Tuesday, May 16, 2017

UPDATE. The healthiest county in each Southern state: Rankin County, Mississippi


Healthiest County in Every State.  (24/7 Wall Street, 5/9/2017)

Part of the Jackson metro area, Rankin County is one of Mississippi's fastest growing.  Its population has increased 334% since 1960, compared to a 33.5% decrease in Holmes County, Mississippi's least healthy, since its 1940 peak. Rankin's nonwhite population is 25.4% compared to 84.7% in Holmes.



Other numbers
% of population living in poverty
  • Rankin County | 9.7%
  • Holmes County | 44.3%
  • Mississippi | 22.0%
  • U.S.  13.5%
    % of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree
    • Rankin County | 29.0%
    • Holmes County | 12.3%
    • Mississippi | 20.7%
    • U.S. | 29.8%
    Median household income:
    • Rankin County | $58,801
    • Holmes County | $20,732
    • Mississippi | $39,665
    • U.S. | $53,889

    Source:  Wikipedia


    Other posts in series.
    Shelby County, Alabama.  (5/10/2017)
    Benton County, Arkasnsas.  (5/11/2017)
    St. Johns County, Florida.  (5/12/2017)
    Oconee County, Georgia.  (5/13/2017)
    Oldham County, Kentucky.  (5/14/2017)
    Cameron Parish, Louisiana.  (5/15/2017)


    Original 4/4/2017 post starts here.

    The least healthy counties in every state.  (24/7 Wall Street, 3/15/201\7)

    Holmes County, Mississippi.   Its population is at the same now as it was during the Civil War.


    Source:  Wikipedia



    Other numbers
    % of population living in poverty
    • Holmes County | 44.3%
    • Mississippi | 22.0%
    • U.S.  13.5%
      % of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree
      • Holmes County | 12.3%
      • Mississippi | 20.7%
      • U.S. | 29.8%
      Median household income:
      • Holmes County | $20,732
      • Mississippi | $39,665
      • U.S. | $53,889

      Lexington Public Library.  (Lexington is the county seat.)

      Related reading: 
      Holmes County, Mississippi:  Largest slaveholders from 1860 slave census schedules and surname matches for African America on 1870 census. (Ancestry.com)

      Other counties in series:


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