PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report
SNAP Benefits in
Mississippi
Mississippi had an overall SNAP participation rate of 13.6% across 82 counties, with a coverage gap of 43.0% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
13.6%
SNAP participation
43.0%
Poverty coverage gap
154K
SNAP households
$54,915
Median income
Mississippi by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Mississippi. Hover a county for its exact rate.
Loading county map…
Mississippi at a glance
SNAP households
154K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
13.6%
All households
Poverty coverage
57.0%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
34.7%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
49.9%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
43.0%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 82 counties in Mississippi.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Lafayette 89.2%
- 2 Oktibbeha 77.7%
- 3 Itawamba 76.7%
- 4 Grenada 75.1%
- 5 Rankin 74.6%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Sunflower 67.4%
- 2 Humphreys 65.9%
- 3 Jefferson Davis 62.1%
- 4 Tunica 60.8%
- 5 Bolivar 57.9%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Issaquena 39.9%
- 2 Sunflower 33.6%
- 3 Noxubee 32.4%
- 4 Humphreys 32.3%
- 5 Sharkey 31.9%
Every county in Mississippi
All 82 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 17.5% | 46.0% | 54.0% | 36.7% | 35.8% | 28.3% | $40,250 |
| Alcorn | 18.8% | 50.2% | 49.8% | 45.3% | 56.5% | 45.9% | $49,404 |
| Amite | 16.3% | 46.6% | 53.4% | 27.7% | 64.4% | 19.3% | $35,385 |
| Attala | 17.6% | 49.2% | 50.8% | 46.2% | 43.6% | 35.0% | $48,098 |
| Benton | 16.5% | 35.8% | 64.3% | 54.8% | 68.8% | 59.6% | $42,139 |
| Bolivar | 27.9% | 57.9% | 42.1% | 30.9% | 42.8% | 33.7% | $37,315 |
| Calhoun | 13.3% | 39.5% | 60.5% | 43.8% | 63.2% | 41.2% | $43,942 |
| Carroll | 15.6% | 35.9% | 64.1% | 36.4% | 64.2% | 50.3% | $55,275 |
| Chickasaw | 15.9% | 36.8% | 63.2% | 26.2% | 46.8% | 39.8% | $43,041 |
| Choctaw | 13.1% | 54.8% | 45.2% | 31.3% | 53.2% | 33.1% | $48,321 |
| Claiborne | 22.7% | 31.6% | 68.4% | 38.8% | 35.3% | 64.2% | $34,371 |
| Clarke | 17.2% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 31.5% | 60.4% | 38.6% | $46,054 |
| Clay | 20.6% | 54.5% | 45.5% | 21.1% | 13.2% | 33.0% | $39,904 |
| Coahoma | 28.2% | 56.5% | 43.5% | 37.1% | 33.2% | 33.1% | $36,259 |
| Copiah | 18.2% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 35.7% | 40.1% | 41.9% | $47,994 |
| Covington | 16.3% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 30.1% | 60.8% | 34.3% | $47,001 |
| DeSoto | 7.3% | 29.7% | 70.3% | 24.5% | 43.2% | 60.9% | $82,980 |
| Forrest | 16.4% | 42.8% | 57.2% | 32.3% | 59.8% | 40.5% | $52,821 |
| Franklin | 14.5% | 32.8% | 67.2% | 54.5% | 72.0% | 43.1% | $45,618 |
| George | 10.1% | 29.0% | 71.0% | 32.8% | 53.4% | 49.8% | $54,822 |
| Greene | 13.7% | 26.0% | 74.0% | 28.1% | 61.6% | 59.4% | $55,838 |
| Grenada | 9.3% | 24.9% | 75.1% | 28.3% | 59.2% | 42.7% | $47,998 |
| Hancock | 10.6% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 51.4% | 54.9% | 42.6% | $67,728 |
| Harrison | 15.0% | 43.5% | 56.5% | 33.2% | 52.6% | 50.6% | $57,233 |
| Hinds | 14.7% | 38.7% | 61.3% | 33.1% | 46.1% | 46.3% | $49,966 |
| Holmes | 30.7% | 52.4% | 47.6% | 34.7% | 63.8% | 31.2% | $29,434 |
| Humphreys | 32.3% | 65.9% | 34.1% | 42.8% | 55.5% | 44.8% | $32,976 |
| Issaquena | 39.9% | 57.1% | 42.9% | 75.3% | 86.7% | 54.7% | $29,271 |
| Itawamba | 7.2% | 23.3% | 76.7% | 35.2% | 31.2% | 56.2% | $59,508 |
| Jackson | 9.6% | 33.9% | 66.1% | 30.6% | 64.5% | 49.6% | $64,756 |
| Jasper | 13.9% | 35.1% | 64.9% | 50.0% | 54.7% | 47.4% | $47,157 |
| Jefferson | 19.5% | 48.2% | 51.8% | 31.4% | 26.6% | 30.3% | $36,207 |
| Jefferson Davis | 19.7% | 62.1% | 37.9% | 52.4% | 81.1% | 29.2% | $37,183 |
| Jones | 16.3% | 47.1% | 52.9% | 32.9% | 41.9% | 41.5% | $51,143 |
| Kemper | 15.9% | 49.0% | 51.0% | 33.3% | 60.1% | 21.1% | $43,595 |
| Lafayette | 4.2% | 10.8% | 89.2% | 10.9% | 45.9% | 54.3% | $64,334 |
| Lamar | 10.1% | 38.1% | 61.9% | 31.5% | 35.6% | 40.6% | $69,106 |
| Lauderdale | 18.4% | 46.6% | 53.4% | 37.7% | 48.4% | 38.7% | $50,033 |
| Lawrence | 19.2% | 43.5% | 56.5% | 48.3% | 74.6% | 44.8% | $43,368 |
| Leake | 12.1% | 35.7% | 64.3% | 53.0% | 73.4% | 47.1% | $48,418 |
| Lee | 9.7% | 36.9% | 63.1% | 24.1% | 46.3% | 40.8% | $67,144 |
| Leflore | 27.5% | 52.0% | 47.9% | 35.0% | 43.6% | 39.7% | $33,188 |
| Lincoln | 12.1% | 27.7% | 72.3% | 30.4% | 36.7% | 46.3% | $48,316 |
| Lowndes | 13.0% | 46.8% | 53.2% | 34.1% | 38.5% | 32.8% | $54,460 |
| Madison | 7.5% | 34.2% | 65.8% | 33.9% | 43.0% | 53.6% | $78,794 |
| Marion | 12.0% | 41.2% | 58.8% | 29.8% | 63.7% | 38.6% | $42,320 |
| Marshall | 11.5% | 30.6% | 69.4% | 42.3% | 68.0% | 45.6% | $51,875 |
| Monroe | 11.8% | 39.9% | 60.2% | 38.8% | 26.9% | 38.6% | $51,231 |
| Montgomery | 15.9% | 34.3% | 65.7% | 43.0% | 40.1% | 43.0% | $45,057 |
| Neshoba | 16.6% | 48.5% | 51.5% | 32.9% | 55.9% | 30.1% | $53,087 |
| Newton | 10.0% | 37.9% | 62.2% | 32.6% | 53.5% | 32.7% | $50,426 |
| Noxubee | 32.4% | 57.9% | 42.1% | 46.7% | 59.1% | 44.6% | $38,814 |
| Oktibbeha | 10.7% | 22.3% | 77.7% | 27.3% | 40.3% | 32.7% | $43,482 |
| Panola | 15.6% | 27.5% | 72.5% | 44.6% | 51.9% | 58.1% | $43,990 |
| Pearl River | 14.1% | 37.7% | 62.3% | 41.5% | 61.2% | 52.3% | $56,535 |
| Perry | 14.7% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 45.7% | 77.3% | 51.5% | $50,435 |
| Pike | 20.2% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 34.5% | 50.8% | 35.3% | $41,578 |
| Pontotoc | 8.3% | 28.1% | 71.9% | 38.2% | 63.1% | 42.8% | $52,741 |
| Prentiss | 11.4% | 38.2% | 61.8% | 38.5% | 63.6% | 39.5% | $51,466 |
| Quitman | 24.8% | 52.7% | 47.3% | 37.4% | 52.3% | 31.3% | $32,131 |
| Rankin | 5.1% | 25.4% | 74.6% | 29.3% | 37.5% | 52.8% | $77,454 |
| Scott | 12.1% | 37.5% | 62.5% | 27.8% | 50.6% | 33.5% | $48,492 |
| Sharkey | 31.9% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 35.9% | 53.1% | 54.3% | $35,741 |
| Simpson | 12.7% | 44.1% | 55.9% | 52.0% | 60.6% | 37.4% | $54,111 |
| Smith | 10.8% | 35.9% | 64.1% | 48.0% | 40.8% | 30.2% | $51,396 |
| Stone | 16.2% | 56.9% | 43.1% | 35.4% | 61.2% | 41.0% | $59,307 |
| Sunflower | 33.6% | 67.4% | 32.6% | 37.9% | 32.3% | 40.4% | $40,265 |
| Tallahatchie | 24.0% | 53.2% | 46.8% | 51.0% | 40.0% | 45.3% | $37,383 |
| Tate | 9.7% | 30.8% | 69.2% | 34.5% | 41.7% | 42.4% | $63,995 |
| Tippah | 10.6% | 31.7% | 68.3% | 44.7% | 78.9% | 45.8% | $51,141 |
| Tishomingo | 10.2% | 30.6% | 69.4% | 35.7% | 68.0% | 26.9% | $46,257 |
| Tunica | 28.9% | 60.8% | 39.2% | 12.3% | 14.1% | 35.5% | $38,402 |
| Union | 8.1% | 26.7% | 73.3% | 17.7% | 70.8% | 54.6% | $56,807 |
| Walthall | 18.1% | 43.9% | 56.1% | 38.5% | 57.9% | 41.8% | $45,444 |
| Warren | 14.2% | 47.4% | 52.6% | 27.6% | 42.8% | 33.7% | $56,648 |
| Washington | 21.5% | 46.4% | 53.6% | 33.5% | 58.2% | 41.8% | $40,117 |
| Wayne | 20.0% | 44.3% | 55.8% | 48.9% | 69.5% | 48.7% | $36,791 |
| Webster | 16.4% | 56.4% | 43.6% | 51.9% | 67.4% | 46.3% | $59,964 |
| Wilkinson | 20.7% | 36.6% | 63.4% | 33.7% | 47.3% | 47.0% | $35,930 |
| Winston | 22.4% | 57.9% | 42.1% | 29.6% | 39.2% | 34.7% | $49,071 |
| Yalobusha | 10.1% | 27.6% | 72.4% | 30.5% | 45.2% | 38.1% | $49,171 |
| Yazoo | 24.3% | 55.1% | 44.9% | 35.8% | 55.2% | 36.1% | $40,974 |
Apply for SNAP in Mississippi
If you or someone you know may qualify, our state-specific guide walks through eligibility, documents needed, and how to apply online.
Mississippi SNAP guideFind a local food pantry
While SNAP is the largest safety net, food pantries bridge immediate gaps. Search our directory of verified pantries across Mississippi.
Mississippi food pantries