Child Poverty Rate In Mississippi

      Mississippi has one of the highest child POVERTY Rate 34% of the children of Mississippi are in POVERTY meaning a third of all Children in Mississippi lives in impoverished condition and more than 60% of impoverished families in the state are headed by single mothers.The average income one adult and two children require to meet basic needs is estimated to be around $51,180 a year but the median annual income for a woman in the State Of Mississippi is only $31,465