MS Literacy Statistics

MISSISSIPPI ADULT LITERACY ESTIMATES

Counties with fewer than 5000 individuals age 16 and above are not included

Level 1: cannot read

Level 2: cannot read well enough to fill out a job application

County	Level 1/Level 2	County	Level 1/Level 2
Adams	35%/70%	Leflore	41%/79%
Alcorn	24%/62%	Lincoln	31%/64%
Amite	39%/78%	Lowndes	27%/58%
Attala	37%/76%	Madison	29%/55%
Benton	36%/78%	Marion	32%/69%
Bolivar	41%/79%	Marshall	37%/77%
Calhoun	30%/70%	Monroe	28%/69%
Carroll	34%/74%	Montgomery	37%/76%
Chickasaw	32%/71%	Neshoba	29%/63%
Choctaw	31%/69%	Newton	30%/64%
Claiborne	47%/80%	Noxubee	46%/89%
Clarke	30%/67%	Oktibbeha	25%/51%
Clay	35%/72%	Panola	37%/75%
Coahoma	46%/83%	Pearl River	23%/55%
Copiah	36%/71%	Perry	29%/65%
Covington	33%/69%	Pike	36%/71%
DeSoto	16%/49%	Pontotoc	22%/59%
Forrest	26%/55%	Prentiss	23%/61%
Franklin	35%/74%	Quitman	45%/86%
George	23%/61%	Rankin	17%/74%
Greene	29%/67%	Scott	34%/71%
Grenada	34%/71%	Simpson	31%/68%
Hancock	25%/56%	Smith	28%/65%
Harrison	23%/52%	Stone	26%/57%
Hinds	31%/56%	Sunflower	45%/84%
Holmes	52%/92%	Tallahatchie	43%/86%
Humphreys	46%/87%	Tate	28%/62%
Itawamba	21%/60%	Tippah	26%/64%
Jackson	22%/52%	Tishomingo	22%/61%
Jasper	39%/76%	Tunica	50%/94%
Jefferson	52%/94%	Union	23%/61%
Jefferson Davis	41%/79%	Walthall	39%/78%
Jones	28%/61%	Warren	30%/61%
Kemper	42%/81%	Washington	39%/76%
Lafayette	23%/50%	Wayne	33%/71%
Lamar	18%/45%	Webster	29%/68%
Lauderdale	28%/59%	Wilkinson	48%/91%
Leake	36%/74%	Yalobusha	35%/75%
Lee	21%/54%	Yazoo	41%/79%