What is the 2026 poverty guideline for four people in Mississippi?

The 2026 HHS poverty guideline for a household of four in Mississippi is $33,000.

Mississippi

A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Mississippi has not adopted the full ACA Medicaid expansion. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 87.0.

Sales tax: 7.1%
Wage income tax: Yes
Property tax: 0.65%

Benefit pages

Each program has its own page for Mississippi. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.

SNAP eligibility · unlikely
Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
WIC eligibility · likely
School meals eligibility · likely
LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
SSI eligibility · unlikely
State programs eligibility · maybe

Counties

Adams County · 2-bed $905
Alcorn County · 2-bed $905
Attala County · 2-bed $905
Bolivar County · 2-bed $905
Calhoun County · 2-bed $905
Chickasaw County · 2-bed $905
Choctaw County · 2-bed $905
Claiborne County · 2-bed $905
Clarke County · 2-bed $905
Clay County · 2-bed $905
Coahoma County · 2-bed $905
Copiah County · 2-bed $1,289
Covington County · 2-bed $905
DeSoto County · 2-bed $1,301
Forrest County · 2-bed $1,316
George County · 2-bed $994
Greene County · 2-bed $905
Grenada County · 2-bed $967
Hancock County · 2-bed $1,185
Harrison County · 2-bed $1,185
Hinds County · 2-bed $1,289
Holmes County · 2-bed $905
Humphreys County · 2-bed $905
Itawamba County · 2-bed $920
Jackson County · 2-bed $1,099
Jasper County · 2-bed $905
Jefferson County · 2-bed $905
Jones County · 2-bed $986
Lafayette County · 2-bed $1,255
Lamar County · 2-bed $1,316
Lauderdale County · 2-bed $1,006
Lawrence County · 2-bed $905
Leake County · 2-bed $1,003
Lee County · 2-bed $1,044
Leflore County · 2-bed $905
Lincoln County · 2-bed $905
Lowndes County · 2-bed $931
Madison County · 2-bed $1,289
Marion County · 2-bed $949
Marshall County · 2-bed $1,106
Monroe County · 2-bed $905
Montgomery County · 2-bed $905
Neshoba County · 2-bed $905
Newton County · 2-bed $905
Noxubee County · 2-bed $905
Oktibbeha County · 2-bed $1,024
Panola County · 2-bed $947
Pearl River County · 2-bed $967
Perry County · 2-bed $1,316
Pike County · 2-bed $1,039
Pontotoc County · 2-bed $923
Prentiss County · 2-bed $905
Quitman County · 2-bed $905
Rankin County · 2-bed $1,289
Scott County · 2-bed $1,026
Sharkey County · 2-bed $905
Simpson County · 2-bed $905
Smith County · 2-bed $905
Stone County · 2-bed $1,047
Sunflower County · 2-bed $905
Tallahatchie County · 2-bed $905
Tate County · 2-bed $1,101
Tippah County · 2-bed $905
Tishomingo County · 2-bed $905
Tunica County · 2-bed $1,156
Union County · 2-bed $905
Walthall County · 2-bed $926
Warren County · 2-bed $1,019
Washington County · 2-bed $905
Wayne County · 2-bed $905
Webster County · 2-bed $905
Wilkinson County · 2-bed $905
Winston County · 2-bed $905
Yalobusha County · 2-bed $905
Yazoo County · 2-bed $1,016

Towns

185 places in Mississippi have a cost page and a benefits page.

Metros in this ranking

Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Jackson · Jackson, MS