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Summary of 
Mississippi

Strengths

  • Low prevalence of excessive drinking
  • Low Black/white residential segregation
  • Low percentage of housing with lead risk

Challenges

  • High premature death rate
  • High percentage of household food insecurity
  • High prevalence of physical inactivity

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Measures Impacting a State's Rank

See which measures have the most impact on Mississippi’s 2022 Annual Report ranking and how Mississippi ranks on all measures.

Mississippi’s 2022 Annual Report Ranking: #49Adjust My Rank

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Annual Report
Measure2022 Value2022 Rank

-0.522

45

-0.156

31

28.0

50

6.8

43

$114

30

291

14

-1.629

49

99

48

2.1%

21

40.3%

36

13.5%

48

$26,941

50

19.2%

49

6.4%

35

15.3%

50

69.7%

15

35.8

26

5.33

46

0.230

16

30.6%

32

86.5%

48

85.0%

29

6.5

4

-0.354

35

17.2%

35

85.2%

50

52

3

26.6%

47

62.3%

17

-0.436

47

-0.670

47

8.2

33

6.3%

48

32.1%

33

1,647,155

16

60.7%

35

0

37

11.2

46

-0.123

34

83.0%

50

10.7%

11

14.6%

29

-1.124

48

-1.202

48

13.1%

46

-0.823

46

43.1

47

204.7

41

259.0

34

11.9%

45

-1.175

48

70.9%

37

57.7%

46

-1.075

46

69.9%

31

37.7%

48

32.7%

50

-0.805

46

83.4%

30

3,714

48

-1.465

49

-1.863

50

15.7%

47

4.1%

48

30.9%

48

-1.187

49

803.7

50

5.3%

16

27.9

50

-0.890

40

35.0%

40

-1.620

46

6.4%

19

19.6%

45

-0.795

46

0.357

13

20.3

16

14.3%

10

14.7%

25

15.8%

29

14.1

18

-1.145

49

13,781

50

1.8

34

-1.239

47

12.9%

42

42.1%

49

11.8%

50

2.0

26

13.8%

44

30.6%

44

10.0%

28

7.9%

37

12.4%

48

2.6%

10

9.1%

44

20.0%

23

15.2%

48

-1.320

46

43.9%

49

38.3%

45

39.1%

45

-0.860

49

2,949,965

23.5%

59.8%

16.8%

49.9%

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