
Lafayette 5.6% 27.4% 10.9% $61,710 7,128 0.27
Lamar 10.0% 18.9% 31.5% $55,273 9,386 0.18
Lauderdale 17.5% 31.2% 37.7% $39,260 12,526 0.63
Lawrence 21.0% 28.0% 48.3% $40,359 2,130 0.64
Leake 18.9% 28.8% 53.0% $35,192 3,700 0.61
Lee 10.8% 25.6% 24.1% $45,566 12,250 0.35
Leflore 22.1% 36.8% 35.0% $28,333 3,809 0.86
Lincoln 22.5% 27.4% 30.4% $35,124 5,769 0.66
Lowndes 14.0% 36.7% 34.1% $38,864 9,448 0.68
Madison 10.0% 26.8% 33.9% $62,700 16,035 0.36
Marion 10.5% 28.9% 29.8% $36,610 4,332 0.42
Marshall 16.2% 26.7% 42.3% $40,796 6,056 0.50
Monroe 15.3% 28.1% 38.8% $36,109 6,396 0.51
Montgomery 16.8% 34.8% 43.0% $42,344 2,060 0.69
Neshoba 12.8% 23.0% 32.9% $43,205 4,473 0.34
Newton 14.0% 34.2% 32.6% $39,093 3,517 0.62
Noxubee 20.5% 31.6% 46.7% $22,708 1,677 0.71
Oktibbeha 12.5% 26.4% 27.3% $54,888 5,876 0.41
Panola 17.3% 29.5% 44.6% $37,801 5,507 0.59
Pearl River 15.4% 28.6% 41.5% $38,994 10,597 0.52
Perry 14.4% 26.9% 45.7% $38,742 2,117 0.46
Pike 26.7% 38.4% 34.5% $30,467 6,646 0.96
Pontotoc 15.8% 26.7% 38.2% $40,825 4,573 0.49
Prentiss 16.3% 31.7% 38.5% $30,913 4,207 0.61
Quitman 28.1% 34.4% 37.4% $29,688 1,018 0.87
Rankin 8.0% 26.2% 29.3% $58,015 25,212 0.30
Scott 12.0% 19.7% 27.8% $39,449 4,298 0.24
Sharkey 17.6% 27.2% 35.9% $36,136 659 0.54
Simpson 17.4% 24.9% 52.0% $40,737 4,691 0.48
Smith 14.4% 25.4% 48.0% $32,738 2,839 0.43
Stone 8.4% 18.4% 35.4% $48,275 3,117 0.13
Sunflower 29.2% 33.2% 37.9% $25,466 3,345 0.85
Tallahatchie 20.9% 28.4% 51.0% $29,122 2,020 0.64
Tate 10.5% 23.8% 34.5% $48,400 4,501 0.30
Tippah 11.4% 25.0% 44.7% $38,611 3,523 0.35
Tishomingo 23.2% 37.9% 35.7% $33,403 3,741 0.91
Tunica 21.3% 39.5% 12.3% $35,000 1,278 0.91
Union 8.4% 28.4% 17.7% $47,606 4,482 0.36
Walthall 17.3% 21.4% 38.5% $35,282 2,717 0.40
Warren 12.0% 26.5% 27.6% $46,622 7,687 0.40
Washington 22.1% 36.0% 33.5% $31,329 7,468 0.84
Wayne 17.8% 41.3% 48.9% $32,000 3,413 0.84
Webster 9.7% 29.9% 51.9% $43,393 1,797 0.42
Wilkinson 28.6% 35.0% 33.7% $26,401 1,479 0.89
Winston 19.9% 31.8% 29.6% $42,983 3,594 0.70
Yalobusha 13.8% 30.5% 30.5% $46,266 2,529 0.53
Yazoo 19.1% 29.7% 35.8% $34,033 3,476 0.63

Senior food help in Mississippi

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Mississippi senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Mississippi, and benefit amounts.

Mississippi SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Mississippi's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Mississippi food pantries