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Life Expectancy in Mississippi, by County

Life Expectancy for every county in Mississippi, ranked. The highest is Lamar County at 78.1 and the lowest is Tunica County at 65.4.

Mississippi: n/a · United States: n/a · median county in Mississippi: 71.9

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#County Life Expectancy
1Lamar County78.1
2Rankin County77.4
3Kemper County76.5
4Lafayette County76.4
5Greene County76.1
6Oktibbeha County75.5
7Hancock County75.5
8Madison County75.5
9DeSoto County74.8
10Choctaw County74.0
11Clay County73.9
12Union County73.8
13Jackson County73.8
14Smith County73.7
15Carroll County73.7
16Pontotoc County73.4
17Franklin County73.2
18Harrison County73.1
19Amite County73.1
20Itawamba County72.9
21Wayne County72.8
22Prentiss County72.5
23Leake County72.5
24Winston County72.5
25Lee County72.4
26Alcorn County72.4
27Jones County72.3
28Lowndes County72.3
29Copiah County72.2
30Jefferson County72.2
31Tate County72.2
32Adams County72.1
33Forrest County72.0
34Chickasaw County72.0
35Tippah County71.9
36Walthall County71.9
37Warren County71.9
38Clarke County71.9
39Monroe County71.9
40Scott County71.9
41Hinds County71.9
42Attala County71.8
43Yazoo County71.8
44Simpson County71.7
45Panola County71.7
46Lauderdale County71.6
47Benton County71.6
48Stone County71.5
49Lincoln County71.5
50Lawrence County71.4
51Tallahatchie County71.4
52Pearl River County71.3
53Calhoun County71.2
54Noxubee County71.1
55Perry County71.0
56Jasper County70.9
57George County70.9
58Tishomingo County70.8
59Newton County70.5
60Marshall County70.5
61Webster County70.4
62Pike County70.3
63Marion County70.3
64Jefferson Davis County70.0
65Wilkinson County70.0
66Yalobusha County69.9
67Montgomery County69.8
68Claiborne County69.6
69Covington County69.5
70Grenada County69.5
71Sharkey County68.5
72Bolivar County68.1
73Sunflower County67.7
74Washington County67.4
75Humphreys County67.2
76Holmes County67.2
77Leflore County67.1
78Quitman County67.0
79Neshoba County66.9
80Coahoma County66.2
81Tunica County65.4

Average number of years a baby born today would live under current mortality conditions.

Source: County Health Rankings 2024 (from National Center for Health Statistics, CDC), 2024.

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