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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Mississippi

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Mississippi is +$626 in Copiah County.

HUD FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median gross rent for each county.

Largest premium
+$626
Copiah County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,288
FY2026
Census rent
$662
B25031
Counties
82
Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi

109Copiah County$1,288$662$132B25031+$626$840$1,050
214Issaquena County$842$339$154B25064+$503
226Jefferson County$842$348$151B25031+$494$850$850
248Perry County$1,047$566$112B25031+$481
340Jasper County$842$417$77B25031+$425
370Wilkinson County$842$432$161B25031+$410
376Franklin County$842$437$343B25031+$405
380Kemper County$842$439$156B25031+$403
400Holmes County$842$445$49B25031+$397$840$1,080
506Newton County$842$485$227B25031+$357
544Lawrence County$863$521$286B25031+$342$840$840
815Choctaw County$842$566$161B25031+$276
836Claiborne County$842$571$205B25031+$271$840$940
883Greene County$842$579$393B25031+$263
888Webster County$842$580$88B25031+$262
891Hinds County$1,288$1,027$32B25031+$261$840$1,590
908Yazoo County$984$726$57B25031+$258
928Marshall County$1,110$856$148B25031+$254$1,330$1,330
1000Humphreys County$842$598$115B25031+$244
1040Prentiss County$842$604$135B25031+$238
1041Quitman County$842$604$88B25031+$238
1076Sharkey County$842$608$104B25031+$234
1086Tunica County$1,186$953$112B25031+$233
1097Winston County$842$610$119B25031+$232
1173Sunflower County$842$619$63B25031+$223
1176Chickasaw County$842$620$42B25031+$222
1359Noxubee County$842$641$125B25031+$201
1396Covington County$842$645$127B25031+$197
1421Amite County$855$661$104B25031+$194
1441Carroll County$842$650$504B25031+$192
1446Hancock County$1,140$948$75B25031+$192
1449Smith County$842$650$118B25031+$192
1454Scott County$952$761$209B25031+$191$990$990
1523Calhoun County$842$658$152B25031+$184
1534Tishomingo County$842$659$210B25031+$183
1592Tate County$1,089$913$128B25031+$176$1,130$1,130
1701Clarke County$867$701$189B25031+$166
1718Pontotoc County$932$767$178B25031+$165
1734Simpson County$858$694$67B25031+$164$900$990
1766Tallahatchie County$842$681$89B25031+$161
1781Yalobusha County$842$682$24B25031+$160
1850Itawamba County$891$737$112B25031+$154
1916Leflore County$842$693$134B25031+$149
1974Montgomery County$842$697$612B25031+$145
2125Wayne County$842$709$53B25031+$133
2133Pearl River County$949$817$63B25031+$132
2222Lincoln County$852$728$71B25031+$124
2266Adams County$842$722$43B25031+$120
2310Coahoma County$842$726$36B25031+$116
2346Alcorn County$842$729$98B25031+$113
2400Bolivar County$842$734$95B25031+$108
2426Clay County$842$736$257B25031+$106
2493Jackson County$1,067$967$42B25031+$100
2500Attala County$842$743$92B25031+$99
2541Harrison County$1,140$1,046$34B25031+$94
2582Leake County$955$865$122B25031+$90$950$960
2656Benton County$842$760$43B25031+$82
2671Washington County$842$761$48B25031+$81
2773Lafayette County$1,243$1,178$68B25031+$65
2782Grenada County$911$847$45B25031+$64
2806Madison County$1,288$1,228$73B25031+$60$1,010$1,930
2848Forrest County$1,047$993$51B25031+$54
2849George County$921$867$115B25031+$54
2850Jefferson Davis County$842$788$34B25031+$54
2851Pike County$986$932$127B25031+$54
2868Union County$872$821$120B25031+$51
2896Stone County$969$924$147B25031+$45
2897Warren County$953$908$72B25031+$45
2902Lee County$994$951$55B25031+$43
2950Neshoba County$842$811$543B25031+$31
2957Monroe County$842$812$79B25031+$30
2966Jones County$917$890$54B25031+$27
2969Oktibbeha County$957$931$55B25031+$26
2970Panola County$878$852$36B25031+$26
2999Walthall County$923$908$236B25031+$15
3004Tippah County$842$830$195B25031+$12
3011Lowndes County$872$864$48B25031+$8
3031Rankin County$1,288$1,288$70B25031$0$1,030$1,830
3043Marion County$860$869$29B25031-$9
3054Lauderdale County$906$924$68B25031-$18
3067Lamar County$1,047$1,077$68B25031-$30
3102DeSoto County$1,274$1,392$61B25031-$118$1,150$1,910

Method

The voucher premium is the FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent minus the Census median gross rent for the same county. The Census rent is ACS 2024 5-year table B25031, 2-bedroom median (column B25031004), when that estimate is published and positive. Otherwise it is ACS table B25064, median gross rent. The margin of error on the premium is the ACS margin of error on that rent, because the Fair Market Rent is a HUD schedule. Other bedroom rows use B25031 when that bedroom median is published. When a county file has town Fair Market Rents and no single county schedule, the county rent is the population-weighted mean of the town rents, rounded half up. The Small Area FMR range is the low and high ZIP Small Area FMR inside the county. Rank is the premium, then the county name. A county is left out when both the 2-bedroom B25031 median and the B25064 median are missing or not positive.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html, and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year tables B25031 and B25064, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25031.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Mississippi?

Copiah County at +$626. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,288. The Census median gross rent is $662 (margin of error $132), from B25031.