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Counties in Mississippi ranked

8.4%of income goes to home energy in Issaquena County, the highest of 82 Mississippi counties

Madison County is lowest at 1.9%, a gap of 4.5 times. The median Mississippi county sits at 3.7%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Mississippi: DOE LEAD 2022.

Mississippi county map

Mississippi counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measurePanola County: 3.5%Lauderdale County: 3.5%George County: 2.9%Chickasaw County: 4.2%Monroe County: 3.3%Noxubee County: 4.5%Marion County: 3.7%Webster County: 3.2%Leake County: 4.0%Kemper County: 4.1%Perry County: 3.1%Smith County: 3.5%Clarke County: 3.7%Lincoln County: 3.5%Calhoun County: 4.1%Quitman County: 5.6%Neshoba County: 3.6%Franklin County: 3.7%Wayne County: 3.7%Choctaw County: 4.0%Stone County: 3.0%Union County: 3.1%Jefferson Davis County: 4.0%Alcorn County: 3.4%Simpson County: 3.1%Grenada County: 3.6%Pontotoc County: 3.2%Winston County: 3.5%Benton County: 4.4%Lowndes County: 3.2%Forrest County: 2.9%Copiah County: 3.2%Prentiss County: 3.1%Montgomery County: 4.0%Walthall County: 3.5%Issaquena County: 8.4%Newton County: 3.5%Holmes County: 5.4%Lee County: 2.6%Sharkey County: 4.5%Attala County: 4.2%Tippah County: 3.1%Lawrence County: 3.8%Jackson County: 2.4%Marshall County: 3.7%Warren County: 2.8%Hancock County: 2.4%Washington County: 4.6%Jones County: 3.2%Humphreys County: 5.1%Oktibbeha County: 2.7%Scott County: 3.9%Tate County: 3.4%Hinds County: 3.2%Claiborne County: 4.7%Clay County: 4.3%Harrison County: 2.6%Sunflower County: 4.3%Madison County: 1.9%Jefferson County: 4.2%Wilkinson County: 4.0%Pearl River County: 2.8%Rankin County: 2.2%Adams County: 3.9%Tunica County: 4.5%Covington County: 4.0%DeSoto County: 2.6%Greene County: 3.3%Lamar County: 2.3%Lafayette County: 2.5%Jasper County: 3.7%Itawamba County: 3.3%Carroll County: 3.8%Bolivar County: 4.0%Tishomingo County: 3.3%Coahoma County: 6.0%Pike County: 3.8%Tallahatchie County: 4.7%Yazoo County: 4.6%Yalobusha County: 3.9%Amite County: 4.0%Leflore County: 3.8%
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Mississippi counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Mississippi

Issaquena County leads Mississippi on burden at 8.4% of income and Coahoma County follows at 6.0%. For lower-income homes the top is Holmes County: 18.9% of income, against 12.7% in the median Mississippi county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Mississippi counties

  • Issaquena County8.4
  • Coahoma County6.0
  • Quitman County5.6
  • Holmes County5.4
  • Humphreys County5.1
  • Claiborne County4.7
  • Tallahatchie County4.7
  • Washington County4.6
  • Yazoo County4.6
  • Noxubee County4.5
  • Mississippi median county3.7
Mississippi counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in MississippiShare of income (MS)Residents (MS)
Madison County1.9%110,303
Rankin County2.2%158,218
Lamar County2.3%65,081
Jackson County2.4%144,437
Hancock County2.4%46,057

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Mississippi

NOAA logged 141 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Quitman County from 2015 to 2025, 2,387 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Mississippi. FEMA scores Harrison County highest at 95.6 (relatively high). In Mississippi these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Mississippi top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Mississippireports 2015-2025 (MS)Residents (MS)Rank (MS)
Quitman County2,3875,9081st
Tunica County1,6489,5862nd
Tallahatchie County1,21312,3633rd
Benton County1,1997,5924th
Smith County1,09214,1935th
Mississippi top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Mississippiscore 0-100 (MS)Residents (MS)Rank (MS)
Harrison County95.6209,4431st
Hinds County94.3222,4942nd
Jackson County92.3144,4373rd
DeSoto County89.0188,5984th
Lauderdale County87.071,9845th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Mississippi

Hancock County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Mississippi: 24.1 from 2015 to 2025, against 2.2 in the median Mississippi county. Hancock County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (33.1%, median county 0.6%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Mississippi top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Mississippiclaims 2015-2025 (MS)Residents (MS)Rank (MS)
Hancock County24.146,0571st
Wilkinson County19.48,3762nd
Washington County19.243,6743rd
Jackson County16.7144,4374th
Sharkey County15.03,8485th
Mississippi top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Mississippi% of homes insured (MS)Residents (MS)Rank (MS)
Hancock County33.1%46,0571st
Jackson County18.6%144,4372nd
Harrison County14.4%209,4433rd
Washington County6.5%43,6744th
Sharkey County6.0%3,8485th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Mississippi counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Mississippi median. Most extreme: Hancock County, share of homes with flood insurance 33.1% against a median of 0.6%.

Mississippi outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueMississippi medianDeviations
Hancock CountyFlood insurance penetration33.1%0.6%+49.9
Jackson CountyFlood insurance penetration18.6%0.6%+27.7
Harrison CountyFlood insurance penetration14.4%0.6%+21.3
Hancock CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes24.12.2+9.6
Washington CountyFlood insurance penetration6.5%0.6%+9.0
Sharkey CountyFlood insurance penetration6.0%0.6%+8.4
Wilkinson CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes19.42.2+7.6
Issaquena CountyHome energy burden8.4%3.7%+7.5
Washington CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes19.22.2+7.5
Leflore CountyFlood insurance penetration5.1%0.6%+7.0

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Mississippi

Adams County has the oldest stock: 70% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Hancock County at 89% of homes, and Covington County lists 5 utilities, the most in Mississippi.

Mississippi top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Mississippi% of homes (MS)Residents (MS)Rank (MS)
Adams County70%29,0981st
Washington County67%43,6742nd
Coahoma County66%20,8083rd
Quitman County63%5,9084th
Leflore County62%27,4325th
Mississippi top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Mississippi% of homes (MS)Residents (MS)Rank (MS)
Hancock County89%46,0571st
Pearl River County87%56,7812nd
George County82%24,8703rd
Jackson County82%144,4374th
Perry County82%11,4595th

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All 82 Mississippi counties, sortable

82 Mississippi counties, all measures
Adams County29,0983.9%13.6%29657.370%57%20.90.3%86
Alcorn County34,5003.4%11.1%35165.048%55%1no data0.4%121
Amite County12,6114.0%12.6%48448.243%67%3no data0.0%61
Attala County17,6854.2%15.8%69034.249%43%40.60.2%122
Benton County7,5924.4%12.3%1,19915.248%48%2no data0.1%91
Bolivar County30,1634.0%14.0%34176.856%41%25.72.5%103
Calhoun County13,0294.1%12.1%97527.749%51%31.80.6%127
Carroll County9,8283.8%13.2%80423.340%39%31.00.3%79
Chickasaw County16,9944.2%13.7%80643.954%52%2no data0.1%137
Choctaw County8,1724.0%12.5%75911.546%46%3no data0.4%62
Claiborne County8,9084.7%14.1%99924.749%58%24.50.5%89
Clarke County15,4243.7%14.5%97936.044%67%33.01.1%151
Clay County18,4624.3%13.3%31442.549%54%34.71.6%58
Coahoma County20,8086.0%17.4%72162.566%33%18.31.2%150
Copiah County27,9943.2%13.5%64361.339%59%30.50.3%180
Covington County18,2264.0%15.6%61550.837%72%51.20.7%112
DeSoto County188,5982.6%12.1%10189.020%38%20.70.8%190
Forrest County78,0272.9%11.1%18678.149%69%46.21.8%145
Franklin County7,6553.7%12.1%83617.349%63%3no data0.1%64
George County24,8702.9%11.3%18158.037%82%31.00.8%45
Greene County13,5953.3%13.6%27242.245%80%21.00.4%37
Grenada County21,3423.6%15.2%38955.449%47%21.01.7%83
Hancock County46,0572.4%10.7%20882.727%89%224.133.1%96
Harrison County209,4432.6%10.9%6595.635%76%313.414.4%137
Hinds County222,4943.2%12.4%16094.362%51%25.52.8%355
Holmes County16,4915.4%18.9%59449.845%53%31.30.4%98
Humphreys County7,5705.1%15.7%55527.952%40%37.83.1%42
Issaquena County1,0958.4%18.1%under 5,000 residents8.039%53%2no datano data29
Itawamba County23,9423.3%11.1%59749.645%53%1no data0.2%143
Jackson County144,4372.4%10.5%7592.345%82%316.718.6%108
Jasper County16,2113.7%13.9%80238.934%74%4no data0.3%130
Jefferson County7,1274.2%11.3%85611.342%63%2no data0.1%61
Jefferson Davis County11,1834.0%13.1%1,02823.143%60%4no data0.1%115
Jones County66,8393.2%11.8%30280.247%63%22.10.8%202
Kemper County8,8554.1%14.3%71114.953%52%1no data0.1%63
Lafayette County56,9202.5%13.4%28664.422%59%30.40.7%163
Lamar County65,0812.3%11.4%20665.020%81%22.11.2%134
Lauderdale County71,9843.5%13.2%25487.052%70%20.81.1%183
Lawrence County11,8833.8%11.7%77425.047%64%41.00.7%92
Leake County21,2884.0%12.9%72855.748%57%31.40.4%155
Lee County83,1382.6%10.6%25981.339%55%31.50.8%215
Leflore County27,4323.8%13.3%17973.562%39%37.85.1%49
Lincoln County34,8303.5%12.5%34548.445%70%30.40.2%120
Lowndes County58,1873.2%14.2%26080.947%60%33.02.5%151
Madison County110,3031.9%12.3%18882.125%43%14.61.9%207
Marion County24,3033.7%12.3%32160.051%72%27.11.3%78
Marshall County33,8993.7%13.7%39571.233%42%4no data0.1%134
Monroe County33,9283.3%13.0%58468.552%64%42.32.1%198
Montgomery County9,7084.0%14.0%60810.949%45%2no data0.2%59
Neshoba County28,9273.6%13.1%43658.347%62%3no data0.3%126
Newton County21,1513.5%12.0%51552.445%69%4no data0.1%109
Noxubee County10,1364.5%14.6%72029.053%54%31.40.2%73
Oktibbeha County51,4732.7%11.1%22562.830%65%20.81.7%116
Panola County32,9653.5%12.4%49769.242%46%21.50.7%164
Pearl River County56,7812.8%10.6%13286.135%87%34.12.6%75
Perry County11,4593.1%9.9%34019.532%82%46.60.6%39
Pike County39,9303.8%13.8%17070.445%69%20.50.3%68
Pontotoc County31,3123.2%10.7%53050.142%50%3no data0.1%166
Prentiss County24,9993.1%11.0%51251.549%48%3no data0.1%128
Quitman County5,9085.6%15.2%2,38718.563%37%17.73.1%141
Rankin County158,2182.2%11.1%18185.027%48%34.72.3%287
Scott County27,7543.9%12.7%45455.935%62%41.20.5%126
Sharkey County3,8484.5%13.7%under 5,000 residents15.861%44%215.06.0%40
Simpson County25,8173.1%11.2%41151.045%62%20.80.6%106
Smith County14,1933.5%13.0%1,09247.246%70%3no data0.1%155
Stone County18,5153.0%10.5%10352.025%78%31.50.4%19
Sunflower County25,3284.3%13.3%28069.658%34%24.21.4%71
Tallahatchie County12,3634.7%12.7%1,21340.155%33%32.61.1%150
Tate County28,1353.4%12.3%53741.230%56%31.30.4%151
Tippah County21,6213.1%8.9%50943.843%37%2no data0.1%110
Tishomingo County18,7383.3%11.7%77437.150%59%1no data0.2%145
Tunica County9,5864.5%14.8%1,64836.327%53%12.72.4%158
Union County28,0093.1%10.9%53643.543%47%2no data0.1%150
Walthall County13,8643.5%13.3%39725.549%70%34.20.6%55
Warren County43,6232.8%12.7%42986.357%63%210.81.7%187
Washington County43,6744.6%15.6%24083.067%42%219.26.5%105
Wayne County19,6993.7%12.6%33055.744%59%41.40.3%65
Webster County9,9423.2%12.4%58312.648%46%4no data0.1%58
Wilkinson County8,3764.0%11.2%62133.546%64%219.41.0%52
Winston County17,6093.5%11.9%58539.953%44%21.10.3%103
Yalobusha County12,4393.9%13.2%94119.549%47%3no data0.2%117
Yazoo County26,8374.6%17.0%56671.252%45%25.72.9%152

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Mississippi: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Mississippi sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (MS)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (MS)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (MS)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (MS)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (MS)20241 Oct 2026

Mississippi LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Mississippi county has the highest home energy burden?

Issaquena County: 8.4% of income, against 3.7% for the median Mississippi county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Mississippi county has the lowest energy burden?

Madison County at 1.9% of income.

How does Mississippi compare with the whole country?

The median Mississippi county has a burden of 3.7% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 82 Mississippi counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Mississippi?

Quitman County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 2,387 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Mississippi county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Harrison County: 95.6, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Mississippi?

Adams County: 70% of homes were built before 1980; the median Mississippi county is at 46% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Mississippi county relies most on electric heat?

Hancock County: 89% of homes heat with electricity, against 56% in the median county.

Which Mississippi county has the most flood claims per home?

Hancock County: 24.1 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Mississippi county has 2.2 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Mississippi?

No: in Mississippi they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Mississippi households get help with bills?

See the Mississippi help page. Highest burden: Issaquena County.

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8.4% of income goes to home energy in Issaquena County, the highest of 82 Mississippi counties