For Final FY 2018, State Minimum rents are based on the lower of the population-weighted median state nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR, or the population-weighted median U.S. nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR.
The table below illustrates how the population-weighted median state nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR is derived for Mississippi. The population-weighted median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR for a state is the 2-bedroom FMR where half of a state's nonmetropolitan population lives in counties with the same or lower 2-bedroom FMRs, and half of the nonmetropolitan population lives in counties with the same or higher 2-bedroom FMRs. The nonmetropolitan population of Mississippi is 1,639,842, and half of the nonmetropolitan population of Mississippi is 819,921.
In the table below, the unadjusted 2-bedroom FMRs for the nonmetropolitan counties of Mississippi are arranged in ascending order, and the cumulative population of the counties at each FMR is listed in the last column. The median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR is the first FMR listed in the table where the cumulative population of counties with that FMR or less first exceeds one-half of the nonmetropolitan population, or 819,921. The row of the table containing the median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR is in bold.
| Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR | County or Counties with Specified Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR | Aggregate Population at Specified Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR | Cumulative Nonmetro Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| $452 | Issaquena County | 1,406 | 1,406 |
| $506 | Noxubee County | 11,545 | 12,951 |
| $525 | Walthall County | 15,443 | 28,394 |
| $538 | Jefferson County | 7,726 | 36,120 |
| $542 | Yalobusha County | 12,678 | 48,798 |
| $549 | Smith County | 16,491 | 65,289 |
| $550 | Calhoun County | 14,962 | 80,251 |
| $553 | Tishomingo County | 19,593 | 99,844 |
| $563 | Holmes County | 19,198 | 119,042 |
| $566 | Webster County | 10,253 | 129,295 |
| $571 | Marion County | 27,088 | 156,383 |
| $577 | Choctaw County | 8,547 | 164,930 |
| $578 | Franklin County | 8,118 | 173,048 |
| $582 | Carroll County, Wayne County | 31,344 | 204,392 |
| $584 | Winston County | 19,198 | 223,590 |
| $603 | Sharkey County | 4,916 | 228,506 |
| $605 | Prentiss County | 25,276 | 253,782 |
| $606 | Greene County | 14,400 | 268,182 |
| $609 | Sunflower County | 29,450 | 297,632 |
| $614 | Covington County | 19,568 | 317,200 |
| $615 | Grenada County | 21,906 | 339,106 |
| $617 | Chickasaw County | 17,392 | 356,498 |
| $623 | Washington County | 51,137 | 407,635 |
| $625 | Montgomery County | 10,925 | 418,560 |
| $627 | Tallahatchie County | 15,378 | 433,938 |
| $630 | Itawamba County | 23,401 | 457,339 |
| $636 | Leflore County | 32,317 | 489,656 |
| $640 | Bolivar County | 34,145 | 523,801 |
| $643 | Quitman County | 8,223 | 532,024 |
| $644 | Kemper County | 10,456 | 542,480 |
| $649 | Union County | 27,134 | 569,614 |
| $650 | Attala County, Clay County, Scott County | 68,462 | 638,076 |
| $651 | Panola County | 34,707 | 672,783 |
| $652 | Monroe County | 36,989 | 709,772 |
| $654 | Lincoln County | 34,869 | 744,641 |
| $655 | Alcorn County | 37,057 | 781,698 |
| $658 | Leake County | 23,805 | 805,503 |
| $661 | Neshoba County | 29,676 | 835,179 |
| $663 | Amite County | 13,131 | 848,310 |
| $664 | Humphreys County | 9,375 | 857,685 |
| $669 | Jefferson Davis County | 12,487 | 870,172 |
| $672 | Tippah County | 22,232 | 892,404 |
| $676 | Claiborne County, Pontotoc County | 39,561 | 931,965 |
| $683 | Coahoma County | 26,151 | 958,116 |
| $684 | Lowndes County | 59,779 | 1,017,895 |
| $686 | Newton County | 21,720 | 1,039,615 |
| $688 | Wilkinson County | 9,878 | 1,049,493 |
| $691 | Clarke County | 16,732 | 1,066,225 |
| $693 | Pike County | 40,404 | 1,106,629 |
| $703 | Stone County | 17,786 | 1,124,415 |
| $717 | Warren County | 48,773 | 1,173,188 |
| $722 | Lawrence County | 12,929 | 1,186,117 |
| $734 | Lee County | 82,910 | 1,269,027 |
| $744 | Jasper County | 17,062 | 1,286,089 |
| $747 | Adams County | 32,297 | 1,318,386 |
| $760 | Jones County | 67,761 | 1,386,147 |
| $765 | Lauderdale County | 80,261 | 1,466,408 |
| $768 | Pearl River County | 55,834 | 1,522,242 |
| $781 | George County | 22,578 | 1,544,820 |
| $817 | Oktibbeha County | 47,671 | 1,592,491 |
| $883 | Lafayette County | 47,351 | 1,639,842 |
The Mississippi State Nonmetropolitan Median FMR is $661. Because it not greater than the U.S. Nonmetropolitan Median FMR of $697, the Mississippi State Minimum 2-Bedroom FMR is set at $661.
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