Highest property taxes in Mississippi: Census estimated rates

Ordered by median annual taxes paid divided by median home value. These are survey estimates, not local statutory tax rates.

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Census survey estimates, 2020–2024 ACS five-year vintage 2024. Effective rate here means median annual real estate taxes paid (B25103) divided by median owner-occupied home value (B25077). Owner-occupied units come from B25003. This is a ratio of two medians, not a statutory rate or the median of individual homeowners’ rates.

Survey estimates have sampling error. Countywide medians do not account for a particular home’s condition, assessment rules, exemptions or taxing districts. Rankings describe point estimates, not statistically significant differences. Missing and bounded estimates are excluded from rates and rankings.

Last verified 2026-10-24. Census data and methodology. Amounts are in 2024 dollars; no inflation adjustment is applied to your inputs. Displayed rates are rounded; calculations use the unrounded ratio.

Mississippi county ranking

81 counties with usable estimates. Ties use FIPS order; rankings use unrounded ratios. Small displayed differences may reflect rounding or survey error.

Mississippi counties, highest estimated rates first (2020–2024)
Rank	County	Estimated effective rate	Median home value	Median annual taxes paid	Owner-occupied units	Census sources
1	Coahoma County, MS	1.12%	$90,300	$1,012	4,378	Value / Tax / Units
2	Quitman County, MS	1.06%	$69,600	$740	1,709	Value / Tax / Units
3	Grenada County, MS	1.02%	$132,200	$1,355	5,636	Value / Tax / Units
4	Leflore County, MS	1.02%	$101,200	$1,033	5,351	Value / Tax / Units
5	Montgomery County, MS	1.00%	$126,800	$1,269	3,135	Value / Tax / Units
6	Wilkinson County, MS	0.99%	$90,000	$895	2,497	Value / Tax / Units
7	Humphreys County, MS	0.98%	$87,800	$861	1,789	Value / Tax / Units
8	Noxubee County, MS	0.96%	$90,800	$868	2,881	Value / Tax / Units
9	Sunflower County, MS	0.93%	$100,300	$930	4,414	Value / Tax / Units
10	Lauderdale County, MS	0.92%	$133,300	$1,228	18,689	Value / Tax / Units
11	Adams County, MS	0.90%	$108,700	$974	7,811	Value / Tax / Units
12	Neshoba County, MS	0.89%	$100,000	$893	8,029	Value / Tax / Units
13	Jefferson Davis County, MS	0.89%	$90,100	$800	3,761	Value / Tax / Units
14	Pike County, MS	0.88%	$110,800	$975	10,023	Value / Tax / Units
15	Sharkey County, MS	0.88%	$98,000	$861	946	Value / Tax / Units
16	Hinds County, MS	0.88%	$159,900	$1,403	52,263	Value / Tax / Units
17	Jefferson County, MS	0.86%	$81,300	$698	2,068	Value / Tax / Units
18	Holmes County, MS	0.86%	$80,400	$690	3,757	Value / Tax / Units
19	Washington County, MS	0.86%	$104,000	$891	10,301	Value / Tax / Units
20	Greene County, MS	0.85%	$92,700	$791	3,376	Value / Tax / Units
21	Forrest County, MS	0.81%	$168,000	$1,361	17,224	Value / Tax / Units
22	Warren County, MS	0.80%	$156,400	$1,244	11,717	Value / Tax / Units
23	Yazoo County, MS	0.78%	$153,800	$1,197	4,849	Value / Tax / Units
24	Tippah County, MS	0.77%	$124,100	$956	5,996	Value / Tax / Units
25	Marion County, MS	0.75%	$122,800	$922	7,044	Value / Tax / Units
26	Jones County, MS	0.74%	$143,100	$1,053	18,743	Value / Tax / Units
27	Newton County, MS	0.73%	$106,300	$778	6,098	Value / Tax / Units
28	Bolivar County, MS	0.73%	$130,000	$950	7,464	Value / Tax / Units
29	Prentiss County, MS	0.73%	$122,500	$894	7,437	Value / Tax / Units
30	Chickasaw County, MS	0.73%	$109,800	$800	4,692	Value / Tax / Units
31	Franklin County, MS	0.73%	$101,900	$739	2,511	Value / Tax / Units
32	Marshall County, MS	0.72%	$167,900	$1,213	10,434	Value / Tax / Units
33	Walthall County, MS	0.72%	$126,600	$913	4,247	Value / Tax / Units
34	Copiah County, MS	0.72%	$114,100	$820	7,485	Value / Tax / Units
35	Oktibbeha County, MS	0.71%	$237,700	$1,691	10,478	Value / Tax / Units
36	Jackson County, MS	0.71%	$193,100	$1,366	41,889	Value / Tax / Units
37	Hancock County, MS	0.71%	$224,200	$1,583	16,035	Value / Tax / Units
38	Stone County, MS	0.70%	$161,100	$1,134	5,409	Value / Tax / Units
39	Lincoln County, MS	0.70%	$155,800	$1,089	9,859	Value / Tax / Units
40	Monroe County, MS	0.70%	$120,800	$843	10,605	Value / Tax / Units
41	Lee County, MS	0.69%	$199,500	$1,384	23,067	Value / Tax / Units
42	Jasper County, MS	0.69%	$107,100	$737	5,460	Value / Tax / Units
43	Benton County, MS	0.69%	$105,100	$720	2,643	Value / Tax / Units
44	Webster County, MS	0.68%	$120,100	$821	3,098	Value / Tax / Units
45	Madison County, MS	0.68%	$311,100	$2,108	31,320	Value / Tax / Units
46	Attala County, MS	0.68%	$104,600	$707	4,989	Value / Tax / Units
47	Lawrence County, MS	0.67%	$100,000	$674	3,680	Value / Tax / Units
48	Leake County, MS	0.67%	$116,800	$778	5,690	Value / Tax / Units
49	Scott County, MS	0.67%	$106,700	$710	6,909	Value / Tax / Units
50	Calhoun County, MS	0.66%	$90,300	$600	4,039	Value / Tax / Units
51	Yalobusha County, MS	0.66%	$122,300	$809	3,463	Value / Tax / Units
52	Lamar County, MS	0.66%	$224,700	$1,479	17,647	Value / Tax / Units
53	Pearl River County, MS	0.65%	$182,300	$1,189	17,589	Value / Tax / Units
54	Tate County, MS	0.65%	$209,000	$1,354	8,369	Value / Tax / Units
55	Winston County, MS	0.65%	$124,600	$806	5,213	Value / Tax / Units
56	Panola County, MS	0.65%	$127,800	$826	8,754	Value / Tax / Units
57	Harrison County, MS	0.65%	$212,200	$1,370	51,826	Value / Tax / Units
58	Wayne County, MS	0.63%	$91,100	$578	6,553	Value / Tax / Units
59	Clay County, MS	0.63%	$129,100	$810	5,567	Value / Tax / Units
60	George County, MS	0.63%	$166,900	$1,044	7,638	Value / Tax / Units
61	Perry County, MS	0.62%	$124,000	$763	3,789	Value / Tax / Units
62	Simpson County, MS	0.61%	$122,200	$751	7,769	Value / Tax / Units
63	Tallahatchie County, MS	0.61%	$82,300	$503	2,778	Value / Tax / Units
64	Lowndes County, MS	0.60%	$164,100	$992	14,098	Value / Tax / Units
65	Rankin County, MS	0.60%	$237,400	$1,428	46,196	Value / Tax / Units
66	DeSoto County, MS	0.60%	$269,600	$1,613	55,278	Value / Tax / Units
67	Covington County, MS	0.59%	$105,100	$619	5,677	Value / Tax / Units
68	Itawamba County, MS	0.59%	$142,400	$835	7,595	Value / Tax / Units
69	Alcorn County, MS	0.58%	$142,100	$831	9,799	Value / Tax / Units
70	Pontotoc County, MS	0.58%	$157,100	$911	8,244	Value / Tax / Units
71	Kemper County, MS	0.57%	$99,600	$563	2,546	Value / Tax / Units
72	Clarke County, MS	0.56%	$118,100	$666	4,892	Value / Tax / Units
73	Union County, MS	0.56%	$163,400	$918	7,353	Value / Tax / Units
74	Lafayette County, MS	0.55%	$315,400	$1,719	12,145	Value / Tax / Units
75	Tunica County, MS	0.53%	$175,900	$940	1,502	Value / Tax / Units
76	Carroll County, MS	0.53%	$109,600	$577	3,563	Value / Tax / Units
77	Claiborne County, MS	0.49%	$82,700	$403	2,302	Value / Tax / Units
78	Tishomingo County, MS	0.49%	$145,100	$705	7,027	Value / Tax / Units
79	Choctaw County, MS	0.48%	$117,200	$563	2,752	Value / Tax / Units
80	Smith County, MS	0.42%	$112,600	$469	4,889	Value / Tax / Units
81	Amite County, MS	0.38%	$100,800	$386	4,819	Value / Tax / Units

1 counties excluded from the ranking

At least one median is missing or bounded; no precise ratio is shown.

Counties with incomplete Census medians (2020–2024)
County	Estimated effective rate	Median home value	Median annual taxes paid	Owner-occupied units	Census sources
Issaquena County, MS	Unavailable	$110,800	Unavailable	231	Value / / Units

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