State Rollup · MS

Mississippi.

82 counties scored. Ranked by the Scout composite resilience index, which combines climate stability, water and food, social stability, infrastructure, and self-sufficiency.

MIN 43MEDIAN 54MAX 65
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Top 20 counties

Highest Scout composite scores in the state.
  1. #1
    Sharkey County
    FIPS 28125·POP 3,773·#192 US
    65
    excellent
  2. #2
    Humphreys County
    FIPS 28053·POP 7,693·#237 US
    64
    excellent
  3. #3
    Quitman County
    FIPS 28119·POP 6,166·#272 US
    63
    excellent
  4. #4
    Bolivar County
    FIPS 28011·POP 30,953·#462 US
    62
    excellent
  5. #5
    Sunflower County
    FIPS 28133·POP 25,919·#519 US
    61
    excellent
  6. #6
    Prentiss County
    FIPS 28117·POP 24,995·#601 US
    61
    excellent
  7. #7
    Union County
    FIPS 28145·POP 27,724·#647 US
    60
    excellent
  8. #8
    Coahoma County
    FIPS 28027·POP 21,300·#658 US
    60
    excellent
  9. #9
    Issaquena County
    FIPS 28055·POP 1,338·#659 US
    60
    excellent
  10. #10
    Tallahatchie County
    FIPS 28135·POP 12,658·#708 US
    60
    good
  11. #11
    Clay County
    FIPS 28025·POP 18,616·#736 US
    59
    good
  12. #12
    Itawamba County
    FIPS 28057·POP 23,822·#750 US
    59
    good
  13. #13
    Calhoun County
    FIPS 28013·POP 13,242·#815 US
    59
    good
  14. #14
    Webster County
    FIPS 28155·POP 9,913·#833 US
    59
    good
  15. #15
    Washington County
    FIPS 28151·POP 44,765·#877 US
    58
    good
  16. #16
    Yalobusha County
    FIPS 28161·POP 12,460·#893 US
    58
    good
  17. #17
    Monroe County
    FIPS 28095·POP 34,055·#913 US
    58
    good
  18. #18
    Carroll County
    FIPS 28015·POP 9,971·#948 US
    58
    good
  19. #19
    Choctaw County
    FIPS 28019·POP 8,245·#972 US
    58
    good
  20. #20
    Leflore County
    FIPS 28083·POP 28,282·#1,026 US
    57
    good
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Bottom 10 counties

Lowest composite scores. Included for transparency, not alarm.
  1. #73
    Hinds County
    FIPS 28049·POP 227,510·#2,834 US
    43
    poor
  2. #74
    Harrison County
    FIPS 28047·POP 208,275·#2,678 US
    45
    fair
  3. #75
    Jackson County
    FIPS 28059·POP 143,149·#2,656 US
    46
    fair
  4. #76
    Lauderdale County
    FIPS 28075·POP 72,842·#2,465 US
    48
    fair
  5. #77
    Copiah County
    FIPS 28029·POP 28,350·#2,406 US
    48
    fair
  6. #78
    Forrest County
    FIPS 28035·POP 78,050·#2,379 US
    49
    fair
  7. #79
    Marshall County
    FIPS 28093·POP 33,484·#2,375 US
    49
    fair
  8. #80
    Claiborne County
    FIPS 28021·POP 9,127·#2,364 US
    49
    fair
  9. #81
    Hancock County
    FIPS 28045·POP 46,025·#2,355 US
    49
    fair
  10. #82
    Scott County
    FIPS 28123·POP 27,923·#2,328 US
    49
    fair
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Every county

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Scout composite resilience index · Get Ready

Composite combines five sub-scores using a weighted average. Source datasets: FEMA National Risk Index, NOAA temperature anomaly, NOAA precipitation normals, IRS county-to-county migration, CDC Social Vulnerability Index, USDA Rural-Urban Continuum Codes. Open Scout map.